Selec ed publica ions on Wes ham Island:
Technical epo s
!EPiCC Technical Repo #1 - P ocessing and quali y con ol p ocedu es o
u bulen lux measu emen s du ing he Vancou e EPiCC expe imen .
!EPiCC Technical Repo #2 - Soil p ope ies a he Vancou e EPiCC
expe imen al si es.
!EPiCC Technical Repo #3 - Vege a ion cha ac e is ics a he Vancou e
EPiCC expe imen al si es.
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G assland Flux Towe / Ru al Re e ence Si e
Wes ham-Island
by And eas Ch is en(1) and Tim Oke(1)
and in collabo a ion wi h Sue G immond(2), and James Voog (3).
(1) Uni e si y o B i ish Columbia, Depa men o Geog aphy, Vancou e , BC, Canada.
(2) Uni e si y o Reading, Depa men o Me eo ology, Reading, UK.
(3) Uni e si y o Wes e n On a io, Depa men o Geog aphy, London, ON, Canada.
In he CFCAS ne wo k 'EPiCC - En i onmen al P edic ion in
Canadian Ci ies', his clima e and lux- owe se ed as a u al
e e ence si e. I was used in combina ion wi h he u ban lux
owe s Vancou e -Sunse and Vancou e Oak idge o
quan i y u ban clima e modi ica ions yea - ound. The ins umen a ion a his si e was
con inuously ope a ed be ween July 2007 and Oc obe 2009.
In e ac i e pano ama a he si e in Fall 2008, also a ailable in high- esolu ion o download wi h labels. Click on
image and d ag mouse o pan, use ↑ and ↓ keys o zoom in and ou .
The u al si e ‘Wes ham Island’ is loca ed on la , unmanaged and non-i iga ed
g assland, 16 km o he sou h o he u ban si e in a emo e a ea ha is domina ed by
in ensi e a ming (49.086°N. 123.177°W, WGS-84, 2 m a.s.l.). The si e is
cha ac e ized as Local Clima e Zone 11 'low plan co e '. Ins umen s used in his
s udy o measu e adia i e and u bulen luxes we e si ed on a ipod sys em (CM-115,
Campbell Scien i ic Inc., Logan, UT, USA), 1.5 and 1.8 m abo e he local g ound
su ace. The si e was colonized by a di e se se o all g asses ha anged in a e age
s and heigh be ween 0.5 m (win e ) and a maximum o 175 m (Augus 2009). Heigh s
o mos ins umen s we e adjus ed in summe o accoun o he g owing g ass heigh .
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View o he Eddy-Co a iance Sys em on op o he owe . We
measu e con inuously exchange o hea , wa e and ca bon-
dioxide abo e he u ban su ace.
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Si e Cha ac e is ics
Longi ude / La i ude 123.1768ºW
49.0863ºN
Heigh o lux sys em 1.8 / 2.2 m a.g.l.
Da a P oduc s
Wind oses om Wes ham Island (2007-09)
His o ical da a g aphs o Wes ham Island du ing
he EPiCC expe imen (2007-2009).
B owse h ough a ailable da abase en ies.
Da a Tables
Ai Tempe a u e (2m) 2007 2008 2009
Soil Tempe a u e (-5cm) 2007 2008 2009
Soil Wa e Con en 2007 2008 2009
E apo anspi a ion 2007 2008 2009
Sola I adiance 2007 2008 2009
Wind Veloci y (4m) 2007 2008 2009
Model P oduc s
Long- e m sou ce a eas o he Wes ham Island
si e.
Acknowledgemen s
This esea ch si e has been unded by:
The Canadian Founda ion o Clima e and A mosphe ic
Sciences unded he ope a ion om 2007-2009 as pa o he
Ne wo k G an 'En i onmen al P edic ion in Canadian Ci ies'
(Oke and Voog ). Selec ed esea ch in as uc u e was
suppo ed by NSERC RTI (Ch is en, #344541-0).
We hank Reynelda Fa ms (Hugh Reynolds) o hei suppo
and pe mission o ope a e his esea ch in as uc u e on hei
p ope y.
The ollowing indi iduals con ibu ed signi ican ly o ope a ion
and da a-collec ion: Jona han Bau (UBC), Ben C aw o d
(UBC), Rick Ke le (UBC), Ad ian Lei ch (UBC), Ka e Liss
(UBC), Zo an Nesic (UBC), and Chad Siemens (UBC).
