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Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD 2019
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  • Brian J. Butterworth,
  • Ankur R. Desai,
  • Stefan Metzger,
  • Philip A. Townsend,
  • Mark D. Schwartz,
  • Grant W. Petty,
  • Matthias Mauder,
  • Hannes Vogelmann,
  • Christian G. Andresen,
  • Travis J. Augustine,
  • Timothy H. Bertram,
  • William O.J. Brown,
  • Michael Buban,
  • Patricia Cleary,
  • David J. Durden,
  • Christopher R. Florian,
  • Eliceo Ruiz Guzman,
  • Trevor J. Iglinski,
  • Eric L. Kruger,
  • Kathleen Lantz,
  • Temple R. Lee,
  • Tilden P. Meyers,
  • James K. Mineau,
  • Erik R. Olson,
  • Steven P. Oncley,
  • Sreenath Paleri,
  • Rosalyn A. Pertzborn,
  • Claire Pettersen,
  • David M. Plummer,
  • Laura Riihimaki,
  • Joseph Sedlar,
  • Elizabeth N. Smith,
  • Johannes Speidel,
  • Paul C. Stoy,
  • Matthias Sühring,
  • Jonathan E. Thom,
  • David D. Turner,
  • Michael P. Vermeuel,
  • Timothy J. Wagner,
  • Zhien Wang,
  • Luise Wanner,
  • Loren D. White,
  • James M. Wilczak,
  • Daniel B. Wright,
  • Ting Zheng
Brian J. Butterworth
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Corresponding Author:[email protected]

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Ankur R. Desai
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Stefan Metzger
National Ecological Observatory Network Program, Battelle, and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Philip A. Townsend
Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
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Mark D. Schwartz
Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Grant W. Petty
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Matthias Mauder
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Hannes Vogelmann
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research
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Christian G. Andresen
Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Travis J. Augustine
Class ACT Charter School, Chequamegon School District, Park Falls, WI
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Timothy H. Bertram
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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William O.J. Brown
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory
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Michael Buban
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
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Patricia Cleary
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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David J. Durden
National Ecological Observatory Network Program, Battelle
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Christopher R. Florian
National Ecological Observatory Network Program, Battelle
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Eliceo Ruiz Guzman
Department of Forest Production, University of Guadalajara
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Trevor J. Iglinski
Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Eric L. Kruger
Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Kathleen Lantz
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Temple R. Lee
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
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Tilden P. Meyers
Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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James K. Mineau
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Erik R. Olson
Space Science And Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Steven P. Oncley
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory
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Sreenath Paleri
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Rosalyn A. Pertzborn
Center for Climate Research, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of WisconsinW-Madison
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Claire Pettersen
Space Science And Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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David M. Plummer
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming
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Laura Riihimaki
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
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Joseph Sedlar
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Elizabeth N. Smith
National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Johannes Speidel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Paul C. Stoy
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Matthias Sühring
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz University of Hannover
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Jonathan E. Thom
Space Science And Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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David D. Turner
Global Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Michael P. Vermeuel
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Timothy J. Wagner
Space Science And Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Zhien Wang
University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Luise Wanner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Loren D. White
Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Atmospheric Science, Jackson State University
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James M. Wilczak
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Daniel B. Wright
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Ting Zheng
Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Abstract

The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing National Science Foundation project based on an intensive field campaign that occurred from June-October 2019. The purpose of the study is to examine how the atmospheric boundary layer responds to spatial heterogeneity in surface energy fluxes. One of the main objectives is to test whether lack of energy balance closure measured by eddy covariance (EC) towers is related to mesoscale atmospheric processes. Finally, the project evaluates data-driven methods for scaling surface energy fluxes, with the aim to improve model-data comparison and integration. To address these questions, an extensive suite of ground, tower, profiling, and airborne instrumentation was deployed over a 10×10 km domain of a heterogeneous forest ecosystem in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin USA, centered on the existing Park Falls 447-m tower that anchors an Ameriflux/NOAA supersite (US-PFa / WLEF). The project deployed one of the world’s highest-density networks of above-canopy EC measurements of surface energy fluxes. This tower EC network was coupled with spatial measurements of EC fluxes from aircraft, maps of leaf and canopy properties derived from airborne spectroscopy, ground-based measurements of plant productivity, phenology, and physiology, and atmospheric profiles of wind, water vapor, and temperature using radar, sodar, lidar, microwave radiometers, infrared interferometers, and radiosondes. These observations are being used with large eddy simulation and scaling experiments to better understand sub-mesoscale processes and improve formulations of sub-grid scale processes in numerical weather and climate models.