GEWEX Asian Moonsoon Experiment/Asian Automated Weather Station Network (GAME/AAN)

Because the two major aims require different and somewhat contradictory requirements for the specification and configuration of a surface station, it has been decided to organize Automated Asian Weather Station Network (AAN) activities in two phases.Phase I for the year 1996-2000 will be the period for the construction, tests,and deployment of the AAN, and also for data acquisition during the intensive observations planned in 1998. For the Phase I, measurements will be made of (i) regular meteorological variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, etc., (ii) regular hydrologic variables such as precipitation, (iii) surface turbulent fluxes of momentum, heat and water vapor, (iv) surface radiative fluxes, and (v) soil moisture. The subsequent Phase II (year 2000-2004) will be devoted for the long term monitoring period, and somewhat reduced number of variables will be monitored during this period.