Energy balance station

The energy balance of the Earth's surface is a key parameter for exchange processes between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. To capture its components and other meteorological variables, various devices are combined to form a measuring platform (Fig. 1). In addition to meteorological variables such as air temperature, air pressure, air humidity precipitation, wind speed and wind direction, these include long-wave and short-wave radiation flux densities, surface temperature, soil heat flux, soil moisture and soil temperature at four depths (Fig. 2). In addition, the station allows the determination of turbulent fluxes of momentum, sensible and latent heat.