Reference Site Minimum Requirements: State Variables and Fluxes at Surface AND Key Contributions to the CEOP Overall Objectives

Reference Site	Type of Reference Site				Key Contributions to the CEOP Overall Objectives
	1D	2.5D	3D	Basin	WESP	Monsoon System Study
Tundra		X		X	Permafrost land surface processes.	Effect of cold land processes on the monsoon
Taiga		X			Boreal forest processes with well instrumentation	Effect of cold land processes on the monsoon
Mongolia		X			Spatial distribution and average of soil moisture and fluxes with well instrumentation	Impacts of monsoon rainfall on water resources (grass production).
Inner Mongolia		X			Intercomparison among three land uses	Impacts of monsoon rainfall on land use
KOFLUX		X			Spatial average of fluxes with well instrumentation	Effect of land processes on heavy rainfall
KOMEX			X		Heavy Rainfall and storm prediction	Heavy rainfall mechanism associated with Baiu and Typhoon
Tibet			X	X	Spatial distribution and average of soil moisture and fluxes and 1D comprehensive observation with well instrumentation	Atmospheric heating processes and their interaction to Asian monsoon activity
Yangtze River			X	X	Heavy rainfall prediction with well instrumentation during IOP	Meiyu front activity mechanisms and flood damage prevention
Himalayas	X				Monsoon prediction	Driving heat source of the monsoon
TMEX			X		3D process with well instrumentation	Summer and Winter monsoon systems
Chao-Phraya		X		X	Effect of mixed land use on spatial average of WEB	Impacts of monsoon rainfall on water resources
NE Thailand	X				Spatial distribution of soil moisture	Impacts of land use change on rainfall
Palau	X					Monsoon-ENSO interaction
Kototabang	X				1D wind monitoring at equator