SEPHAS: Lysimeter Research Status

What has been going on...

2008 - present: Monitoring baseline conditions
2008 - present: Undisturbed block of soil obtained in Rectangular Lysimeter (Lysimeter 4)
September 2008: Native desert plants installed in lysimeters and local area is revegetated
June 2008 Lysimeters 1-3 are filled with soil and experiments begin
April 2008 Cylindrical Lysimeters (Lysimeters 1-3) are filled with soil
January 2008 Lysimeter 3 delivered and installed 
October 2007 Scientific Investigation for soils suitable for lysimeters
August 2007 Boulder City Lysimeter Facility Open House
June 2007 Boulder City Lysimeter Facility was Completed
March 2007 Construction Began at Lysimeter Facility
January 2007 Project Start Date
March 2008 Lysimeters Installed
April 2008 Beginning of Soil Installation in Lysimeters
June 2008 Soil Installed in Lysimeters
July 2008 Data collection begins
July 2008 Monitoring Mode (collection and analysis of baseline data)
November 2010 Analysis of near-surface and below-ground instrumentation of baseline soil evaporation using local and large scale meteorological instrumnetation to address local and large scale flux