Mejusseaume - France

The station Mejusseaume (ICOS code FR-Mej) is located on managed agricultural land (grazed grassland with occasional maize cropping seasons), around 10 km West of the city of Rennes in Brittany, NW France. The measurement site is part of the INRAE-PEGASE dairy experimental farm (IEPL) at Méjusseaume. The field is roughly rectangle-shaped (approx 170 m * 280 m), aligned NW-SE, with a surface area of 4.72 ha, at the centre of which the EC mast is located. The upwind distance to the field edge (fetch) in the prevailing wind direction (SW) is in the range 90-110m. There is also a significant contribution by NE winds at the site (generally late winter and spring). The field is surrounded by similarly managed fields - mostly grazed ...