D02: Duolun cropland

D02 site photos

General site details

Site nameDuolun cropland
AsiaFlux site codeD02
LocationDuolun, Inner Mongolia, China
Position116º 16' 47'' E, 42º 02' 44'' N
Elevation 1350 m above sea level
Slope-
Terrain type Flat
Area More than 50 ha
Fetch300-400 m
Climate Temperate continental climate
Mean annual air temperature 3.3 deg C (1994-2004)
Mean annual precipitation399 mm (1994-2004)
Vegetation typeCropland
Dominant Species (Overstory)Triticum aestivum L., Avena nuda L., and Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.
Dominant Species (Understory)-
Canopy height0.5 - 1 m
Age 35 years in 2007
LAI 1.2 (2006)
Soil typeChestnut soil

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

System Open-path system
Wind speed Three dimensional sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell scientific, USA)
Air temperature Three dimensional sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell scientific, USA)
Water vaporOpen-path analyzer (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
CO2 Open-path analyzer (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
Measurement height 4 m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time 30 min
Data logger CR5000 (Campbell, USA)
Data storage CF
Original data Raw data

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 4 m CNR1 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 4 m CNR1 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Long-wave radiation(incoming) 4 m CNR1 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 4 m CNR1 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Net radiation 4 m CNR1 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
PPFD (incoming) 4 m Li190SB,Li-Cor Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA
Air temperature 1, 2, 4 m HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland
Humidity 1, 2, 4 m HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland
Soil temperature 5, 10, 20 cm Model 107, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Soil heat flux 2 cm HFT-3, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Soil water content 0 -10 cm CS616, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Wind speed 4 m CSAT-3, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Wind direction 4 m CSAT-3, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Barometric pressure -
Precipitation 4 m TE525, Texas Electronics, Texas, USA
CO2 concentration 4 m Li 7500, Li-Cor Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA

Other

Soil respiration Li 6400 (LI-COR, USA)
Photosynthesis Li 6400 (LI-COR, USA)
Ecological investigation LAI, Li 3000A (LI-COR, USA)

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement PeriodFrom May 2005 to present
Measurement Frequency Continuous
Data Availability N/A

Contact

Shiping Chen (spche [at] nibcas.ac.cn) Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing 100093, P. R. ChinaTel: +86-10- 62836279; Fax: +86-10-62599059

[Soil respiration and vegetation survey] Ping Zhang (zp [at] ibcas.ac.cn) Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing 100093, P. R. China

Infrastructure

Tower, Electrical power (AC), Accommodation

Research Fund

The equipments of tower were funded by Institute of Botany, CAS; The maintenance of tower was partly supported by "100 Talents" project of CAS to Dr. Guanghui Lin and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Grant (NEWS 2004 NRA: NN-H-04-Z-YS-005-N) of the Land-Cover / Land-Use Program

Calibration Information

Open-path analyzers were calibrated twice per year with standard CO2 gases and a dew point generator (LI610, LI-COR).

Publication

Zhang WL., Chen SP, Chen J, Wei L, Han XG, Lin GH. 2007. Biophysical regulations of carbon fluxes of a steppe and a cultivated cropland in semiarid Inner Mongolia. Agric. For. Meteorol.