JRS: Jurong Ecological Experimental Station

JRS site photos

General site details

Site nameJurong Ecological Experimental Station
AsiaFlux site codeJRS
LocationJurong City, Jiangsu Province, China
Position31° 48' 24.59" N, 119° 13' 2.15" E
Elevation15m a.s.l
Slope1-2 deg
Terrain typeFlat
Area40 ha
Fetch100-200m
ClimateMild with no dry season, hot summer (Cfa)
Mean annual air temperature15.5 ℃ (1981-2010) Jurong Meteorological Observatory (about 17km away from JRS)
Mean annual precipitation1099.1 mm
Vegetation typeSummer rice-winter wheat rotation agroecosystem
Dominant Species (Overstory)Summer rice-winter wheat
Dominant Species (Understory)-
Canopy heightabout 0.8-1.5 m
Age1 year old
LAI5.5 m2m-2 (rice maximum LAI),
4.0 m2m-2 (wheat maximum LAI)
Soil typeTypic Hapli-Stagnic Anthrosol (or waterlogged paddy soil) (China) or as Typic Haplaquepts (USDA)

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

SystemOpen-path system (CO2 flux, latent heat flux)
Wind speed3D ultrasonic anemometer (WindMaster Pro, UK)
Air temperature3D ultrasonic anemometer (WindMaster Pro, UK)
Water vaporOpen-path CO2/H2O analyzers (LI-7500A, USA)
CO2Open-path CO2/H2O analyzers (LI-7500A, USA)
Measurement height3.5 m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time30 min
Data loggerSutron 9201B, USA
Data storageFlash memory
Original dataRaw data

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation (incoming) 2.25 m Four-component radiometer (CNR4, Netherlands)
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 2.25 m Four-component radiometer (CNR4)
Long-wave radiation (incoming) 2.25 m Four-component radiometer (CNR4)
Long-wave radiation (outgoing) 2.25 m Four-component radiometer (CNR4)
Net radiation 2.25 m Four-component radiometer (CNR4)
PPFD (incoming) 2.25 m Quantum sensor (LI-190SL, USA)
PPFD (outgoing) 2.25 m Quantum sensor (LI-190SL, USA)
Air temperature 0.50, 2.60 m Humidity and temperature probes (HMP155, Finland)
Humidity 0.50, 2.60 m Humidity and temperature probes (HMP155, Finland)
Soil temperature 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.50 m Soil temperature sensors (LI-7900-180, USA)
Soil heat flux 0.05 m x 3 Heat flux plate (HFP01, Netherlands)
Soil water content 0.05, 0.20 m Soil probes (Stevens Hydra ProbeⅡ, USA)
Wind speed 3.5 m 3D ultrasonic anemometer (WindMaster Pro, UK)
Wind direction 3.5 m 3D ultrasonic anemometer (WindMaster Pro, UK)
Barometric pressure 3.5 m 3D ultrasonic anemometer (WindMaster Pro, UK)
Precipitation 2.0 m Tipping bucket rain gauge (TR-525M, USA)

Fluxes of non-CO2 gases

Gas CH4
Method CH4 (open-path EC (LI-7700, USA))
Measurement height CH<sub>4</sub> (3.5 m)
Data logger Sutron 9201B, USA
Data storage Flash memory

Other

Photosynthesis Occasionally
Ecological Investigation LAI, Biomass, plant height, root length, grain yield

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement PeriodFrom April 2015 to December 2016
Measurement FrequencyContinuous
Data AvailabilityN/A

Contact

[Flux and Micrometeorology]
Weimin Ju (juweimin[at]nju.edu.cn)
International Institute for Earth System Sciences (ESSI),
Nanjing University (NJU)
B433 Kunshan Building, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing,
Jiangsu Province, 210023 China
Phone: +86-25-83595670 Fax: +86-25-83592288

[Sun-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence, SIF]
Yongguang Zhang (yongguang_zhang[at]nju.edu.cn)
International Institute for Earth System Sciences (ESSI),
Nanjing University (NJU)
B435 Kunshan Building. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing,
Jiangsu Province, 210023 China
Phone: +86-25-89681569 Fax: +86-25-89687077

[General Administrator]
Yanlian Zhou (zhouyl[at]nju.edu.cn)
School of Geography and Ocean Sciences (SGOS),
Nanjing University (NJU)
163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,
210023 China
Phone: +86-25-89681569 Fax: +86-25-89687077

Infrastructure

Tower, Electrical power (AC), Facilities for Communication (internet)

Research Fund

#1 National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0600202)
#2 National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671343)
#3 National Natural Science Foundation of China (41671421)

Publication

Shengpei DAI, Weimin JU, Yongguang ZHANG, Qiaoning HE, Lian SONG, Ji LI. Variations and drivers of methane fluxes from a rice-wheat rotation agroecosystem in eastern China at seasonal and diurnal scales. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 690:973-990.