PRW: Paddy rice flux plot _ Panjin Wetland Ecosystem Research Station

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General site details

Site namePaddy rice flux plot _ Panjin Wetland Ecosystem Research Station
AsiaFlux site code PRW
LocationShuangtai Estuary National Nature Reserve, Panjin, Liaoning province, China
Position41º 08.7' N, 121º 54.9' E (GPS)
Elevation7 m a.s.l. (GPS)
Slope
Terrain typeAreaAlluvial plain
Area 750 km2
Fetch350 m
ClimateContinental semi-humid monsoon climate of warm temperate zone
Mean annual air temperature8.6°C
Mean annual precipitation 631 mm
Vegetation type Rice paddy
Dominant Species (Overstory) Oryza sativa L.
Dominant Species (Understory)-
Canopy height90 cm
Age-
LAI7
Soil typePaddy soil

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

System Open-path system
Wind speedCSAT3 3-D SONIC Anemometer
Air temperatureHMP45C, Vaisala, Helsinki, Finland
Water vaporCS 7500 (LI-COR LI 7500 open-path CO2/H2O Analyzer)
CO2CS 7500 (LI-COR LI 7500 open-path CO2/H2O Analyzer)
Measurement height3m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time30 min
Data loggerCR 5000
Data storage PC card
Original dataRaw data

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 5 m CNR1, Kipp & Zonen. Corp., Delft, Holland
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 5 m CNR1, Kipp & Zonen. Corp., Delft, Holland
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 5 m CNR1, Kipp & Zonen. Corp., Delft, Holland
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 5 m CNR1, Kipp & Zonen. Corp., Delft, Holland
Net radiation 5 m CNR1, Kipp & Zonen. Corp., Delft, Holland
PPFD (incoming) 6.5 m LI-190Sb,LI-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA
PPFD (outgoing -
Direct / diffuse radiation -
Direct / diffuse PPFD -
Air temperature 4, 6.5 m HMP45C, Vaisala, Helsinki, Finland
Humidity 4, 6.5 m HMP45C, Vaisala, Helsinki, Finland
Soil temperature 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 cm 107L, Campbell Scientific Inc., USA
Soil heat flux 8 cm HFP01, Hukseflux Inc., Netherlands
Soil water content 5 cm CS616, Campbell Scientific Inc., USA
Wind speed 4, 6.5 m 014A, Campbell Scientific Inc., MS, USA
Wind direction 6.5 m 034B, Campbell Scientific Inc., MS, USA
Barometric pressure 3 m CS 7500 (LI-COR LI 7500 CO2/H2O Analyzer)
Precipitation Above the canopy 52203, RM Young Inc., Traverse City, MI, USA
CO2 concentration -

Other

Soil respiration Chamber
Photosynthesis LI-6400R Portable Photosynthesis System
Ecological investigation Biomass, Height, Leaf area index, Soil physical and chemistry properties, Soil microbial features

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement Period June 2004 to present
Measurement FrequencyContinuous
Data AvailabilityN/A

Contact

Guangsheng ZHOU (gszhou [at] ibcas.ac.cn) Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany,the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing 100093, China

Xiaoying Wang (wangxy_0917 [at] yahoo.com.cn) Xianli ZHAO (zhaoxianli2001 [at] yahoo.com.cn) Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang, 66 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China

Other Yanbing Xie (xieyanbing1979 [at] yahoo.com.cn)

Infrastructure

EC-tower and micrometeorological tower

Research Fund

'Mechanism of environmental pollution and ecological rehabilitation in Northeast industry base' funded by State Science and Technology Committee (2004CB418507-1)

Calibration Information

Calibrations for all instruments would be done once a year