YCS: Yuchen Site

YCS site photos

General site details

Site nameYuchen Site
AsiaFlux site codeYCS
LocationYuchen county, Shandong Province
Position116.34°E, 36.50°N
Elevation28 m above sea level
Slope
Terrain typeYellow River alluvial plain
Area
Fetch
Climatesemi-humid and monsoon climate
Mean annual air temperature13.1 deg C
Mean annual precipitation528 mm
Vegetation typecrops
Dominant Species (Overstory)winter wheat,corn
Dominant Species (Understory)-
Canopy height-
Age-
LAI-
Soil typealluvial deposit of Yellow River and main is aquox and salted aquox

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

SystemOpen path combined with closed path system (CO2 flux, latent heat flux)
Wind speedThree dimensional sonic anemometer (CSAT3, CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC)
Air temperature
Water vaporOpen and closed path CO2/H2O analyzers (LI-7500 and LI-7000, LI-COR)
CO2Open and closed path CO2/H2O analyzers (LI-7500 and LI-7000, LI-COR)
Measurement height2 m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time30 min
Data loggerCR5000 (CSI USA)
Data storage
Original dataRaw data

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 1 m CM11 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Global solar radiation (outgoing)
Long-wave radiation(incoming 1 m CM11 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 1 m CM11 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Net radiation 1 m CM11 (Kipp & Zonen, The Netherlands)
Air temperature 1 m, 2 m HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland
Humidity 1 m, 2 m HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland
Soil temperature -5cm,-10cm,-20cm,-40cm,-80cm/-2cm,-5cm,-10cm,-20cm,-50cm Probe (105T/107, CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC)
Soil heat flux -5cm Heat flux plate (HFP01, HUKSEFLUX)
Soil water content -20 cm, -40cm CS616, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Wind speed 1 m, 2 m Anemometer (A100R, VECTOR INSTRUMENTS)
Wind direction 2 m Wind vane (W200P, VECTOR INSTRUMENTS)
Barometric pressure 1 m Barometer (CS105, VAISALA)
Precipitation 1 m Tipping-bucket rain gauge (52203, RM YOUNG)
CO2concentration

Other

Soil respiration -
Photosynthesis -
Ecological investigation

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement Period
Measurement FrequencyContinuous
Data Availability2003-2005 in AsiaFlux database

Contact

Zhao Fenghua (zhaofh [at] igsnrr.ac.cn)
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science
11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R.China