YLF: Yakutsk Spasskaya Pad larch

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General site details

Site nameYakutsk Spasskaya Pad larch
AsiaFlux site codeYLF
LocationYakutsk Siberia, Russia
Position62º 15' 18" N, 129º 14' 29" E
Elevation220 m above sea level
Slope flat
Terrain type-
Area
FetchSeveral kilometers
Climatesubarctic climate, snow - fully humid- cool summer Dfd
Mean annual air temperature-
Mean annual precipitation-
Vegetation typeLarch forest
Dominant Species (Overstory)Dahurica larch (Larix gmlinii)
Dominant Species (Understory)Vactinium
Canopy height18 m
AgeN/A
LAI3.71 m2 m-2 (PAI) in the folicated season and 1.71 m2 m-2 in the leafless season
Soil type-

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

SystemClosed-path system
Wind speedThree-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (DA600, KAIJO, Japan)
Air temperatureThree-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (DA600, KAIJO, Japan)
Water vaporOpen-path CO2/H2O (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
CO2Open-path CO2/H2O (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
Measurement height32 m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time13.677 min
Data logger-
Data storage-
Original data-

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 32 m Pyranometer (CM6F, Kipp & Zonen, Netherland)
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 28 m Pyranometer (CM6F, Kipp & Zonen, Netherland)
Long-wave radiation(incoming) 32 m Pyrgeometer (MS-201F,EKO,Japa
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 28 m Pyrgeometer (MS-201F,EKO,Japa
Net radiation 32 m Radiometer (Q7, REBS)
PPFD (incoming) -
PPFD (outgoing) -
Direct / diffuse radiation -
Direct / diffuse PPFD -
Air temperature 31.4, 24.6, 5.7, 1.8 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (CVS-HMP-450, Vaisala)
Humidity 31.4, 24.6, 5.7, 1.8 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (CVS-HMP-450, Vaisala)
Soil temperature 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.2 m TS101, Hakusan Kougyo
Soil heat flux 0.05 m MF81 (EKO, Japan)
Soil water content 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 m TDR sensor (TRIME, IMKO)
Wind speed 32.0, 27.0, 24.8, 14.9, 5.7, 1.9 m 3-cups anemometer (AG750, Makino, Japan)
Wind direction 32 m WS-104, Makino, Japan
Barometric pressure -
Precipitation -
CO2 concentration 32 m CO2/H2O analyzer ( LI-7500 LI-COR, USA)
Stem flow Heat pulse method
Throughfall two points 0.17 × 5.70 m trough
Evapotranspiration from forest floor two points Plastic pan (0.165 m in diameter, 0.075 m deep
Canopy surface temperature 4000/4GL; Everest

Other

Soil respiration -
Photosynthesis -
Ecological investigation -

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement Periodfrom September 1996 -
Measurement FrequencyContinuous
Data Availability2004-2007 in AsiaFlux DataBase ,http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~wecnof/index.html

Contact

-Trofim C. Maximov ( t.c.maximov[at]ibpc.ysn.ru)
-Ayumi Kotani (kotani [at] agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences,Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, 464-8601
Tel & Fax : +81-052-789-4059
http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~wecnof/index.html

Hironori Yabuki (yabuki [at] jamstec.go.jp)
IORGC/JAMSTEC2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka,Kanagawa
237-0061TEL: 046-867-9268FAX: 046-867-9255

Infrastructure

Tower, Solar energy system

Research Fund

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) Program

[Effects of Rainfall Variability on Water Cycle and Ecosystem in Tropical Rain Forest under Asian Monsoon Climate]

[Field and modelling studies on the effect of forest devastation on flooding and environmental issues]

IORGC (Institute of Observational Research for Global Change) Hydrological Cycle Observational Research Program / JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

Publication

Ohta, T., Hiyama, T., Tanaka, H., Kuwada, T., Maximov, TC., Ohata, T. and Fukushima Y. 2001. Title: Seasonal variation in the energy and water exchanges above and below a larch forest in eastern Siberia. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 15: 1459-1476.

Ohta, T., Maximov, T.C., A. Dolman, A.J., Nakai, T., van der Molen, M.K., Kononov, A.V., Maximov, A.P., Hiyama, T., Iijima, Y., Moors, E.J., Tanaka, H., Toba, T., Yabuki, H. 2008. Interannual variation of water balance and summer evapotranspiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest over a 7-year period (1998?2006). Agric. For. Meteorol., 140: 1941-1953.

Matsumoto, K., Ohta,T., Nakai, T., Kuwada, T., Daikoku, K., Iida, S., Yabuki, H., Kononov, A.V., van der Molen, M.K., Kodama, Y., Maximov,T.C., A Dolman, A.J., Hattori S. 2008. Responses of surface conductance to forest environments in the Far East. Agric. For. Meteorol., 140: 1926-1940.

Matsumoto, K., Ohta, T., Nakai, T., Kuwada, T., Daikoku, K., Iida, S., Yabuki, S., Kononov, A.V., van der Molen, M.K., Kodama, Y., Maximov, T.C., Dolman, A.J., Hattori, S. 2008. Energy consumption and evapotranspiration at several boreal and temperate forests in the Far East. Agric. For. Meteorol., 140: 1978-1989.

Nakai, T., Sumida, A., Daikoku, K., Matsumoto, K., van der Molen, M.K., Kodama, Y., Kononov A.V., Maximov, T.C., Dolman, A.J., Yabuki, H., Hara, T., Ohta, T. 2008. Parameterization of aerodynamic roughness over boreal, cool- and warm-temperate forests. Agric. For. Meteorol., 140: 1916-1925