YPF: Yakutsk Pine

YPF site photos

General site details

Site nameYakutsk Pine
AsiaFlux site codeYPF
LocationYakutsk Siberia, Russia
Position62º 14' 29" N, 129º 39' 02" E
Elevation220 m above sea level
Slopeflat
Terrain type-
Area-
FetchSeveral kilometers
Climatesubarctic climate, snow - fully humid- cool summer Dfd
Mean annual air temperature-
Mean annual precipitation-
Vegetation typePine forest
Dominant Species (Overstory)Pinus sylvestris
Dominant Species (Understory)N/A
Canopy height10 m
Age-
LAI2.80 m2 m-2 (PAI) in the foliated season and 1.71 m2 m-2 in the leafless season
Soil typeN/A

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

SystemClosed-path system
Wind speedUltrasonic anemometer (R3-50, Gill Instruments, UK)
Air temperatureUltrasonic anemometer (R3-50, Gill Instruments, UK)
Water vaporOpen-path CO2/H2O (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
CO2Open-path CO2/H2O (LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
Measurement height19.1 m
Sampling frequency-
Averaging time-
Data logger-
Data storage-
Original data-

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 18.2 m Pyranometer (CM6F, Kipp & Zonen, Netherland)
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 15.9 m Pyranometer (CM6F, Kipp & Zonen, Netherland)
Long-wave radiation(incoming) 18.2 m Pyrgeometer (MS-201F,EKO,Japan)
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 15.9 m Pyrgeometer (MS-201F,EKO,Japan)
Air temperature 18 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (CVS-HMP-450, Vaisala)
Humidity 18 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (CVS-HMP-450, Vaisala)
Soil temperature 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.6, 0.8, 1.2, 2 m TS101, Hakusan Kougyo
Soil heat flux 0.05 m MF81 (EKO, Japan)
Wind speed 18 m 3-cups anemometer (AG750, Makino, Japan)
Wind direction 19 m WS-104, Makino, Japan
CO2 concentration 32 m CO2/H2O analyzer ( LI-7500 LI-COR, USA)

Other

Soil respiration -
Photosynthesis -
Ecological investigation -

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement Periodfrom April 2000 -
Measurement Frequency[Flux] Growing season, [Meteorology] continuous
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

Hamada, S., Ohta, T., Hiyama, T., Kuwada, T. Takahashi, A., Maximov, T.C. (2004) Hydrometeorologial behavior of pine and larch forests in eastern Siberia. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 18, 23-39.

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