YPS: Yanchi Planted Shrub

YPS site photos

General site details

Site nameYanchi Planted Shrub
AsiaFlux site codeYPS
LocationYanchi, Ningxia, China
Position107°29′34″E, 37°49′43″N
Elevation1420 m above sea level
SlopeN/A
Terrain typeFlat
Area-
FetchN/A
ClimateTemperate (dry and hot summer) (Csa)
Mean annual air temperature8.3 deg C (1960-2019)
Mean annual precipitation297 mm (1960-2019)
Vegetation typeCaragana liouana shrubs
Dominant Species (Overstory)Caragana liouana
Dominant Species (Understory)Stipa breviflora, Artemisia scoparia, Cynanchum komarovii, Lespedeza potaninii, and Leymus secalinus About 1.4 m
Canopy heightAbout 1.4 m
AgeAbout 28 years old
LAI
Soil typeAeolian sandy soil

Observation

Eddy Covariance method (CO2)

SystemOpen-path (CO2 flux, latent heat flux)
Wind speedThree-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (WindMaster Pro, Gill, Lymington, UK)
Air temperatureThree-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (WindMaster Pro, Gill, Lymington, UK)
Water vaporOpen-path CO2/H2O analyzer (Li-7500A, LI-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA)
CO2Open-path CO2/H2O analyzer (Li-7500A, LI-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA)
Measurement height3 m
Sampling frequency10 Hz
Averaging time30 min
Data loggerCR1000 (Campbell Scientific Inc., USA)
Data storagePC
Original dataStatistics (Raw data is also available)

Meteorology

Observation items Levels/Depth Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming) 2.5 m Net radiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen, Netherlands)
Global solar radiation (outgoing) 2.5 m Net radiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen, Netherlands)
Long-wave radiation(incoming) 2.5 m Net radiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen, Netherlands)
Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 2.5 m Net radiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen, Netherlands)
Net radiation 2.5 m Net radiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen, Netherlands)
PPFD (incoming) 2.5 m Quantum sensor (PQS1, Kipp & Zonen, Delft, Netherlands)
PPFD (outgoing) 2.5 m Quantum sensor (PQS1, Kipp & Zonen, Delft, Netherlands)
Air temperature 2m, 3 m Temperature and RH prove (HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland)
Humidity 2 m, 3 m Temperature and RH prove (HMP45C, VAISALA, Finland)
Soil temperature - 0.1 m 107-L, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT, USA
Soil heat flux - 0.1 m Heat flux plate (HFP01, Campbell Scientific Inc., USA)
Wind speed 3 m Three-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (WindMaster Pro, Gill, Lymington, UK)
Wind direction 3 m Three-dimensional sonic anemometer-thermometer (WindMaster Pro, Gill, Lymington, UK)
CO2 concentration 3 m Open-path CO2/H2O analyzer (Li-7500A, LI-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA)

Other

Soil respiration -
Photosynthesis -
Ecological investigation -

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement PeriodJanuary 2016 to present
Measurement FrequencyContinuous
Data Availability

Contact

Lingtong Du (dult80 [at] nxu.edu.cn)
School of Ecology and Environment,
Ningxia University
No.489 Hanlanshan Road, Yinchuan 750021 China
Tel: +86-137-0959-6306 Fax: +86-137-0959-6306

Longlong Ma (mall0911 [at] foxmail.com)
School of Ecology and Environment,
Ningxia University
No.489 Hanlanshan Road, Yinchuan 750021 China
Tel: +86-152-0261-1310 Fax: +86-152-0261-1310

Chenglong Qiao (qiaocl93 [at] 163.com) School of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University No.489 Hanlanshan Road, Yinchuan 750021 China Tel: +86-156-5915-2581 Fax: +86-156-5915-2581

Infrastructure

Tower, Electrical power (AC)

Research Fund

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (42467016)
(2) Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Province (2022AAC02011)
(3) Key Research and Development Program of Ningxia Province (2024BEG02009)

Calibration Information

CO2 analyzers were calibrated every years using spans gases.

Publication

Ma L., Qiao C., Du L.*, Tang E., Wu H., Shi G., Xue B., Wang Y., Lucas-Borja M. Drought in the middle growing season inhibited carbon uptake more critical in an anthropogenic shrub ecosystem of Northwest China[J]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024, 353: 110060.

Tang E., Zeng Y., Wang Y., Song Z., Yu D., Wu H., Qiao C., van der Tol C., Du L.*, Su Z. Understanding the effect of revegetated shrubs on energy, water and carbon fluxes in a desert steppe ecosystem using STEMMUS-SCOPE model[J]. Biogeosciences, 2024, 21(4): 893-909.

Du L.*, Ma L., Pan H., Qiao C., Meng C., Wu H., Tian J., Yuan H. Carbon-water coupling and its relationship with environmental and biological factors in a planted caragana liouana shrub community in desert steppe, northwest China[J]. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2022, 15(5): 947-960.

Du L.*, Zeng Y., Ma L., Qiao C., Wu H., Su Z., Bao G. Effects of anthropogenic revegetation on the water and carbon cycles of a desert steppe ecosystem[J]. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021, 300: 108339.