BBY: Bibai bog General site detail (Updated 10 April 2023) Site name Bibai bog AsiaFlux site code BBY Location Bibai, Hokkaido, Japan Position 43°19' 22.82"N, 141°48'38.51"E Elevation 17 m Slope 0 degree Terrain type Flat Area 22 ha Fetch Wetland dominated by Sphagnum moss : 60 m for north, 40 m for south, 100 m for west, and 50 m for east Wetland including Sasa : 270 m for north, 220 m for south, 200 m for west, and 330 m for east Climate Cool temperate (Dfb) Mean annual air temperature 7.2 ± 0.6 ºC Mean annual precipitation 1170 ± 181 mm Vegetation type Wetland dominated by Sphagnum moss Dominant species (Overstory) Sphagnum moss, Rhynchospora fauriei, Rhynchospora alba, Moliniopsis japonica, Aster rugulosus, Lobelia sessilifolia, Sasa palmate, Toxicodendron trichocarpum Dominant species (Understory) - Canopy height 30 to 50 cm Age 2000 years LAI Maximum ap 2 Soil type 4 to 5 m peat on the alluvial plain
Observations Eddy Covariance method (CO2 ) System Open-path eddy covariance Wind speed Sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Air temperature Sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Water vapor Open-path CO2 /H2 O analyzer (EC150, Campbell Scientific Inc.) CO2 Open-path CO2 /H2 O analyzer (EC150, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Measurement height 2.3 m Sampling frequency 10 Hz Averaging time 30 min Data logger CR6 (Campbell Scientific Inc.) Data storage microSD card Original data Raw data
Meteorology Observation items Levels/ Depth Instrument Global solar radiation(incoming) 1.9 m 4 component net radiometer (CNR1, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Global solar radiation(outgoing) 1.9 m 4 component net radiometer (CNR1, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Long-wave radiation(incoming) 1.9 m 4 component net radiometer (CNR1, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 1.9 m 4 component net radiometer (CNR1, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Net radiation - PPFD (incoming) 1.93 m Quantum sensor (CPR-PAR-01, Climatec) Quantum sensor (SE-SQ110, Apogee, USA) PPFD (outgoing) 1.93 m Quantum sensor (SE-SQ110, Apogee, USA) Direct / diffuse radiation - Direct / diffuse PPFD - Air temperature 1.95 and 1.63 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive (HMP155, Vaisala) Humidity 1.95 and 1.63 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive (HMP155, Vaisala) Soil temperature 0.5, 5.5, 10.5, 20.5, and 30.5 cm 15, 20, 25, 35, and 45 cm Thermocouples Soil heat flux 0.1 m Heat flux plate (HEP01SC, Hukseflux) Soil water content 0.05 m TDR sensor (CS616 Campbell Scientific Inc.) Wind speed 2.3 m 4.04 m 2.0 m Sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific) Aerovane (5103, Young) Three cup anemometer (010C, MetOne) Wind direction 2.3 m 4.04 m Sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific) Aerovane (5103, Young) Barometric pressure 2.3 m 4.04 m 2.0 m Barometer (EC150, Campbell Scientific Inc.) Barometer (LI-7700, Li-Cor) Barometer (PTB210, Vaisala) Precipitation 2.2 m Tipping-bucket rainguage (52,202, R.M.Young) CO2 concentration 2.3 m Open-path CO2 /H2 O analyzer (EC150, Campbell Scientific Inc.) CH4 concentration 2.3 m Open-path CH4 analyzer (LI-7700, Li-Cor) Water Table depth Pressure water gauge (HTV010-KP, SENSEZ) Soil O2 concentration 0.05, 0.1 and 0.3 m Galvanic-cell type oxygen sensor (KE-25, GS- Yuasa), Galvanic-cell type oxygen sensor (MIJ-03 type2, Environmental Measurements Japan) Snow Depth Ultrasonic distance meter (SR50A, Campbell Scientific Inc.)
Fluxes of non-CO2 gases Gas CH4 Method Open-path eddy covariance using LI-7700 (Li-Cor) Measurement height 2.3 m Data logger CR6 (Campbell Scientific Inc.) Data storage microSD card
Other Soil respiration - Phenology Phenological Camera (TLC2000, Brinno) LAI Monthly using a plant canopy analyzer (LAI-2200)
Observation Period and Data Availability Measurement Period from May 2012 to March 2021 Measurement Frequency Continuous Data Availability -
Contact Masahito Ueyama (mueyama[at]omu.ac.jp) Osaka Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Agriculture 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan Tel: +81-72-254-9432 Takashi Hirano (hirano[at] agr.hokudai.ac.jp) Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan Yasuhiro Kominami (comy[at] affrc.go.jp) National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center
Infrastructure Pole Tower, Electric Power (AC)
Publications
Ueyama, M., Yazaki, T., Hirano, T., Futakuchi, Y., Okamura, M., 2020.
Environmental controls on methane fluxes in a cool temperate bog.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,281, 107852.
Ueyama, M., Yazaki, T., Hirano, T., Endo, R., 2022. Partitioning methane flux
by the eddy covariance method in a cool temperate bog based on a
Bayesian framework. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 108852.
Ueyama, M., Knox, S. H., Delwiche, K. B., Bansal, S., Riley, W. J., Baldocchi,
D., Hirano, T., McNicol, G., Schafer, K., Windham-Myers, L., Poulter, B.,
Jackson, R. B., Chang, K.-Y., Chen, J., Chu, H., Desai, A. R., Gogo, S., Iwata,
H., Kang, M., Mammarella, I., Peichl, M., Sonnentag, O., Tuittila, E.-S., Ryu, Y.,
Euskirchen, E. S., Göckede, M., Jacotot, A., Nilsson, M. B., Sachs, T., 2023.
Modeled production, oxidation, and transport processes of wetland
methane emissions in temperate, boreal, and Arctic regions. Global
Change Biology, DOI:10.1111/gcb.1.