SWL:Suwa Lake Site
view of Suwa lake
General site detail (Updated 30 July 2020)
 Site name
 Suwa Lake Site
 AsiaFlux site code
 SWL
 Location Suwa City, Nagano Pref, Japan
 Position 36º 02' 47.66" N, 138º 06' 30.07"E
 Elevation 759 m above sea level
 Slope 0 deg
 Terrain type
 Flat
 Area 1330 ha
 Fetch 3500 to 4500 for the dominant wind direction
 Climate Subarctic humid climate (Dfc)
 Mean annual air temperature
 -
 Mean annual precipitation
 -
 Vegetation type
 Lake
 Domestic species (Overstory)
 -
 Dominant species (Understory)
 -
 Canopy height
 -
 Age -
 LAI -
 Soil type
 -

Observations
Eddy Covariance method (CO2)
 System Open-path systems (sensible heat, latent heat, CO2 flux)
 Wind speed 
 Three-dimensional sonic anemothermometer
 (CSAT3, Campbell)
 Air temperature
 Three-dimensional sonic anemothermometer
 (CSAT3, Campbell)
 Water vapor
 Open-path CO2/H2O analyzers (EC150, Campbell) 
 CO2 Open-path CO2/H2O analyzers (EC150, Campbell)
 Measurement height
 Approx.3m depending on the water level
 Sampling frequency
 10 Hz
 Averaging time
 30 min
 Data logger
 CR3000 (Campbell)
 Data storage
 CF card
 Original data
 Statistics

Meteorology
 Observation items
 Levels/ Depth
 Instrument 
 Global solar radiation
 (incoming)
 2.7 m
 CNR4 (Kipp & Zonen)
 Global solar radiation
 (outgoing)
 2.7 m
 CNR4 (Kipp & Zonen)
 Long-wave radiation
 (incoming) 
 2.7 m
 CNR4 (Kipp & Zonen)
 Long-wave radiation
 (outgoing)
 2.7 m
 CNR4 (Kipp & Zonen)
 Net radiation
 - 
 PPFD (incoming)
 -
 
 PPFD (outgoing)
 - 
 Direct / diffuse radiation
 - 

 Direct / diffuse PPFD
 - 
 Air temperature
 3.2 m HMP60/HMP155 (Vaisala)
 Humidity 3.2 m HMP60/HMP155 (Vaisala)
 Soil temperature
 -0.25, -0.5, -1.0,
 -1.5, -1.8 m
 107 (Campbell)
 Soil heat flux
 -
 
 Soil water content 
 -
 
 Wind speed
 3.2 m
 CSAT3 (Campbell)
 Wind direction
 3.2 m
 CSAT3 (Campbell)
 Barometric pressure
 1.9 m
 CS106 (Campbell)
 Precipitation -
  
 COconcentration
 3.2 m
 EC150 (Campbell)

Fluxes of no-CO2 gases
 Gas Methane
 Method Open-path eddy covariance method
 Measurement height
 Approx. 3 m depending on the water level
 Data logger
 CR3000 (Campbell)
 Data storage
 CF card

 
Observation Period and data Availability
 Measurement Period
 April 2015 to present
 Measurement Frequency
 Continuous
 Data Availability
 2015-2018 in AsiaFlux Database

Contact
 Hiroki Iwata (hiwata [at] shinshu-u.ac.jp)
 Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science,
 Shinshu University
 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621  JAPAN
 Tel : +81-263-37-2502
 
Calibration Information
 -

  
Infrastructure
 Mast, Electrical power(AC)