BFS - AsiaFlux

BFS: Barkot Flux Research Site

General site detail 　(Updated 11 May 2013)

Site name	Barkot Flux Research Site
AsiaFlux site code	BFS
Location	Barkot, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Position	30°6'44.391"N , 78°12'43.06"E
Elevation	415m above sea level
Slope	<5 degree
Terrain type	Flat
Area	8445.648 ha
Fetch	400-1000m
Climate	Subtropical Humid
Mean annual air temperature	37.5°C in July and 2.5°C in January
Mean annual precipitation	2073mm
Vegetation type	Moist Deciduous Sal forest
Domestic species (Overstory)	Shorea robusta
Dominant species (Understory)	Mallotus philippensis
Canopy height	32 m
Age	Climax Forest
LAI	4.8
Soil type	Loamy Thermic Haplustalfs

Observations
Eddy Covariance method (CO₂)

System	Open-path system
Wind speed	3 - axis Ultrasonic anemometer ( RM Young 81000, USA)
Air temperature	3 - axis Ultrasonic anemometer ( RM Young 81000, USA)
Water vapor	Open-path infrared gas analyzer (IR Hygrometer LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
CO₂	Open-path infrared gas analyzer (IR Hygrometer LI-7500, LI-COR, USA)
Measurement height	40 m
Sampling frequency	10 Hz
Averaging time	30 min
Data logger	CR1000 (Campbell,USA)
Data storage	Compact flash card
Original data	Raw data

Meteorology

Observation items	Levels/ Depth	Instrument
Global solar radiation(incoming)	40 m	CMP 3 (Kipp&Zonen, Netherland)
Global solar radiation (outgoing)	-
Long-wave radiation(outgoing)	40 m	CMP 3 (Kipp&Zonen, Netherland)
Long-wave radiation(outgoing)	-
Net radiation	-
PPFD (incoming)	-
PPFD (outgoing)	-
Direct / diffuse radiation	-
Direct / diffuse PPFD	-
Air temperature	48,32,16,8,4,2 m	Hygroclips S3 (Rotoronic,Switzerland)
Humidity	48,32,16,8,4,2 m	Hygroclips S3 (Rotoronic,Switzerland)
Soil temperature	-5cm, -10cm, -20cm, -60cm, -100cm	KDS 031(Komoline, India)
Soil heat flux	10,30 cm	Self-calibrating heat flux sensor (Huskeflux-HFP01SC )
Soil water content	10cm, 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 60cm, 100cm	PR2/6 (Delta-T, UK)
Wind speed	48,32,16,8,4,2 m	RM Young Wind Monitor-05103 (Secondwind,USA)
Wind direction	48,32,16,8,4,2 m	RM Young Wind Monitor-05103 (Secondwind,USA)
Barometric pressure	2 m	Atmosphere Pressure Sensor KDS 021 (Komoline, India)
Precipitation	50 m	Tipping-bucket rainguage (RM Young 52203, USA)
CO₂concentration	-

Other

Soil respiration	Automated soil CO₂ Flux (LI-8100, LI-COR,USA)
Photosynthesis	-
Ecological investigation	LAI, Biomass, Litter production & decomposition, Litter C:N etc. Sap Flow

Observation Period and Data Availability

Measurement Period	October 2012 till date
Measurement Frequency	Continuous
Data Availability	N/A

Contact

Dr. V.K. Dadhwal (director [at] nrsc.gov.in )
Director, NRSC & Project Director, National Carbon Project
National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO)
Department of Space, Government of India
Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 625, India
Telephone (O) : +91 40 2388 4001
Fax: +91 40 2387 7210

- Dr. S.P.S. Kushwaha (spskushwaha [at] gmail.com)
   Deputy Project Director, National Carbon Project
   Group Director, PPEG & Head, Forestry and Ecology Department
- Dr. N.R. Patel (pnatoo[at]gmail.com, nrpatel[at]iirs.gov.in)
   Project Manager Agriculture and Soils Department
- Dr. S. Nandy (subrato.nandy[at] gmail.com, nandy[at] iirs.gov.in)
   Scientist-SD, Forestry and Ecology Department
- Taibanganba Watham (taibang01[at] gmail.com)
   Research Scholar, Forestry and Ecology Department
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Govt. of India, 4 Kalidas
Road, Dehradun- 248001, India
Telephone(O): +91 135 2746789 Fax: +91 135 2741987

Infrastructure

Tower, Solar Power, Facility for Accommodation Available.

Research Fund

Indian Space Research Organization - Geosphere Biosphere Program (ISRO-GBP)