HFS: Haldwani Forest Plantation

General site detail (updated 20 July 2012)
 Site name
 Haldwani Forest Plantation
 AsiaFlux site code
 HFS
 Location Haldwani, Uttarakhand
 Position 29° 8'57.55"N , 79°25'15.97"E
 Elevation 280 m
 Slope <2 degree
 Terrain type
 Flat
 Area 4547.97 ha
 Fetch 1000 m
 Climate Subtropical Humid
 Mean annual air temperature
 40°C in July and 5°C in December
 Mean annual precipitation
 1250 mm
 Vegetation type
 Mixed Forest Plantation
 Domestic species (Overstory)
 Holoptelea integrifolia, Dalbergia sisso, Acacia  catechu.
 Dominant species (Understory)
 Lantan camera, Murraya koennigii and Cleodendron  viscosum
 Canopy height
 10 m
 Age  Young Plantation (9 years in 2013)
 LAI  2.9
 Soil type
 Non-Calcareous and deep

Observations
Eddy Covariance method (CO2)
 System Open-path system
 Wind speed
 3-D Sonic Anemometer (WindMaster, Gill)
 Air temperature
 3-D Sonic Anemometer (WindMaster, Gill)
 Water vapor
 Open-path CO2/H2O analyzer (LI-7500, LI-COR)
 CO2 Open-path CO2/H2O analyzer (LI-7500, LI-COR)
 Measurement height
 19 m
 Sampling frequency
 10 Hz
 Averaging time
 30 min
 Data logger
 CR5000 (Campbell,USA)
 Data storage
 FC
 Original data
 Raw data

Meteorology
 Observation items
  Levels/ Depth
 Instrument 
 Global solar radiation(incoming)
 15 m Net radiometer (CNR-1, Campbell)
 Global solar 
radiation (outgoing)
 15 m Net radiometer (CNR-1, Campbell)
 Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 
 15 m Net radiometer (CNR-1, Campbell)
 Long-wave radiation(outgoing) 
 15 m Net radiometer (CNR-1, Campbell)
 Net radiation
 15 m Net radiometer (CNR-1, Campbell)
 PPFD (incoming)
 15 m
 Quantum senser (LI-190S, LI-COR)
 PPFD (outgoing)
 - 
 Direct / diffuse radiation
 - 
 Direct / diffuse PPFD
 - 
 Air temperature
 5, 10, 15 m Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe
 (Vaisala HMP50, Finland)
 Humidity 5, 10, 15 m  Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe
 (Vaisala HMP50, Finland)
 Soil temperature
 - 
 Soil heat flux
 -

Soil water 
 content 
 - 
 Wind speed
 5, 10, 15 m RM Young 5103 ( Secondwind,USA)
 Wind direction
 5, 10, 15 m RM Young 5103 ( Secondwind,USA)
 Barometric 
 pressure
 15 m Vaisala PTB110 Barometer
 Precipitation 15 m Tipping Bucket ( Texas TE525)
 COconcentration
 - 
 H2O concentration
 -
Other
 Soil respiration
 Automated soil CO2 Flux 
 (LI-8100, LI-COR,USA)
 Photosynthesis - 
 Ecological investigation
 LAI, Biomass, Litter production & decomposition, Litter C:N etc.
 
Observation Period and data Availability
 Measurement Period
 from October 2012 to present 
 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 
Research Fund
 Indian Space Research Organization - Geosphere Biosphere Program  (ISRO-GBP)