JapanFlux2024 JP-Kwg Kawagoe forest meteorology research site

Kawagoe forest meteorology research site is located in a copse in Kawagoe city, Saitama pref. The dominant species of this deciduous broadleaf forest is Konara oak, red-leaved hornbeam, japanese sweetspire and Ilex macropoda. Litters from this forest are unusually collected sometime in January to be used in nearby farms as compost. Therefore the forest floor is bared from spring to summer season. Another characteristic of this site is artificial disturbance. There is a local street cuts across the forest and an automobile expressway, Kan-Etsu Dou is only 500m away from the forest. From 1995 to 2002, we have carried out a continuous observation of CO2 and energy budget to clarify the influence of forest onto climate and to collect fundamental data for modeling study.The turbulent fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat, CO2 were measured using the eddy covariance system.