Carbon, Water, and Energy Fluxes at USCCC Sites

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Carbon, Water, and Energy Fluxes at USCCC Sites
Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
43560 Phone [phone], Fax [phone]
Email jiquan.chen_at_utoledo.edu
USCCC was established in December 2003 in
Beijing, P.R. China as a collaborative consortium
between American and Chinese institutions that
have interests in studying the role of managed
ecosystems in the global carbon and water
cycles.  Representatives of two US institutions
(Southern Global Change Program of USDA FS and
University of Toledo) and seven Chinese
institutions (Institute of Botany-CAS, Fudan
University, Beijing Forestry University, Chinese
Academy of Forestry, Nanjing University, and
Meteorology Administration of China) participate
in a planning workshop held in Beijing. 
MISSION To facilitate a better understanding of
the environmental factors influencing the rate
and magnitude of carbon sequestration and water
cycling across a range of ecosystems and climatic
gradients with the use of mutually agreed upon
measurement protocols and equipment, and through
a collaborated network of data sharing and
analysis.
SCCC Site in P.R. China
Web-based database at FU
USCCC Webpage at IBCAS
The team agreed to propose a decentralized
database management plan -- each institution will
independently manage their data.  The data will
be open to all the partitioning members through
project WebPages with permission of the
institution.  The committee strongly encourages
its members to make their data as available as
possible.  USCCC will adopt the data sharing
policy of Long-Term Ecological Research Networks
(http//lternet.edu/data/netpolicy.html) for our
future research. USCCC is governed by a steering
committee
Eddy-covariance flux towers are the central
infrastructure of all USCCC sites (total 18).
Ten towers have been installed three flux towers
in coastal wetlands in Shanghai (FU), one tower
in a young popular plantation in Beijing (BFU),
two in forested wetlands (CAF), and four towers
in four contrasting ecosystems in northeastern
China (MAC). The remaining towers will be
completed before 2005 growing season. A webpage
housing other site information (e.g., vegetation,
soil, climate, respiration, stable isotope
analysis) are under construction by each of USCCC
member.

• Dr. Steve McNulty, Co-Chair, SGCP, USDA FS
• Dr. Xingguo Han, Co-Chair, Institute of Botany,
  CAS
• Dr. Osbert Sun, Coordinator, IBCAS
• Dr. Jiquan Chen, Science Leader, Univ of Toledo
  (UT)
• Dr. Guanghui Lin, IBCAS
• Dr. Bo LI, Fudan University (FU)
• Dr. Zhiqian Zhang, Beijing Forestry University
  (BFU)
• Dr. Xudong Zhang, Chinese Academy of Forestry
  (CAFR)
• Dr. Guangsheng Zhou, Meterol. Admin. of China
  (MAC)
• Dr. Shuqin An, Nanjing University
• Dr. Ge Sun, Southern Global Change Program, USDA
  FS

Training Workshop at the LEES Lab, Apr.-May 2004

• The steering committee is responsible for
• Formulating study objectives and research
  questions through its annual meetings
• Establishing and implementing field
  instrumentation, data collection, and other
  sampling methods
• Practical solutions for data quality
  assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), and data
  storage and dissemination
• Collaborative data analysis and compilation with
  the same metadata structure
• Forming consensus on research results for
  publications
• Determining authorship and approve papers prior
  to journal submission and
• Settling any problems or disputes that may arise
  within or between sites and members.

EC tower in a coastal wetland (FU)
EC tower in a coastal wetland, NC, USA
FUTURE USCCC welcomes any individuals or
institutions to be an associate. For news
updates and other detailed information, please
visit US http//research.eeescience.utoledo.edu
/lees/research/USCCC/ China http//usccc.ibcas.
ac.cn/