Sapporo forest meteorology research site

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Sapporo forest meteorology research site is located in a hilly area neighboring urban district of Sapporo city. It is a secondary boreal deciduous broadleaf forest which had grown after wildfire. Century-old japanese white birch is its dominant species but it is on the wane and oak trees are gradually taking over the forest. The climate of this area is classified in cool-temperate, with relatively hot and dry summer and heavily snowing winter. We are observing the CO2 and energy budget in a typical secondary forest of northern Japan under various climatic conditions.,The forest around the observation tower was badly damaged by typhoon in September 2004. Most of the fallen trees are untouched to study the natural transition of ecosystem. The observation tower had restarted its operation in June 2005, after the recovery from damage.,The site is supporting the continuous research activities on ecology, physiology, pedology and hydrology and accumulating the results for the future studies which especially focus on transition of forest ecosystem.The turbulent fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat, CO2 were measured using the eddy covariance system.

7.4 °C

1150.0 mm

42.986843, 141.38533

173 m