ChinaFLUX Training Course 2009

July 28~31, 2009, Xining, China

Date and Venue

Date: July 28~31, 2009

Venue: Jinzuo Hotel

Address: No.48, Xichuannan Rd., Xining, Qinghai, China

Important Dates

April 1, 2009: First Announcement

May 7, 2009: Second Announcement & opening for registration

June 30, 2009: Deadline for registration

Program and Topics (tentative)

July 27 (Monday): Participants arrival and Registration at Jinzuo Hotel

July 28 (Tuesday)
Morning: Opening ceremony
Fundamentals of the canopy-atmospheric boundary layer micrometeorology
Afternoon: Flux calculation, data QC/QA, Gap-fillings

July 29 (Wednesday):

Morning: Methods of soil respiration and LAI measurements

Afternoon: Theory and techniques for ecosystem carbon and water vapor isotope flux measurements

July 30 (Thursday):
Morning: Flux measurements and their connection to remote sensing technique and ecosystem models

Closure of Training Course
Afternoon: Special session of A3 program among JapanFLux, KoFlux and ChinaFLUX

Field Excursion (tentative)

Field Trip A: July 31 (Friday), One-day field trip to Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Station for Flux Monitoring and Long-term Ecological Research, which is about 250 km away from Xining city with an elevation of 3300 m.

Field Trip B: August 1st (Saturday): One-day trip to Qinghai Lake, which is the largest inland lake in China, ranks top of China’s five most beautiful lakes in a latest competition activity by the magazine of China National Geography. Located at about 3,200 meters above sea level, the lake covers 4,300 square kilometers. It has abundant fish and other aquatic creatures, which in turn attracts large flocks of birds to perch in the islands of the lake. .

Fees (free for A3 members)

Hotels

The participants need to pay for their own hotel accommodation. We are glad to provide hotel reservation for all participants at two hotels:

(1) Jinzuo Hotel, where the training course will be held. It will charge￥320 for a standard two-beds room each night, including breakfast.

(2) Qing-Zang Dasha Hotel, which is very close to the training course venue. It will charge ￥220 for a standard two-beds room each night, including breakfast.

**Please note for hotel reservation in the Registration Form.

Registration
Registration will start from May 7, and end by 30 June, 2009, please fill the attached registration form and return it to the given address. Due to space limitation, the participants will be up to 60, and thus a first-come-first-served principle will be followed.

Organizers

Chinese Terrestrial Ecosystem Flux Observation and Research Network (ChinaFLUX)

Synthesis Research Center, Chinese Ecosystem Research Network

Synthesis Center of China National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network

Hosts

Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsors

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF),

AsiaFlux

Notes

The language used in the training course is English.

The venue of the training course, Xining City, is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The elevation of Xining City is around 2300m, and the circumjacent area is mostly above 3000m. The participants please consider your health condition for the plateau altitude sickness.

Contacts to

ChinaFLUX Secretariat

Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling,

Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources Research, CAS

11A Datun Road, Anwai, Beijing 100101, China

Tel: +86-10-64889808 Fax: +86-10-64868962

e-mail: fuyl@ igsnrr.ac.cn (Dr. Yuling Fu)

ChinaFLUX Training Course 2009 Local Organizing Committee

Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

59 Xiguan Street, Xining 810001, China

Tel: 0971-6129837 Fax: 0971-6133353
Email: flingzhang@gmail.com (Mr. Fawei Zhang)

Attachments:
Second Announcement of ChinaFLUX Training Course 2009--Regietration Start.pdf
Registration Form.doc