| LaThuid: | BE-Bra |
| Site Name: | Brasschaat (De Inslag Forest) |
| Network: | CarboEurope IP |
| Sec. Network(s): | Unknown |
| Latitude: | 51.3092 |
| Longitude: | 4.52056 |
| Elevation(m): | 16 |
| IGBP: | MF |
| Description | CarboEurope: The FOREST IS A LEVEL-II OBSERVATION PLOT OF THE European program (IPC-II) forests) for intensive monitoring of forest ecosystems (EC-UN/ECE, 1996). |
| Site Citation: | |
| Site Acknowledgment: | |
| Data Usage Note: | TBA |
| Primary Contact: | Ivan Janssens |
| Curator: | Dario Papale |
| Anc Curator: | Dorothea Frank |
| Years Of Data: | 8 (Duration: 1997 - 2006) |
| Tower Status: | Active (1997 - Present) |
| Site image(s): | Image |
| VE Cutouts: | Max Zoom :: Mid 1 Zoom :: Mid 2 Zoom :: Min Zoom |
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| Coordinator | Title | Collaborators | Topic |
| Enrico Tomelleri | Calibration of a light use efficiency model using FLUXNET data | Tomelleri;Reichstein;Papale;Gorner | Up-scaling, global, data-oriented |
| Rodrigo Vargas | A mycocentric perspective on environmental factors controlling CO2 fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems | Vargas; Baldocchi; Allen; Hasselquist | |
| Andrew Richardson | Exploring relationships among carbon exchange, foliar nitrogen, and canopy albedo at global scales | Richardson; Ollinger; Martin; Hollinger | |
| Barbara Koestner | Water vapour flux partitioning related to climate, global ecosystem types and vegetation structure | Koestner; Bernhofer; Knohl; Lindroth | H2O |
| May Myklebust | LAI influence on bias in night time eddy covariance data during windy conditions | Myklebust; Misson; Wohlfahrt | |
| Christian Beer | Which environmental factors determine temporal and spatial variability of water-use efficiency on ecosystem level | Beer; Baldocchi; Bernhofer; Buchmann; Ciais; Knohl; Koestner; Kutsch; Reichstein; Soussana; Williams | C-H2O |
| Sonia Seneviratne | Multi-scale land-atmosphere interactions | Seneviratne; Reichstein; Ciais; Buchmann; Stockli | Biophysical feedbacks, Drought effects |
| Sebastiaan Luyssaert | Short term extremes in NEE: drivers and responses in natural ecosystems | Luyssaert; Hollinger; Munger; Stoy; Archibald; Buchmann; Williams; Janssens | Temporal variability; extremes |
| Gitta Lasslop | Extended hyperbolic light response curve including VPD effects to derive GPP estimates mainly based on daytime data | Lasslop; Reichstein; Papale | |
| Alexander Knohl | Assessing soil moisture – atmosphere feedbacks via Bowen ratio changes during droughts | Knohl;Bernhofer;Ciais;Koestner;Viovy | Drought effects; energy |
| Christopher A. Williams | Carbon Dioxide and Water Flux Responses to Extreme Weather and Climate Anomalies | Williams; Munger; Hollinger; Stoy; Richardson; Schaefer; Stockli; Schwalm | Temporal variability; extremes |
| Christian Bernhofer | Analyzing long-term FLUXNET measurements for reliable ET values across ecosystems types and across climatic regions | Bernhofer; Koestner; Knohl; Lindroth; Grünwald; Riedel | H2O |
| Christian Beer | Upscaling mean annual GPP from ecosystem level to the global land surface | Beer; Tomelleri; Reichstein; Carvalhais; Jung; Papale; Peylin; Ciais | |
| Gitta Lasslop | Towards a better understanding of temporal variability of inverse model parameter estimates in process-based models | Lasslop;Reichstein;Mahecha;Kattge | Inverse parameter retrieval |
| Andrew Jarvis | A data-based cross-site evaluation of (optimal) carbon gain and water use strategies as expressed in FLUXNET eddy covariance data | Jarvis;Stauch | C-H2O |
| Ryan Teuling | The impact of land surface heterogeneity on temperature variability | Teuling; Seneviratne; Reichstein; Ciais; Moors; Luyssaert | |
| Miguel D. Mahecha | Time scale dependent parameter estimation: principle and example elaboration in an model-eddy covariance data fusion experiment | Mahecha; Reichstein; Carvalhais; Lasslop; Lange; Seneviratne | |
| Philippe Ciais | What the eddy-covariance flux measurements tell us about prior errors in CO2-flux inversion schemes | Chevallier; Ciais; Maignan; Wang; Reichstein | |
| Enrico Tomelleri | Climatic effects on the inter‐annual variability of net ecosystem fluxes of North America and Europe | Tomelleri; Migliavacca; Carvalhais | |
| Martin Jung | Identifying environmental and biophysical controls of monthly carbon and water fluxes | Jung; Reichstein; Papale; Tomelleri | |
| Dario Papale | A new global spatialized estimate of NEP, GPP and TER and analysis of uncertainty and limiting factors using data driven models and eddy covariance measurements | Papale, Reichstein, Tomelleri | Up-scaling, global, data-oriented |
| Instruments | Brand/model | Levels/depths | Type | Frequency | Comment | Reference |
| Anemometer | Didcot: DWR-205G | measured at 40 m | cup | | | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| Chemiluminescent analyser | AC: 31M | | | | tubes are 53.5m long, heated to 35° C | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| NH30M | | | | tubes are 53.5m long, heated to 35° C | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| Pyranometer | Kipp & Zonen: CM6B | | | | measured at 40 m | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| Thermometer | Vaisala: PT100 | | Platinum resistance | | housed in a Didcot DTS-5A psychrometer | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| UV fluorescence analyzer | AF: 21M | | | | tubes are 53.5m long, heated to 35° C | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| UV photometry analyzer | Environnement: O341M | | | | tubes are 53.5m long, heated to 35° C | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| Wind Vane | Didcot: DWD 105 | measured at 40 m | | | | http://www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/eng/bossen/bosbes/text/airquality.html |
| Bibliography |
| J. Curiel Yuste; I.A. Janssens; R. Ceulemans. 2005. Calibration and validation of an empirical approach to model soil CO2 efflux in a deciduous forestBiogeochemistry. 73:1, 209-230. |
| A. A. Arain; N. Restrepo-Coupe. 2005. Net ecosystem production in a temperate pine plantation in southeastern CanadaAgricultural and Forest Meteorology. 128:3-4, 223-241. |
| J. C. Yuste; I. A. Janssens; A. Carrara; R. Ceulemans. 2004. Annual Q(10) of soil respiration reflects plant phenological patterns as well as temperature sensitivityGlobal Change Biology. 10:2, 161-169. |
| G. Deckmyn; B. Muys; J. G. Quijano; R. Ceulemans. 2004. Carbon sequestration following afforestation of agricultural soils: comparing oak/beech forest to short-rotation poplar coppice combining a process and a carbon accounting modelGlobal Change Biology. 10:9, 1482-1491. |
| Aijm Van Dijk; A. J. Dolman. 2004. Estimates of CO2 uptake and release among European forests based on eddy covariance dataGlobal Change Biology. 10:9, 1445-1459. |
| Arnaud Carrara; Ivan A. Janssens; Jorge Curiel Yuste; Reinhart Ceulemans. 2004. Seasonal changes in photosynthesis, respiration and NEE of a mixed temperate forestAgricultural and Forest Meteorology. 126:1-2, 15-31. |
| C. W. Xiao; J. C. Yuste; I. A. Janssens; P. Roskams; L. Nachtergale; A. Carrara; B. Y. Sanchez; R. Ceulemans. 2003. Above- and belowground biomass and net primary production in a 73-year-old Scots pine forestTree Physiology. 23:8, 505-516. |
| I. A. Janssens. 1999. Soil CO2 flux in a mixed forest ecosystem in the Antwerp Campine regionPH.D. Thesis, University of Antwerpen. |
| G. Churkina; J. Tenhunen; P. Thornton; E. M. Falge; J. A. Elbers; M. Erhard; T. Grunwald; A. S. Kowalski; U. Rannik; D. Sprinz. 2003. Analyzing the ecosystem carbon dynamics of four European coniferous forests using a biogeochemistry modelEcosystems. 6:2, 168-184. |
| J. C. Yuste; I. A. Janssens; A. Carrara; L. Meiresonne; R. Ceulemans. 2003. Interactive effects of temperature and precipitation on soil respiration in a temperate maritime pine forestTree Physiology. 23:18, 1263-1270. |
| A. Carrara; A. S. Kowalski; J. Neirynck; I. A. Janssens; J. C. Yuste; R. Ceulemans. 2003. Net ecosystem CO2 exchange of mixed forest in Belgium over 5 yearsAgricultural and Forest Meteorology. 119:3-4, 209-227. |
| E. Falge; D. Baldocchi; J. Tenhunen; M. Aubinet; P. Bakwin; P. Berbigier; C. Bernhofer; G. Burba; R. Clement; K. J. Davis; J. A. Elbers; A. H. Goldstein; A. Grelle; A. Granier; J. Guomundsson; D. Hollinger; A. S. Kowalski; G. Katul; B. E. Law; Y. Malhi; T. Meyers; R. K. Monson; J. W. Munger; W. Oechel; K. T. Paw; K. Pilegaard; U. Rannik; C. Rebmann; A. Suyker; R. Valentini; K. Wilson; S. Wofsy. 2002. Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurementsAgricultural and Forest Meteorology. 113:1-4, 53-74. |
| I. A. Janssens; A. S. Kowalski; R. Ceulemans. 2001. Forest floor CO2 fluxes estimated by eddy covariance and chamber-based modelAgricultural and Forest Meteorology. 106:1, 61-69. |
| I. A. Janssens; A. S. Kowalski; R. Ceulemans. 2001. Intercomparison of forest floor CO2 efflux estimates by eddy correlation and a chamber-ased emperical model.Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 106, 61-69. |
| D. A. Sampson; I. A. Janssens; R. Ceulemans. 2001. Simulated soil CO2 efflux and net ecosystem exchange in a 70- year-old Belgian Scots pine stand using the process model SECRETSAnnals of Forest Science. 58:1, 31-46. |
| I. A. Janssens; A. S. Kowalski; B. Longdoz; R. Ceulemans. 2000. Assessing forest soil CO2 efflux: an in situ comparison of four techniquesTree Physiology. 20:1, 23-32. |
| A. S. Kowalski; S. Overloop; R. Ceulemans. 2000. Eddy fluxes above a Belgian, Campine forest and their relationship with predicting variables.In Forest Ecosystem Modeling, Upscaling and Remote Sensing. 3-17. |
| R. Valentini; G. Matteucci; A. J. Dolman; E. D. Schulze; C. Rebmann; E. J. Moors; A. Granier; P. Gross; N. O. Jensen; K. Pilegaard; A. Lindroth; A. Grelle; C. Bernhofer; T. Grunwald; M. Aubinet; R. Ceulemans; A. S. Kowalski; T. Vesala; U. Rannik; P. Berbigier; D. Loustau; J. Guomundsson; H. Thorgeirsson; A. Ibrom; K. Morgenstern; R. Clement; J. Moncrieff; L. Montagnani; S. Minerbi; P. G. Jarvis. 2000. Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forestsNature. 404:6780, 861-865. |
| DA Sampson; R. Ceulemans. 2000. SECRETS: simulated carbon fluxes from a mixed coniferous/deciduous forest.In Forest Ecosystem Modeling, Upscaling and Remote Sensing. 95-108. |
| V. Gond; D.G.G. de Pury; H. Eerens; F. Veroustaete; R. Ceulemans. 2000. The Brasschaat pixel: interpretation of multitemporal NOAA-AVHRR reflectances of a multi-layer mixed forest.In Forest Ecosystem Modeling, Upscaling and Remote Sensing. 221-224. |
| I. A. Janssens; D. A. Sampson; J. Cermak; L. Meiresonne; F. Riguzzi; S. Overloop; R. Ceulemans. 1999. Above- and belowground phytomass and carbon storage in a Belgian Scots pine standAnnals of Forest Science. 56:2, 81-90. |
| Sampson; Ceulemans. 1999. Forest Ecosystem Modelling, Upscaling and Remote Sensing. 95 - 108. |
| V. Gond; D. G. G. de Pury; F. Veroustraete; R. Ceulemans. 1999. Seasonal variations in leaf area index, leaf chlorophyll, and water content; scaling-up to estimate fAPAR and carbon balance in a multilayer, multispecies temperate forestTree Physiology. 19:10, 673-679. |
| J. Cermak; F. Riguzzi; R. Ceulemans. 1998. Scaling up from the individual tree to the stand level in Scots pine. I. Needle distribution, overall crown and root geometryAnnales Des Sciences Forestieres. 55:1-2, 63-88. |
| I. A. Janssens; R. Ceulemans. 1998. Spatial variability in forest soil CO2 efflux assessed with a calibrated soda lime techniqueEcology Letters. 1:2, 95-98. |
| J. D. Tenhunen; R. Valentini; B. Kostner; R. Zimmermann; A. Granier. 1998. Variation in forest gas exchange at landscape to continental scalesAnnales Des Sciences Forestieres. 55:1-2, 1. |
| D.G.G. de Pury; R. Ceulemans. 1997. Scaling-up carbon fluxes from leaves to stands in a patchy coniferous/deciduous forestIN: Impacts of Blobal Change on tree physiology and forest ecosystems.. 263-272. |