The Dinghushan flux observation site, as one of the four forest sites of ChinaFLUX, aims to acquire long-term measurements of CO2 flux over a typical southern subtropical evergreen coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest ecosystem using the open path eddy covariance method. Based on two years of data from 2003 to 2004, the characteristics of temporal variation in CO2 flux and its response to environmental factors in the forest ecosystem are analyzed. Provided two-dimensional coordinate rotation, WPL correction and quality control, poor energy-balance and underestimation of ecosystem respiration during nighttime implied that there could be a CO2 leak during the nighttime at the site. Using daytime (PAR > 1.0μmol-1·m-2·s-1) flux data during windy conditions (u* > 0.2 m·s-1), monthly ecosystem respiration (Reco) was derived through the Michaelis-Menten equation modeling the relationship between net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Exponential function was employed to describe the relationship between Reco and soil temperature at 5 cm depth (Ts05), then Reco of both daytime and nighttime was calculated respectively by the function. The major results are: (i) Derived from the Michaelis-Menten equation, the apparent quantum yield (α) was 0.0027±0.0011 mgCO2·μmol-1 photons, and the maximum photosynthetic assimilation rate (Amax) was 1.102±0.288 mgCO2·m-2·s-1. Indistinctive seasonal variation of o or Amax was consistent with weak seasonal dynamics of leaf area index (LAI) in such a lower subtropical evergreen mixed forest. (ii) Monthly accumulated Reco was estimated as 95.3±21.1 gC·m-2 mon-1, accounting for about 68% of the gross primary product (GPP). Monthly accumulated NEE was estimated as -43.2±29.6 gC·m-2·mon-1. The forest ecosystem acted as carbon sink all year round without any seasonal carbon efflux period. Annual NEE of 2003 and 2004 was estimated as -563.0 and -441.2 gC·m-2·a-1 respectively, accounting for about 32% of GPP.
WANG Chunlin, YU Guirui, ZHOU Guoyi, YAN Junhua, ZHANG Leiming, WANG Xu, TANG Xuli & SUN Xiaomin South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
能量平衡分析作为评价涡度相关法通量观测数据可靠性方法，备受学界重视。应用OLS（Ordinary least squares）和EBR（Energy Balance Ratio）2种方法，系统分析了广东省鼎湖山针阔叶混交林生态系统能量平衡特点，并分析各种涡度通量修正方法对能量平衡的影响，结果表明鼎湖山通量站平均能力平衡不闭合度为33％-47％，略高于普遍报道的不闭合度范围（10％-30％）。WPL修正、μ＊订正和坐标转换，使得能量平衡闭合度有所提高，但夜间特别是冬季能量平衡较差问题依然没有得到根本解决，表明夜间弱湍流并不是导致夜间能量平衡闭合度差的主要原因。为客观评价本通量站以及ChinaFLUX能量平衡状况和通量数据质量，确定涡度相关法CO2通量数据分析方法和改进策略提供依据。
