Establishing an IndoFlux

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Establishing an IndoFlux A long-term
Biogeochemical Monitoring Network in India to
Study Global Environmental Change

• G Srinivasan, Shambhu Singh KJ Ramesh
• Department of Science Technology, India
• P V Sundareshwar, South Dakota School of Mines
  and Technology, USA

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Objectives

• To systematically monitor CO2, water vapor and
  energy flux over land regions associated with
  different soil characteristics as well as in
  Coastal and Oceanic regions
• To understand Carbon dynamics and other related
  bio-geo-chemical processes at regional/biome
  scale, including species diversity
• To support validation of satellite remote sensing
  of land products and theoretical models
• Impact of air-quality and trans-boundary
  air-pollution on ecosystems

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Existing

• ISRO GBP Department of Space
• NATCOM Ministry of Environment Forests
• ILEAP ABC MAIRS NPL Department of Scientific
  Industrial Research
• Long-term CO2, trace gases, Ozone, Aerosols,
  Radiation
• Other campaign modes DST
• Non Governmental Organizations TERI, ATREE, WWF,
  

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IndoFlux

• The effort will provide a integrating framework
  to focus existing research capacities in diverse
  groups across the country, and to build
  additional capacities through international
  collaborations to deliver useful assessment tools
  

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Strategy
Ministry of Environment Forests
(MoEF) Department of Science Technology Minist
ry of Ocean Development Department of Scientific
and Industrial Research

• Multi-departmental Initiative
• DST, DISR, MoOD/DES, MoEF
• With Participation from
• NGOs
• Corporate partners
• Leading International Partners

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Networked Centers

• A centralized Permanent Coordinating Office
• Instrumentation
• Data management
• Administration Finance
• Networked centers
• Specialized research groups
• Nodal coordinator
• Assured base funding
• International IndoFlux Support centers

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Data and Management

• IndoFlux Data Centre
• Calibration and Standards Facility

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Parameters

• Essential Parameters
• CO2, water vapor, aerosol and trace gas fluxes
• Solar radiation (incoming and outgoing shortwave,
  longwave and diffuse radiation)
• Sensible and latent heat flux
• Atmospheric pressure, temperature,humidity, wind
  speed direction and rainfall
• Soil heat flux
• PAR, skin/canopy temperature, LAI
• Soil temperature and moisture profile
• Sensible and latent heat above the canopy
• Vertical distributions of temperature,humidity,
  winds aerosols and clouds in the troposphere
• Coastal and Oceanic

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Management Structure
International Advisory Committee
National Level Steering Committee
Working Groups on Focal Areas
Working Groups on Focal Areas
Working Groups on Focal Areas
Working Groups on Focal Areas
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Site Selection

• Broad Representative Eco-climates
• other considerations like biodiversity
• Objective Methods
• Net work analysis
• Simulations
• Statistical EOFs
• Existing Infrastructure and Expertise
• Science, National and Partner priorities

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Geographical

• Indo-Gangetic plains representing forested,
  agricultural, wetland, mega-cities and mining
  regions
• Terrestrial sites in the States of Jammu
  Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar
  Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, West Bengal
  and Orissa
• Forest regions in the Eastern and Western Ghats
  and central India,
• Coastal / offshore regions of West Bengal,
  Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
  Maharashtra and Gujarat
• Arid/semi-arid regions of Rajasthan and Haryana,
• High altitude regions of Ladhak, JK,
  Uttaranchal, Himachal, West Bengal and
  North-Eastern part of India representing conifer,
  deciduous every-green tropical forests and
  grasslands.
• Oceanic Bay of Bengal different zones and
  Arabian Sea

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Monitoring Stations

• Terrestrial
• Amphibious Environs
• Blue waters
• Mobile units

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Linkages with other International Programs

• GEOSS ( Global Earth Observations System of
  Systems)
• GCOS (Global Climate Observations System)
• IGBP initiatives
• Ameriflux, Euroflux, ORION, NEON etc.

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