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Table 1 Site characteristics and instrumentation details for the study sites

From: Comparative assessment of net CO2 exchange across an urbanization gradient in Korea based on eddy covariance measurements

 

EunPyeong (HU)

Ochang (SU)

Boseong (CP)

Jeju (SF)

Location

 Latitude (°N)

37.6350

36.7197

34.7607

33.3177

 Longitude (°E)

126.9287

127.4344

127.2140

126.5678

Classification

Urban

Suburban

Rice-paddy

Mixed forest

Description

High-density high-rise residential area

Open low-rise research park

Double cropping

Dec–May: Hordeum vulgare

Jun–Nov: Oryza sativa

Deciduous (82%)

Carpinus tschonoskii, Quercus serrata

Population density (km−2)

~ 15,000

770

< 50

~ 0

Building and road fraction (%)

~ 60

36

< 1

< 1

Vegetation fraction (%)

~ 40

64

~ 100

~ 100

Traffic volume (PCU day−1)

11,549

13,842

–

–

Measurement height (m)

30

19

2.5

27

Obstacle height (m)

~ 20

~ 4

< 1

~ 13.7

Altitude (m)

60

60

2

635

Sonic anemometer

CSAT3, Campbell Sci.

CSAT3, Campbell Sci.

CSAT3, Campbell Sci.

CSAT3, Campbell Sci.

Infrared gas analyzer

Li-7200RS, Li-COR

EC-150, Campbell Sci.

EC-150, Campbell Sci.

EC-155, Campbell Sci.

Radiometer

CNR-4, Kipp&Zonen

CNR-4, Kipp&Zonen

CNR-4, Kipp&Zonen

CNR-4, Kipp&Zonen

Data logger

CR-3000, Campbell Sci.

CR-3000, Campbell Sci.

CR-3000, Campbell Sci.

CR-3000, Campbell Sci.

Establishment

May 2013

July 2014

September 2014

May 2014

Analysis period in this study

March 2015–February 2016 (1-year)