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HydroKorea and CarboKorea: cross-scale studies of ecohydrology and biogeochemistry in a heterogeneous and complex forest catchment of Korea

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  • Global changes in terrestrial ecosystems
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Ecological Research

Abstract

The KoFlux program is dedicated to understanding the fluxes of energy and matter, water resource management, and net ecosystem production in key ecosystems of Monsoon Asia. Under the framework of AsiaFlux, it is a joint effort with determined, comprehensive international strategies to bring Asia’s key ecosystems under observation. Built upon the augmented KoFlux infrastructure (i.e., Gwangneung supersite), the ‘HydroKorea’ and ‘CarboKorea’ projects pursue new methodologies to assess water and carbon cycles at various temporal, spatial, and process scales. Particularly, the multiscaling approaches are used to link process-level studies, flux footprint, ecohydrological and biogeochemical schemes, and high-resolution satellite images. We hope that the work presented here encourages more ground-breaking studies aimed at bridging the gaps in the cross-scale studies of ecohydrological and biogeochemical cycles in heterogeneous and complex landscapes.

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Acknowledgments

Our special thanks to Korea National Arboretum for their generous supports and encouragement. This work was supported by the Sustainable Water Resources Research Center of Twenty-first Century Frontier Research Program (Grant code: 1-8-2); Eco-Technopia 21 Project of the Ministry of Environment; Research program of Korea Forest Research Institute; and BK21 program of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Management of Korea.

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  1. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, South Korea

    Joon Kim, Dongho Lee, Jinkyu Hong & Su-Jin Kim

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701, South Korea

    Sinkyu Kang

  3. Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, South Korea

    Sang-Ki Moon & Namchil Woo

  4. Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, 130-712, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Lim & Kyongha Kim

  5. Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, South Korea

    Yowhan Son

  6. Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, South Korea

    Jaeseok Lee

  7. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, South Korea

    Sanghyun Kim

  8. Department of Environmental Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Kyeongbuk, 712-702, South Korea

    Buyong Lee

  9. Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, 156-720, South Korea

    Byong-Lyol Lee

  10. Sustainable Water Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Goyang-Si, 411-712, South Korea

    Sung Kim

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Kim, J., Lee, D., Hong, J. et al. HydroKorea and CarboKorea: cross-scale studies of ecohydrology and biogeochemistry in a heterogeneous and complex forest catchment of Korea. Ecol Res 21, 881–889 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-006-0055-3

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