[BKS]
Bukit Soeharto
  • Site Description
  • Observation
  • Researchers
  • Note
    • The contents of this page are based on Principal Investigator's report dated 2 June 2008
    Site NameBukit Soeharto
    AsiaFlux Site CodeBKS
    LocationBukit Soeharto Education Forest of Mulawarman University, Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Position0º 51' 41" S, 117º 02' 41" E (WGS84)
    Elevation 20 m above sea level (WGS84)
    Slope N/A
    Terrain Type Approximately flat
    Area 40ha
    Fetch 200 ~ 500 m (depending on wind direction)
    Climate Tropical - fully humid (Af)
    Mean annual air temperature 27ºC (tentative)
    Mean annual precipitation 3300mm (tentative)
    Vegetation Type Tropical secondary forest
    Dominant Species (Overstory) Macaranga gigantea
    Dominant Species (Understory) N/A
    Canopy height 9m (2001Jul), 10.6m (2002Nov), 12.4 (2004Feb)
    Age In 1998, second-growth forest disappeared by forest fire produced by ENSO. The forest has re-grown.
    LAI 3.0 m2 m-2 (PAI)
    Soil type Typic Paleudults (US Soil Taxonomy)

    Observation Period

    Measurement Period8 Dec. 1999 to December 2004
    Measurement FrequencyContinuous

    Data Availability

    2001, 2002 on AsiaFlux Database

    Contact Address

    Minoru Gamo (old-gamoaist.go.jp)

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8569, Japan
    Tel : +81-29-861-8399 Fax : 81-29-861-8358
    http://staff.aist.go.jp/old-gamo/