Fukuroyamasawa Experimental Watershed - Japan

Basic Information
Site Name
Fukuroyamasawa Experimental Watershed
Short name
FEW
Country
Japan
Web Address
Laboratory of Forest Hydrology and Erosion Control Engineering
Operating Organisation
Laboratory of Forest Hydrology and Erosion Control Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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2023-10-06 09:10:04

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1992
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
JaLTER (Japan)✔ (LTER-EAP-JP-26)This site is a verified "JaLTER (Japan)" member.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: 140.06

Size
ca. 2.03ha
Elevation (min)
124.00msl
Elevation (max)
227.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
14.20°C
Precipitation Annual
2170.00mm
Landforms
Hill
Geology
The bedrock is composed of Neogene age sedimentary rock, classified in the Awa Group. In more detail, it is classified in Kiyosumi formation. Kiyosumi formation is flysch-type alternating sandstone and mudstone, and is characterized by a predominance of thicker turbidite sandstones.
Vegetation
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and some cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa).
Soils
Soil is classified as Cambisol (brown forest soil). The average soil depth is 2.87 m in watershed A and 2.22 m in watershed B (Shiraki et al., 1999).
Hydrology
It rarely snows and most precipitation is rainfall. About 20% of rainfall deeply percolated and discharged without going through weirs [Oda et al., 2008]. The mean transit time was estimated as 1068 days [Oda et al., 2009].
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » In canopy
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
14
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular