Klimatologie
Nebeldeposition in Taiwan
This is a partner project between the ILÖK (Arbeitsgruppe Klimatologie) and the National Dong Hwa
University (Hual Lien, Taiwn). An experimental ecosystem research study close to the Yuan Yang Lake (YYL)
site, in the subtropical mountain cloud forest of northern Taiwan at 1650 m a.s.l. is performed. The projekt
studies the contribution of fog deposition to the hydrological and nitrogen cycle within a stand of
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana, which is an extraordinarily important cypress species of Taiwan,
and which is being regenerated through forestry activities lately. However, the water and nutrient cycles, and
the specific physiology are not nearly understood. The fog frequency at the YYL ecosystem research site is
high, and fog deposition probably plays a key role in the biogeochemical cycles of the ecosystem. The project
consists of two parts, one is a long term (2 year) program to quantify deposition of fog and
evapotranspiration of water through model approaches, based on field routine observations. The second
component is the development of process understanding through four intensive field experiments, in which the
deposition of fog is directly quantified through a micrometeorological experiment. Feedback to the models
applied will be an important feature.
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