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Establishing an IndoFlux – A
long-term Biogeochemical
Monitoring Network in India to
Study Global Environmental
Change
G Srinivasan, Shambhu Singh & KJ Ramesh
Department of Science & Technology, India
P V Sundareshwar, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology, USA
Objectives
To systematically monitor CO2, water vapor and
energy flux over land regions associated with
different soil characteristics as well as in Coastal
and Oceanic regions
 To understand Carbon dynamics and other related
bio-geo-chemical processes at regional/biome
scale, including species diversity
 To support validation of satellite remote sensing
of land products and theoretical models
 Impact of air-quality and trans-boundary airpollution on ecosystems
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Existing
ISRO – GBP Department of Space
 NATCOM Ministry of Environment & Forests
 ILEAP ABC MAIRS NPL Department of Scientific & Industrial
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Research
Long-term CO2, trace gases, Ozone,
Aerosols, Radiation
 Other campaign modes DST
 Non Governmental Organizations TERI, ATREE,
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WWF, …
IndoFlux
The effort will provide a
integrating framework to focus
existing research capacities in
diverse groups across the
country, and to build additional
capacities through
international collaborations to
deliver useful assessment tools
Strategy
Ministry of Environment &
Forests (MoEF)
Department of Science &
Technology
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Multi-departmental Initiative
– DST, DISR, MoOD/DES, MoEF
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With Participation from
– NGOs
– Corporate partners
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Leading International Partners
Ministry of Ocean
Development
Department of Scientific
and Industrial Research
Networked Centers
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A centralized Permanent Coordinating Office
Instrumentation
– Data management
– Administration & Finance
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Networked centers
Specialized research groups
– Nodal coordinator
– Assured “base” funding
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International IndoFlux Support centers
Data and Management
 IndoFlux
Data Centre
 Calibration and Standards
Facility
Parameters
Essential Parameters
 CO2, water vapor, aerosol and trace gas fluxes
 Solar
radiation (incoming and outgoing shortwave,
longwave and diffuse radiation)
 Sensible and latent heat flux
 Atmospheric pressure, temperature,humidity, wind speed &
direction and rainfall
 Soil heat flux
 PAR, skin/canopy temperature, LAI
 Soil temperature and moisture profile
 Sensible and latent heat above the canopy
 Vertical distributions of temperature,humidity, winds
aerosols and clouds in the troposphere
Coastal and Oceanic
Management Structure
International Advisory
Committee
National Level Steering
Committee
Working
Groups on
Focal Areas
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Site Selection
Broad Representative Eco-climates
+ other considerations like biodiversity
Objective Methods
Net work analysis
Simulations
Statistical – EOFs
Existing Infrastructure and Expertise
Science, National and Partner priorities
Geographical
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Indo-Gangetic plains representing forested,
agricultural, wetland, mega-cities and mining
regions
Terrestrial sites in the States of Jammu &
Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, West
Bengal and Orissa
Forest regions in the Eastern and Western
Ghats and central India,
Coastal / offshore regions of West Bengal,
Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Arid/semi-arid regions of Rajasthan and
Haryana,
High altitude regions of Ladhak, J&K,
Uttaranchal, Himachal, West Bengal and
North-Eastern part of India representing
conifer, deciduous & every-green tropical
forests and grasslands.
Oceanic – Bay of Bengal – different zones and
Arabian Sea
Monitoring Stations
Terrestrial
 Amphibious Environs
 Blue waters
 Mobile units
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Linkages with other International Programs
 GEOSS
( Global Earth Observations
System of Systems)
 GCOS (Global Climate Observations
System)
 IGBP initiatives
 Ameriflux, Euroflux, ORION, NEON
etc.
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