All Stories

  1. The JapanFlux2024 dataset for eddy covariance observations covering Japan and East Asia from 1990 to 2023

    Article • Earth System Science Data, August 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  2. Interannual Variations in Spring Snowmelt Timing of Alaskan Black Spruce Forests Using a Bulk‐Surface Energy Balance Approach

    Article • Water Resources Research, May 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  3. Micrometeorological estimation of wet canopy evaporation from a cloud forest in central Taiwan

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  4. Spatiotemporal variation of bark pH on the bole of a mature Cryptomeria japonica D. Don (Japanese cedar) tree

    Article • Trees, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taro Nakai

  5. Stochastic representation of spatial variability in thaw depth in permafrost boreal forests

    Article • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Taro Nakai

  6. Stochastic representation of the microscale spatial variability in thaw depth in permafrost boreal forests

    Article • July 2022, Wiley

    Dr Taro Nakai

  7. Lessons learned from more than a decade of greenhouse gas flux measurements at boreal forests in eastern Siberia and interior Alaska

    Article • Polar Science, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  8. The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Article • Scientific Data, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taro Nakai

  9. Application of an open-path eddy covariance methane flux measurement system to a larch forest in eastern Siberia

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  10. Using digital cover photography to track the canopy recovery process following a typhoon disturbance in a cool–temperate deciduous forest

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, July 2018, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Taro Nakai

  11. 8 million phenological and sky images from 29 ecosystems from the Arctic to the tropics: the Phenological Eyes Network

    Article • Ecological Research, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  12. Extremely dry environment down-regulates nighttime respiration of a black spruce forest in Interior Alaska

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  13. Optimization of a biochemical model with eddy covariance measurements in black spruce forests of Alaska for estimating CO2 fertilization effects

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  14. Persistence and memory timescales in root-zone soil moisture dynamics

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Khaled Ghannam, Dr Taro Nakai

  15. Year-to-year differences in evapotranspiration from understory vegetation and whole ecosystem in an eastern Siberian larch forest

    Article • Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences, January 2016, Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences

    Dr Taro Nakai

  16. Understory CO2, sensible heat, and latent heat fluxes in a black spruce forest in interior Alaska

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  17. Effects of water vapor dilution on trace gas flux, and practical correction methods

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, January 2015, Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

    Hirohiko Nagano, Dr Taro Nakai

  18. FluxPro as a realtime monitoring and surveilling system for eddy covariance flux measurement

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, January 2015, Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

    Dr Taro Nakai

  19. Radiative and precipitation controls on root zone soil moisture spectra

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Taro Nakai

  20. Change in surface energy balance in Alaska due to fire and spring warming, based on upscaling eddy covariance measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, October 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Taro Nakai

  21. An inter-comparison between Gill and Campbell sonic anemometers

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  22. Spatial Scale and Landscape Heterogeneity Effects on FAPAR in an Open-Canopy Black Spruce Forest in Interior Alaska

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Taro Nakai

  23. Stereoscopic determination of all-sky altitude map of aurora using two ground-based Nikon DSLR cameras

    Article • Annales Geophysicae, September 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Taro Nakai

  24. Upscaling terrestrial carbon dioxide fluxes in Alaska with satellite remote sensing and support vector regression

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, July 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Taro Nakai

  25. Application of time-lapse digital imagery for ground-truth verification of satellite indices in the boreal forests of Alaska

    Article • Polar Science, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  26. Characteristics of evapotranspiration from a permafrost black spruce forest in interior Alaska

    Article • Polar Science, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  27. Seasonal changes in camera-based indices from an open canopy black spruce forest in Alaska, and comparison with indices from a closed canopy evergreen coniferous forest in Japan

    Article • Polar Science, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  28. The role of declining Arctic sea ice in recent decreasing terrestrial Arctic snow depths

    Article • Polar Science, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  29. A Common Stomatal Parameter Set Used to Simulate the Energy and Water Balance over Boreal and Temperate Forests

    Article • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, January 2013, Meteorological Society of Japan

    Dr Taro Nakai

  30. Ultrasonic anemometer angle of attack errors under turbulent conditions

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  31. Calculating CO2 and H2O eddy covariance fluxes from an enclosed gas analyzer using an instantaneous mixing ratio

    Article • Global Change Biology, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Andres Schmidt, Dr Taro Nakai

  32. Impact of land-use changes on snow in a forested region with heavy snowfall in Hokkaido, Japan

    Article • Hydrological Sciences Journal, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Taro Nakai

  33. Photosynthetic recovery of foliage after wind disturbance activates ecosystem CO2uptake in cool temperate forests of northern Japan

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Taro Nakai

  34. Influences of canopy structure and physiological traits on flux partitioning between understory and overstory in an eastern Siberian boreal larch forest

    Article • Ecological Modelling, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  35. Importance of mixing ratio for a long-term CO2 flux measurement with a closed-path system

    Article • Tellus B, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Taro Nakai

  36. Simulating seasonal and inter-annual variations in energy and carbon exchanges and forest dynamics using a process-based atmosphere–vegetation dynamics model

    Article • Ecological Research, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr Taro Nakai

  37. A comparison between various definitions of forest stand height and aerodynamic canopy height

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  38. Evapotranspiration from understory vegetation in an eastern Siberian boreal larch forest

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  39. Ground-based estimation of leaf area index and vertical distribution of leaf area density in a Betula ermanii forest

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2009, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dr Taro Nakai

  40. Energy consumption and evapotranspiration at several boreal and temperate forests in the Far East

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  41. Interannual variation of water balance and summer evapotranspiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest over a 7-year period (1998–2006)

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  42. Parameterisation of aerodynamic roughness over boreal, cool- and warm-temperate forests

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  43. Responses of surface conductance to forest environments in the Far East

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  44. Aerodynamic Scaling for Estimating the Mean Height of Dense Canopies

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taro Nakai

  45. Correction of sonic anemometer angle of attack errors

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Taro Nakai

  46. Evaluation of Sensible Heat Advection between Canopies with Different Plant Heights

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, January 2003, Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

    Dr Taro Nakai