Department of Forest Site Environment
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Photo Album

[Hokkaido area]
a flux measurement tower Decomposition study of fir boles oak root biomass
A view of forest from a flux measurement tower (Sapporo) Decomposition study of fir boles (Sapporo). Measurement of oak root biomass (Sapporo).

[Tohoku area]
throughfall and stemflow soil gas flux stream water flow
Collection of throughfall and stemflow in a larch forest (Iwate) Chambers for measurment of soil gas flux in beech forest (Iwate) Measurement of stream water flow by using a parshall flume (Iwate)

[Kanto area]
litter decomposition in the air Mt.Miyake
Measurement of leaf litter decomposition in the air (Ibaraki) Wide damage by the eruption of Mt.Miyake
Hinoki cypress soil water volcanic ashes
Pot experiment of Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Setting of instruments for measurement of soil water flux (Ibaraki) Deposit of volcanic ashes with 30 cm thickness in Mt.Miyake

[Kansai area]
Litter traps soil water steam flow
Litter traps in Mt.Ohdai (Nara) Measurement of soil water in Mt.Hiei (Shiga) Monitoring of steam flow (Shiga)

[Shikoku area]
soil erosion Shimanto Yanase
Measurement of soil erosion (Kochi) The Shimanto river; water quality research watershed (Kochi) Old growth Japanese cedar forest in Yanase (Kochi)

[Kyushu area]
Mt.Unzen Dieback of Japanese cedar infiltration paths
Forest damage by pyroclastic flows in Mt.Unzen (Nagasaki) Dieback of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) (Miyazaki) Visualization of infiltration paths of rain water by using a dye (Kumamoto)


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