Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Terrestrial Change in Mongolia – Joint Workshop of AMPEX, IORGC and RAISE Projects –

• i
• Preface
• SUGITA Michiaki

• iii
• photo

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• Contents

• 1-2
• Current activities of the AMPEX AMSR/AMSR-E studies*
• KAIHOTSU Ichirow, YAMANAKA Tsutomu and KOIKE Toshio

• 3
• Progress of IORGC project in northern Mongolia and additional study plan
• OHATA Tetsuo, KADOTA Tsutomu, ZHANG Yinsheng, ISHIKAWA Mamoru and YABUKI Hironori

• 4-6
• RAISE project: summary for the first three years’ activities
• SUGITA Michiaki, ASANUMA Jun, MARIKO Shigeru, TSUJIMURA Maki, KIMURA Fujio,LU Minjiao, AZZAYA Dolgorsuren and ADYASUREN Tsokhio

• 7-9
• Some results of application of flood routing models in the Kherlen River basin
• OYUNBAATAR Dambaravjaa, BATKHUU Dashzeveg and DAVAA Gombo

• 10-11
• Budget analysis on groundwater and river water interaction in Kherlen River basin, eastern Mongolia
• TSUJIMURA Maki, DAVAA Gombo, KAMIMERA Hideyuki, ABE Yutaka,HIGUCHI Satoru, TANAKA Tadashi and SHIMADA Jun

• 12-15
• Groundwater recharge process in the Kherlen River basin, eastern Mongolia
• TANAKA Tadashi, ABE Yutaka and TSUJIMURA Maki

• 16-19
• Hydrological changes in the upper Tuul River basin
• DAVAA Gombo and ERDENETUYA Magsar

• 20-22
• Recent glacier variations in Mongolia
• KADOTA Tsutomu and DAVAA Gombo

• 23-24
• Role of snow playing in water cycle in semi-arid region of Mongolia ―sublimation (evaporation) of snow cover―
• ZHANG Yinsheng, ISHIKAWA Mamoru, OHATA Tetsuo and OYUNBAATAR Dambaravja

• 25-28
• Hydro-thermal regimes of dry active layer ―first two years observations at a grassland site―
• ISHIKAWA Mamoru, ZHANG Yinsheng, KADOTA Tsutomu, YABUKI Hironori and OHATA Tetsuo

• 29-30
• Dynamics of active layer and spring icing at Terelj observation sites, Mongolia
• SHARKHUU Natsagdorj, BATTOGTOKH D., ISHIKAWA Mamoru, KADOTA Tsutomu and ZHANG Yinsheng

• 31-34
• Impact of interannual variability of meteorological parameters on vegetation activity and predict possibility of vegetation activity over Mongolia
• IWASAKI Hiroyuki

• 35-36
• Influence of grazing on surface heat balance, vegetation and carbon dioxide flux over the Mongolian grassland
• KATO Hidekazu, MARIKO Shigeru, URANO Tadaaki and SUGITA Michiaki

• 37-39
• Aircraft turbulence measurements to estimate surface heat fluxes from the mixed layervariance methods over semi-arid grassland
• KOTANI Ayumi and SUGITA Michiaki

• 40-43
• Estimation of evapotranspiration in northeastern Mongolia combining satellite data and ground data
• MATSUURA Yosuke, and MATSUSHIMA Dai

• 44-45
• Comparison of several properties between the soils under the natural grassland and the abandoned field in the Kherlen River basin, Mongolia
• HOSHINO Aki, TAMURA Kenji, ASANO Maki and HIGASHI Teruo

• 46-47
• Isotopic variation of precipitation over eastern Mongolia
• YAMANAKA Tsutomu, TSUJIMURA Maki, OYUNBAATAR Dambaravjaa and DAVAA Gombo

• 48-49
• Overlandflow generation and surface erosion in Mongolia
• KATO Hiroaki, ONDA Yuichi, TANAKA Yukiya, NISHIKAWA Tomoyuki, DAVAA Gombo and OYUNBAATAR Dambaravjaa

• 50-53
• Spatial variation and long-term change of hydrological regime of Kherlen River basin, Mongolia
• KAMIMERA Hideyuki, LU Minjiao, DOI Hironori, OYUNBAATAR Dambaravjaa and DAVAA Gombo

• 54-55
• Micro-climate on sparse grassland of Nalaikh, Mongolia
• ZHANG Yinsheng, OHATA Tetsuo, KADOTA Tsutomu and GANBOLD Ts.

• 56-59
• Use of geoelectric and neutron methods to investigate water condition of the frozen ground, Mongolia
• ISHIKAWA Mamoru, SHARKHUU Natsagdorj, DORJGOTOV Battogtokh, BYAMBADEMBEREL D., KADOTA Tsutomu and OHATA Tetsuo

• 60-61
• Modeling approach to the atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions in Mongolia
• SATO Tomonori, LEE Giljae, LU Minjiao, LEE Pilzae, CHEN Yuxiang, KAMIMERA Hideyuki, KIMURA Fujio, OIKAWA Takehisa and SUGITA Michiaki

• 62-65
• Some features on a “break” in rainy season over Mongolia
• IWASAKI Hiroyuki and NII Tomomi

• 66-69
• Groundwater flow system in Kherlen River basin revealed by environmental tritium
• HIGUCHI Satoru, SHIMADA Jun, TSUJIMURA Maki, ABE Yutaka and DAVAA Gombo

• 70-71
• Hydrological processes in Kherlen River basin revealed by isotope tracer approaches
• TSUJIMURA Maki, SASAKI Lisa, YAMANAKA Tsutomu and LI Shen-gon

• 72-74
• The characteristics of soils at the steppe of Kherlen River basin, Mongolia
• ASANO Maki, TAMURA Kenji, MAEJIMA Yuji, MATSUZAKI Hiroyuki and HIGASHI Teruo

• 75-76
• Digital atlas of Mongolian natural environments (1) vegetation, soil, ecosystem and water
• SAANDAR M. and SUGITA Michiaki

• 77
• Some results of spectral reflectance of vegetation-soil associations in the Kherlen River basin under RAISE project
• ADYASUREN Tsokhio, BYAMBAKHUU Ishgaldan, MATSUSHIMA Dai, GANBAATAR Tumur, MUNKHBAT Tsendeekhuu and SUGITA Michiaki

• 78-81
• Preliminary report of environmental regulation of xylem sap-flow at the northern faced forest slope
• IIJIMA Yoshihiro, ISHIKAWA Mamoru, SUZUKI Kazuyoshi, DORJGOTOV Battogtokh, SHARKHUU Natsagdorj, KADOTA Tsutomu and OHATA Tetsuo

• 82-83
• Thermal balance features in the Terelj valley (Mongolia)
• Tuvshinjargal D. and Saranbaatar L.

• 84-87
• An estimation of areal distribution of evapotranspiration over Khentii region using a combination of satellite data and a heat budget model
• MATSUSHIMA Dai, MATSUURA Yosuke, BYAMBAKHUU Ishgaldan and ADYASUREN Tsokhio

• 88-91
• Development of a physically based model for soil water and heat transfer processes in semi-arid cold region
• DOI Hironori, LU Minjiao and KAMIMERA Hideyuki

• 92-94
• Water balance for a Mongolian steppe and its environmental constraints
• LI Sheng-Gong, ASANUMA Jun, KOTANI Ayumi, DAVAA Gombo, OYUNBAARTAR Dambaravjaa and SUGITA Michiaki

• 95-96
• Seasonal dynamics of biomass and carbon dioxide fluxes in a Mongolian grassland
• URANO Tadaaki, MARIKO Shigeru, KAWADA Kiyokazu and OIKAWA Takehisa

• 97-99
• The estimation and validation of CO2/H2O fluxes in Mongolia using Sim-CYCLE HR
• LEE Pilzae, LEE Gilzae, CHEN Yuxiang, MARIKO Shigeru and OIKAWA Takehisa

• 100-102
• Effect of grazing on net primary production of a Mongolian grassland ecosystem
• CHEN Yuxiang, LEE Gilzae, LEE Pilzae, MARIKO Shigeru and OIKAWA Takehisa

• 103-106
• Extraction of vegetation state using ADEOS-II/GLI data
• MURAMATSU Kanako, XIONG Yan, ide Saori and KAIHOTSU Ichirow

• 107-109
• Cloud frequency in eastern Mongolia and its relation to the orography
• SATO Tomonori, KIMURA Fujio and HASEGAWA Akira

• 110-111
• Downscaling of precipitation over Mongolia using regional climate model
• KIMURA Fujio and SATO Tomonori

• 112-113
• The impact of desertification on Mongolian climate and its numerical study using regional climate model (RegCM3)
• GOMBOLUUDEV Purevjav and NATSAGDORJ Luvsan

• 114
• Climate change effect on grasshopper (Agrididae) and Brandt｡ｦs vole (Microtus brandtii Radde) in Mongolia
• GANBAATAR Tumur and AZZAYA Dolgorsuren

• 115-117
• The establishment of the network Gateway database FAO to natural resource and environment information in Mongolia
• ADYASUREN Tsokhio, ERDENETUYA Magsar, AMGALAN A., ALTANTSETSEG N., GAN-ULZII A. and DULAMSUREN D.