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Siberia Integrated Regional Study (SIRS, http://sirs.scert.ru/en/) is a Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) megaproject coordinating national and international activity in the region in line with Earth System Science Program (ESSP) approach aimed at investigation of environmental changes in Siberia in their interrelations with Climate Warming and Global Change. Reported are recent results of investigations of the two major Siberian ecosystems dynamics, which are boreal forests and wetlands, with special emphasis on their role in the carbon cycle as well as results of climatic modeling for the region under study and first elements of the SIRS information-computational infrastructure forming a glue for relevant multidisciplinary research. Among those are: First achievements of the Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility (a climatic research station in the Siberian taiga, established and operated by the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and the SB RAS Sukachev Institute of Forest, ZOTTO)

• peration, which should determine boreal forests role in the global carbon cycle more

precisely; Recently developed key elements of the SIRS information-computational infrastructure, which allow one to perform an assessment of regional climate dynamics in on-line regime.

The state of the art of the Siberia Integrated Regional Study

• E. Gordov (1,2) and E. Vaganov (3,4)

(1)Siberian Center for Environmental research and Training, Tomsk, Russia, gordov@scert.ru (2)Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia, (3)Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (4)Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

I ntroduction

Siberia Integrated Regional Study (SIRS, http://sirs.scert.ru/en/)

is a Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) megaproject coordinating national and international activity in the region in line with Earth System Science Program (ESSP) approach aimed at investigation of environmental changes in Siberia in their interrelations with Climate Warming and Global Change.

• Approach adopted

Clusterization/Coordination of national and international projects Development of information-computational infrastructure to support multidisciplinary investigations Educational activity Organizationally SIRS is supervised by the Russian National Committee for IGBP and managed by its Siberian Branch

• Recent results of investigations
• Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility (ZOTTO);
• Key elements of the SIRS information-computational infrastructure

ESSP/IGBP Integrated Regional Studies (IRS)

• Based on the concept of the region as a holistic entity in the context of

the Earth System;

• Contribute sound scientific understanding in support of sustainable

development in the region;

• Contribute to a quantitative and qualitative understanding of regional-

global linkages and the consequences of changes in these linkages.

Siberia Integrated Regional Study (SIRS, http://sirs.scert.ru/)

2002: Will Steffen (IGBP) had suggested to develop with assistance of SB RAS one of Integrated Regional Studies in Siberia Why Siberia: Drastic regional climate variations; Role in carbon cycle (forestry, bogs, peat); Permafrost; Siberia-global system linkages; and SB RAS research infrastructure 2003 – beginning of SB RAS specific activity!

Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (SB RAS) incorporates 74 research institutions in research centers (Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Ulan-Ude, Kemerovo, Tyumen, and Omsk) as well as in cities Barnaul, Chita, and Kyzyl.

SIRS Components

• Scientific:

Clustering national (SB RAS, RAS, RFBR) and international projects on Siberia environment in line with SIRS objectives

• Infrastructural:

Development of informational-computational infrastructure of integrated regional study of Siberia environment

• Organizational:

Siberian Branch of Russian National Committee for IGBP is responsible for SIRS development

• Educational (capacity building):

ENVIROMIS Multidisciplinary Conference with elements of YSS (Invited lectures embedded as well as thematic Workshops); CITES (Computational and Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences) YSS and Conference (Lecture courses, Training sessions as well as Invited lectures)

Currently SIRS is one of the NEESPI Mega-projects.

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, performing continuous biogeochemical trace gas measurements, performing continuous biogeochemical trace gas measurements, eddy covariance flux measurements, meteorology observations eddy covariance flux measurements, meteorology observations and local ecosystem process studies; and local ecosystem process studies; Mainz, Germany, performing measurements of aerosols and CO Mainz, Germany, performing measurements of aerosols and CO concentration and isotopes; concentration and isotopes; The project is supported by The project is supported by International science and International science and technology center (ISTC) technology center (ISTC) Siberian federal university with V.N. Siberian federal university with V.N. Sukachev Sukachev Institute of Forest Institute of Forest

• f the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,
• f the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,

responsible as local host institution for the maintenance of the responsible as local host institution for the maintenance of the station logistics and the measurements, as well as local station logistics and the measurements, as well as local ecosystem process studies. ecosystem process studies.

Balance of Carbon and it’s uncertainties

Fluxes in t C ha yr

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CO2 NPP 6±2 Wood 3±1 Litter 3±1 Harvest 1,4±0,7 1,5±0,9 Soil C Flux

Organic layer O Mineral soil A

Mineralization

NEP 5±1 Fires

Ecosystem mosaic

GIS GIS of ZOTTO

• f ZOTTO

footprint footprint

Operation

ZOTTO is legally owned by the VN Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnojarsk. Scientifically it is lead by a consortium of core institutions, consisting of the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz and the VN Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnojarsk. Day-to-day operations are administered by a project manager appointed by the VN Sukachev Institute of Forest. Scientifically, ZOTTO is supervised by a scientific steering committee. A data facility supports the exchange

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measurements and auxiliary data among the different partners performing measurements at the tower. Formally, construction and transfer of funding for ZOTTO (tower infrastructure, core measurement equipment) is administered through the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) as a partner project #2757.

IC infrastructure developing in cooperation with European and American partners is aimed at support of multidisciplinary and “distributed” teams of specialists performing cooperative work with tools for exchange and sharing of data, models and knowledge

• ptimizing the usage of information-computational resources,

services and applications.

Key elements:

Web portals with thematic web sites providing an interactive access to data, models and tools:

• ATMOS (http://atmos.iao.ru/ and http://atmos.scert.ru/ )
• RISKS (http://climate.risks.scert.ru/)
• ENVIROMIS (http://enviromis.scert.ru/en/)

Each portal is provided with extensive tutorial and educational materials

Web based online system for analysis of climatic changes. Archives of meteostations data and Reanasysis in Siberia can be processed now (http://climate.risks.scert.ru/reanalysis/)

Statistical analysis confirms significant increase of weekly and monthly mean near surface temperatures in Northern Eurasia during winter, spring and summer seasons. Also according NCEP/DOE AMIP II Reanalysis data vegetation period duration increases by 1 day a year for the central part of Eurasia. At the same time trend calculations (1979-1986 and 1994-2001) shows that number of frost days increase annually by up to 1 day for the central part of Eurasia.

Statistical analysis reveals temperatures time series inhomogeneity for Reanalysis data in some regions of Siberia. Student test statistics values based on the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis for vegetation period length (1950-2001). It might manifest transient phenomena appearing at nonlinear climate system regime changes

SIRS Educational/capacity building

(http://scert.ru/en/conferences/ )

IRS specifics: Multidisciplinarity; Necessity of information-computational infrastructure; Results should be delivered to regional decision makers. It requires special education/training program ENVIROMIS – biannual Multidisciplinary Conference with elements

• f YSS

(Invited lectures embedded as well as thematic Workshops); CITES (Computational and Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences) biannual YSS and Conference (Lecture courses, Training sessions as well as Invited lectures)

70-80/ year NIS YS are selected and supported (thanks INTAS and INCO EC)

SIRS organizational state of the art

Russian National Committee (RNC) for IGBP Siberian Branch of Russian National Committee (SB RNC) for IGBP is managing SIRS development. According SB RNC on the initial stage SIRS will be centred along the four following activities: Study of greenhouse gases and aerosol exchange between biota and atmosphere Regional climate change impact monitoring and modelling Development of information-computational infrastructure of SIRS Regional social-economical consequences of Global Change Approach: clustering relevant projects

Problems/Perspectives

Objects: Forests (Krasnoyarsk), Wetlands (Tomsk), Permafrost (Tiumen)

• Instruments and services (Zotto, other towers, GVB)
• Data and services
• Data and modeling
• Analysis

International Laboratory – ISTC is trying to pursue the project Structure - Distributed: Instrumental center – Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk participating (services); Data and services Center – Tomsk, internet access to data and services for all participants; Data and modeling Center – Jena, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow,.. Analysis – decentralized, all partners

Problems/Perspectives

• Creation of NEESPI/SIRS data bases and mirroring relevant

NEESPI data bases in Siberia to provide regional researchers with easy and inexpensive access. SB RAS would be able to cover hardware, operational and internal traffic costs, if other funding agencies cover relevant software and external traffic cost.

• Organization of distributed Siberia Focus Research Center

(SFRC). Krasnoyarsk (SB RAS Institute of Forest and Siberian Federal University) – boreal forests study and GHG measurements + capacity building/education Tomsk (SB RAS Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems and Siberian Center for Environmental Research and Training) – databases and modeling + capacity building/education SB RAS and SFU together with abroad partners would be able to co-fund such center, thus providing stability of its operation.

Thank you!