November 2007 Issue No.23 AsiaFlux Newsletter siaFlux Training Course 2007 on Micrometeorology was held on 17-26 July 2007 at NICEM (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University) and Yonsei University, Korea. It was jointly organized by AsiaFlux Short Training Course Sub-workgroup (TC-SWG) and KoFlux, and it was the second AsiaFlux Training Course. In addition to 15 participants from 9 different countries and regions (India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines and Taiwan), several Korean supporting staffs, organizing committee members and lecturers have gathered in Seoul and spent productive 10 days together. Background Let us first introduce the brief background. During the first training course last year in Tsukuba, Japan, TC-SWG has realized that there is still a strong need of elementary level training program for the researchers who are interested in flux observation. Therefore we decided to hold the second AsiaFlux Training Course again to provide an opportunity to learn theories and practical skills for Asian researchers who would start long term observation or begin establishing local flux network in their countries. KoFlux has kindly offered its support as a host. KoFlux members and TC-SWG had carefully investigated the proposed plan, then at the AsiaFlux Steering Committee meeting in November 2006, it was officially announced that AsiaFlux TC2007 would be held in Seoul in summer of 2007 with the support of KoFlux and Yonsei University. We had made a public notification regarding TC2007 program on AsiaFlux website in December 2006 and then started calling for applications. Within the next two months, we had received almost 50 applications and many inquiries not only from Asia but also from Report on the AsiaFlux Training Course 2007 on Micrometeorology Nobuko SAIGUSA*, Kentaro TAKAGI**, Dongho LEE*** and Satoko YUTA**** * National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan ** Hokkaido University, Japan *** Yonsei University, Korea **** National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Contents Report on the AsiaFlux Training Course 2007 on Micrometeorology N. Saigusa et al. ..........1 Productivity of a Tropical Plantation of Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera, L.), Compared with Tropical Evergreen Humid Forests. O. Roupsard et al. ....................................4 Estimation of Evapotranspiration above Rice Crop Stand Using Flux Profile Method – A Case Study M. K. Nanda and S. Banerjee .........................................................................................10 Long-term Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement at Bengal Lowland M. M. Huq et al. ...........13 Measurement of CO 2 and Energy Fluxes over a Wetland on Chongming Island H. Guo. et al. ...................................................................................................................................................16 A