Short program of the conference and the school

  • 12–13.08 – Conference "Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Key Trends in Modern Research" (IEE RAS)
  • 14.08 – Transfer by bus of Conference and School participants to the Central Forest Reserve (IEE RAS → CFSR, 6h)
  • 15.08 – Field seminar in the Reserve with an excursion to four eddy covariance sites and to the ecological trail through typical southern taiga landscapes of the Reserve. (CFSR)
  • 16.08 – Transfer by bus to Moscow for Conference participants not staying for the field school. (CFSR → MSK)
  • 16.08–19.08 – School participants stay in the Reserve attending lectures, seminars, and conducting field research (CFSR)
  • 20.08 – Transfer by bus of School participants to Moscow (CFSR → MSK)
  • IEE RAS: A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33
    CFSR: Central Forest State Reserve, Tver Region, Nelidovsky District, Zapovedny settlement
    MSK: Moscow, Russia

Participation in the Conference 12–13.08 is possible is possible in person or on-line.
The summer field school 14–20.08 is on-site only event.


Program of the conference and the school

August 12, 2026

IEE RAS, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, Assembly Hall

9:30-​10:00

Participant registration

10:00-​10:10

Conference opening, welcome to participants

Session "Spatial scaling of greenhouse gas flux estimates"

Moderator: Alexander V. Olchev

10:10-​10:30

Olchev A.V.

Modern approaches to estimating CO2 and CH4 fluxes in terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems under climate change

10:30-​10:50

Maximov T.C.

Can representative ecosystems of the Russian cryolithozone claim to be a national donor of carbon units: scientific results and prospect
10:50-​11:10

Nguyen H.H. et al.

Estimating mangrove aboveground biomass in northern coast of Vietnam: integrating field measurements and remote sensing
11:10-​11:30

Pramit Kumar Deb Burman

An overview of biosphere-atmosphere exchanges of carbon, water and energy in South Asia
11:30-​11:45

Shabanov N.V. et al.

On calibration of remote sensing retrievals of ecosystem respiration (Reco) with tower measurements over Russian forests and wetlands
11:45-​12:00

Sandlerskiy R.B. et al.

Representativeness of ecological-climatic station placement based on geospatial data: machine learning or landscape regionalization?
12:00-​12:15

Orlov T.V. et al.

A landscape approach to scaling greenhouse gas flux estimates in disturbed peatlands
12:15-​12:35

☕ Coffee break. Small conference hall, IEE RAS

Session: "Chamber methods for greenhouse gas monitoring: methodological aspects and monitoring results"

Moderator: Irina N. Kurganova

12:35-​12:55

Kurganova I.N. et al.

CO2 emissions from soils of the southern Moscow region: interannual, seasonal, and spatial variability
12:55-​13:10

Kulachkova S.A. et al.

Seasonal and interannual variability of greenhouse gas fluxes from natural and agrosoils at the Chashnikovo carbon supersite in Moscow region
13:10-​13:25

Moshkina E.V. et al.

Analysis of spatio-temporal variability of soil respiration and calculation of net carbon balance in forest ecosystems of the middle taiga of Karelia
13:25-​13:40

Prokopiuk V.M. et al.

Diurnal and seasonal dynamics of ecosystem respiration in an oligotrophic bog based on chamber method data
13:40-​13:55

Miglovets M.N.

Temporal and spatial variability of methane emissions in mire communities of taiga bogs in the Komi Republic
13:55-​15:00

🍽️ Lunch. Korchma «Taras Bulba», Leninsky Prospekt, 37

15:00-​15:15

Lopes de Gerenyu V.O. et al.

Winter carbon dioxide emissions from soils: methodological aspects and results of long-term monitoring in the southern Moscow region
15:15-​15:30

Khoroshaev D.A. et al.

Heterotrophic soil respiration: monitoring results and the potential for developing an integrated methodology
15:30-​15:45

Pridacha V.B.

Chamber measurements of photosynthesis in boreal trees: temperature dependence and response to light and CO2
15:45-​16:00

Kharisov D.R. et al.

Influence of silvicultural practices on the carbon balance of the forest floor in post-agricultural birch forests
16:00-​16:15

Chernykh P.V. et al.

Seasonal dynamics of CO2 emissions from the soils of reference pine forest and burned forest areas in the forest landscapes of the left-bank floodplain terraces of the Voronezh River
16:15-​16:30

Bakhtin A.M. et al.

Dynamics of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from chernozems in the "forest strip - cropland" ecotone in the southern forest-steppe
16:30-​16:45

Sat A.A. et al.

CO2 fluxes on ridges and hollows of the Bakchar bog: seasonal and diurnal dynamics, weather, and hydrology
16:45-​17:00

Discussion

Poster session of all sections
17:00-​17:15

Paramonov M.S. et al.

The relationship between the structure of testate amoeba assemblages and greenhouse gas emission
17:00-​17:15

Zubova M.E. et al.

Seasonal variability of heat, CO2, and methane fluxes in an oligotrophic bog in the southern taiga
17:00-​17:15

Vasilenko D.V. et al.

Assessment of turbulent fluxes using satellite and groundbased data: a case study of the Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve
17:00-​17:15

Mochenov S.Yu. et al.

Evaluation of the representativeness of manual measurements of CO2 and CH4 fluxes based on high-frequency monitoring data
17:15-​19:00

🥂 Ice-breaking party. Small conference hall, IEE RAS

August 13, 2026

IEE RAS, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, Assembly Hall

Session: "Modeling of greenhouse gas fluxes"

Moderator: Olga A. Kuricheva

09:00-​09:20

Stepanenko V.M. et al.

Towards a new generation of land carbon cycle models
09:20-​09:35

Mukhartova I.V. et al.

A physically based inverse algorithm for estimating greenhouse gas fluxes over an inhomogeneous underlying surface
09:35-​09:50

Siqi Li et al.

Development & validation of CNMM-DNDC on GHG and other variables – a high-resolution hydro-biogeochemical model potentially commonly applicable for terrestrial ecosystems
09:50-​10:05

Narimanidze A.A. et al.

Modelling spatial variability of carbon dioxide fluxes over an inhomogeneous underlying surface in the middle taiga
10:05-​10:20

Sogachev A.F. et al.

Spatial footprint assessment of eddy covariance measurements for ecological-climatic stations
10:20-​10:35

Priputina I.V. et al.

Uncertainties in comparing modeling results of C-CO2 fluxes from forest soils with field measurement data
Session: "Results of measurements of ecosystem greenhouse gas fluxes"

Moderator: Yulia A. Kurbatova

10:35-​10:55

Zamolodchikov D.G. et al.

Carbon exchange in a changing ecosystem: dieback and recovery of a southern taiga spruce forest
10:55-​11:15

Zagirova S.V. et al.

Environmental resource use for gross photosynthesis in blueberry spruce and cowberry-lichen pine forests of the middle taiga subzone
11:15-​11:35

☕ Coffee break. Small conference hall, IEE RAS

11:35-​11:55

Gnanamoorthy Palingamoorthy et al.

Vegetation shifts drive drought-induced changes in carbon, water, and energy fluxes in a savanna ecosystem
11:55-​12:15

Mukherjee Sandipan et al.

Carbon Sinks of the Central Himalaya: Flux Dynamics of Chir-Pine and Banj-Oak Forests
12:15-​12:30

Dyukarev E.A. et al.

Heat, water vapor, and greenhouse gas fluxes based on eddy covariance observations at the Mukhrino station
12:30-​12:50

Kuricheva O.A. et al.

Discrepancy between annual net ecosystem CO2 exchange at the eddy covariance sites and theoretical concepts of ecosystem metabolism
12:50-​13:05

Kolotygina V.N. et al.

Seasonal dynamics and annual balance of CO2 and CH4 fluxes from the surface of a shallow eutrophic lake in Western Siberia based on eddy covariance measurements
13:05-​13:20

Gorbarenko E.M. et al.

The effect of anomalous temperature and precipitation on carbon dioxide fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems
13:20-​13:35

Shirokikh P.S. et al.

Net ecosystem exchange in a meadow steppe of the Bashkir CisUrals based on two years of eddy covariance measurements
13:35-​13:50

Mamadiev N.A. et al.

Greenhouse gas fluxes in key landscapes of the Chechen Republic carbon supersite
13:50-​15:00

🍽️ Lunch. Korchma «Taras Bulba», Leninsky Prospekt, 37

15:00-​15:15

Kivalov S.N. et al.

Two years of measurements on a forest-growing fallow land - ecosystem carbon balance and assessment of the contribution of heterogeneity in comparison of ecosystem and soil respiration
15:15-​15:30

Foka S.Ch. et al.

CO2 flux analysis measured by the eddy covariance method at the St. Petersburg State University atmospheric monitoring station in the suburb of St. Petersburg
15:30-​15:45

Khoroshilov Yu.A. et al.

Carbon dioxide flux measurement results on marine part of "Gelendzhik" carbon supersite
15:45-​16:00

Babaiants G.I. et al.

Greenhouse gas fluxes from a drained peatland in the southern taiga subzone of European Russia
16:00-​16:15

Podrezova Y.A. et al.

Carbon dioxide exchange in the pine forest of the Usmansky Bor, central forest-steppe in autumn 2025
16:15-​16:30

Borisov M.N. et al.

Carbon balance in the winter 2025-2026 in an old-grown pine forest of the Usmansky Bor, central forest-steppe
16:30-​16:45

Sukhoveeva O.E. et al.

Carbon balance in the forest-steppe agrolandscape: first results of the ecological and climatic station at the Kursk station of the Institute of Geography RAS
16:45-​17:05

Mamkin V.V. et al.

RuFlux 2027 initiative: product based on eddy covariance measurements in Russia
17:05-​17:25

☕ Coffee break. Small conference hall, IEE RAS

Round table «Using measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes for practical applications»

Moderator: Vadim V. Mamkin

17:25-​17:40

Shakhmatov K.L. et al.

Methodological aspects of climate projects for rewetting peatlands (GOST R 72560-2026)
17:40-​17:55

Shakhmatov K.L. et al.

Experience in preparing and implementing the first climate project for rewetting the Orshinsky Mokh peat land (Tverskaya oblast)
17:55-​18:10

Fursa Yu.V. et al.

Greenhouse gas fluxes within the climate project on rewetting of the drained peatland "Orshinsky Mokh" (Tver region)
18:10-​18:25

Nigmatulin B.I.

Carbon footprint of Russia. Climate scientists' myths
18:25-​18:40

Korotkov V.N. et al.

Assessment of greenhouse gas balance in managed ecosystems: methodological features and unsolved problems in the national greenhouse gas inventory
18:40-​18:55

Medvedeva M.A. et al.

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by rewetting drained peatlands
18:55-​19:15

Discussion, conclusions


School Program, August 14-20

August 14, Field Seminar and School

Moscow – Rzhev – Nelidovo – Zapovedny Settlement (Central Forest Reserve)

Arrival at the Central Forest Reserve

August 15, Field Seminar and School

Central Forest Reserve

Excursion to the Staroselsky Mokh bog, visit to the eddy covariance site at the bog (Fy4), trip to the village of Padory, visit to the eddy covariance site at the clear-cut (Fy3)
Seminar participants visit the eddy covariance site in the bilberry-sphagnum spruce forest (Fyo).
School participants visit the museums and nature trails of the Reserve

August 16, Field Seminar Participants

Zapovedny Settlement (Central Forest Reserve) – Nelidovo – Zubtsov – Moscow

Field Seminar: departure by bus from the Central Forest Reserve for participants of the field seminar who do not stay for the field school


Summer field school

Field school study tracks:

  • "Eddy covariance data processing, levels 0–2: raw data and flux calculation". Instructors – Olga A. Kuricheva, Elizaveta M. Gorbarenko.
  • "Acquiring primary data from an eddy covariance station: principles of environmental monitoring systems, configuration and maintenance of measurement systems". Instructors – Vitaly K. Avilov, Alexey A. Dmitrichenko.
  • "Eddy covariance data processing, levels 3–4: filtering, gap-filling, interpretation". Instructors – Vadim V. Mamkin, Evgeny O. Kurbatov.
  • "Chamber measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes". Instructors – Egor A. Dyukarev, Gennady G. Suvorov.

During the first two days, all participants will be introduced to all four tracks (introductory lectures and seminars). Over the following two days, participants will work in their chosen track and summarize their acquired knowledge in final presentations at a mini-conference.

August 16, Summer Field School Participants

Central Forest Reserve

Field School: Training Program at the Central Forest Reserve

Lecture by Trofim Ch. Maximov

Introductory lecture and seminar on track 1: "Eddy covariance data processing, levels 0–2: raw data and flux calculation"

Lecture by Yulia A. Kurbatova

Introductory lecture and seminar on track 2: "Acquiring primary data from an eddy covariance station: principles of environmental monitoring systems, configuration and maintenance of measurement systems"

August 17, Summer Field School

Central Forest Reserve

Lecture by Vladimir N. Korotkov

Introductory lecture and seminar on track 3: "Eddy covariance data processing, levels 3–4: filtering, gap-filling, interpretation"

Introductory lecture and seminar on track 4: "Chamber measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes"

August 18, Summer Field School

Central Forest Reserve

Walking tour to the eddy covariance sites in the bilberry-sphagnum spruce forest (Fyo) and the mixed spruce forest (Fy2)

Work in the tracks chosen by the participants

August 19, Summer Field School

Central Forest Reserve

Work in the tracks chosen by the participants

Preparation of final presentations by track

Final mini-conference

August 20, Summer Field School

Zapovedny Settlement (Central Forest Reserve) – Nelidovo – Zubtsov – Moscow

Field School: departure by bus from the Central Forest Reserve to Moscow