通量观测事业的科学使命再认知--为解决全球可持续发展的生态学问题奠定坚实的数据基础

摘要

As the Earth entering into the Anthropocene, global sustainable development requires ecological research to evolve into the large-scale, quantitative, and predictive era. It necessitates a revolution of ecological observation technology and a long-term accumulation of scientific data. The ecosystem flux tower observation technology is the right one to meet this requirement. However, the unique advantages and potential values of global-scale flux tower observation are still not fully appreciated. Reviewing the development history of global meteorological observation and its scientific contributions to the society, we can get an important enlightenment to re-cognize the scientific mission of flux observation.%自地球系统进入人类世,要解决全球可持续发展问题,生态学研究需要进入一个大尺度、定量的和可预测的新时代.生态学观测技术的革命和科学数据的长期积累是实现生态学研究跨时代发展的必需.生态系统的通量观测技术是生态学观测技术上的一次重大革命.然而,全球规模的通量观测事业的独特优势和潜在价值仍未被充分认识.回顾全球气象学观测事业的发展历史及其对社会的科学贡献,很好地启示我们再认识通量观测事业的科学使命.