@Article{Liu2018, author="Liu, Shaomin and Li, Xin and Xu, Ziwei and Che, Tao and Xiao, Qing and Ma, Mingguo and Liu, Qinhuo and Jin, Rui and Guo, Jianwen and Wang, Liangxu and Wang, Weizhen and Qi, Yuan and Li, Hongyi and Xu, Tongren and Ran, Youhua and Hu, Xiaoli and Shi, Shengjin and Zhu, Zhongli and Tan, Junlei and Zhang, Yang and Ren, Zhiguo", title="The Heihe Integrated Observatory Network: A Basin‐Scale Land Surface Processes Observatory in China", journal="Vadose Zone Journal", year="2018", volume="17", number="1", abstract="Core Ideas Heihe was the first basin‐scale integrated observatory network established in China. An intensive flux observation matrix experiment was conducted. New techniques, e.g., wireless sensor network, flux matrix, and airborne remote sensing, are used. The integrated observatory network is useful in land surface processes research. Research on land surface processes at the catchment scale has drawn much attention over the past few decades, and a number of watershed observatories have been established worldwide. The Heihe River Basin (HRB), which contains the second largest inland river in China, is an ideal natural field experimental area for investigation of land surface processes involving diverse landscapes and the coexistence of cold and arid regions. The Heihe Integrated Observatory Network was established in 2007. For long‐term observations, a hydrometeorological observatory, ecohydrological wireless sensor network, and satellite remote sensing are now in operation. In 2012, a multiscale observatio...", issn="1539-1663" }