Xunhua Zheng,^*,** Congbin Fu,^***,** Xingkai Xu,^****,** Xiaodong Yan,^*****,** Yao Huang,^******,** Shenghui Han,^*******,** Fei Hu,^********,** Guanxiong Chen<sup>*********


*</sup>Xunhua Zheng, has degrees in soil sciences and plant nutrition, ecology and atmospheric chemistry. She is a research professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAP-CAS) and works at the National Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC). She is now the chief scientist on a program from Global Environmental Facility entitled “Compiling China National Emission Inventory of Greenhouse Gases Associated Agricultural Activities.” Her research interests focus on investigating the exchanges of N- and C-trace gases in association with anthropogenic impacts using field experiments and computer modeling approaches. zxh@mail.iap.ac.cn, xunhuazheng@yahoo.com
^**Their address: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, P.R. China.
^***Congbin Fu is a research professor at IAP-CAS, and the director of the START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia (START-TEA). He is currently the chief scientist on a national fundamental research project entitled “Predicative Study on the Aridification of Northern China in Association with the Environmental Evolution.” His research interests include atmosphere-ocean and atmosphere-terrestrial interactions, climate-ecosystem interactions and regional climate modeling. His current research focuses upon the environmental issues related to aridification and water resources, and coupling the climate model with ecological and chemical processes. fcb@tea.ac.cn
^****Xingkai Xu is an associate research professor at IAP-CAS. His research interests focus on the study of N- and C-trace gas exchanges between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. He is now is working on coupling GIS techniques with modeling approaches. xxingkai@dq.cern.ac.cn
^*****Xiaodong Yan is a research professor at IAP-CAS and a deputy director of START-TEA. He is an ecologist with a background in mathematics. His research involves the use of experimental and modeling approaches to study carbon cycling processes in forest ecosystems. yxd@ast590.tea.ac.cn
^******Yao Huang is a research professor at IAP-CAS and a deputy director of the LAPC. His research interests focus on investigating carbon-cycling processes in agricultural ecosystems using experimental and modeling approaches. He is currently the chief scientist on a project from the Chinese Academy of Sciences entitled “The Carbon Budgets for Terrestrial and Costal Oceanic Ecosystems of China.” huangy@dq.cern.ac.cn
^*******Shenghui Han is a postdoctoral fellow at IAP-CAS and works in the LAPC. She is interested in the research of P- and N-trace gas emissions from agricultural ecosystems using experimental and modeling approaches.
^********Fei Hu is a research professor at IAP-CAS and the director of the LAPC. He is an atmospheric boundary layer physical scientist whose research has focused upon the development of modeling approaches for predicting air quality.
^*********Guanxiong Chen is a research professor at the Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS. His research interests focus on the N-trace gas emission processes of agricultural, forest and grassland ecosystems. His primary investigations have focused on N2O emissions from plants in China. His address: Shenyang Insitute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110015, P.R. China.