ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,204, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS (China).

"Method and system for calculating carbon and water flux of ecosystem based on weather station" was invented by Geping Luo (Urumqi City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a method and system for calculating a carbon and water flux of an ecosystem based on a weather station, and relates to the technical field of calculation of carbon and water fluxes of ecosystems. According to a plant function type (PFT) and/or a climate type, eddy covariance flux stations are selectively combined to obtain a plurality o...