AmeriFlux Gap-Filled Data from Selected Sites

AmeriFlux [http://ameriflux.lbl.gov/] is part of the larger network Fluxnet [http://daac.ornl.gov/FLUXNET/fluxnet.shtml] which endeavors to connect observations from regional micrometeorological tower sites for global analysis. AmeriFlux towers measure the exchange of energy, water, and carbon through a network of sites with variable vegetation, disturbance records, and climatic conditions. The ecosystems included within the network are temperate and tropical evergreen forests, temperate deciduous forests, woodlands, grasslands, agricultural crops, boreal, and shrublands. Climates in these biomes vary between tundra, temperate, tropical, and arid.

This Level 4 Dataset accumulated from the AmeriFlux Network focuses on hourly, daily, and monthly observations collected at North American tower sites. The selection of AmeriFlux sites were chosen based on the period of available data, the diversity in vegetation types, the past success of testing land surface models, and the availability of atmospheric forcing for Community Land Models. AmeriFlux Level 4 data has been gap-filled, quality-flagged and includes meteorological variables, CO2 exchange rates, heat fluxes, biogeochemical pools, calculated gross productivity, and ecosystem respiration terms. The period of record varies by individual tower site, but some sites have as much as 15 years of recorded data.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1992-01-01
    End:  2008-01-01

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1992-01-01
Temporal Range End 2008-01-01
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 71.323
Bounding Box South Lat 36.606
Bounding Box West Long -156.626
Bounding Box East Long -68.74
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : AmeriFlux web site

Related Resource #2 : Fluxnet at ORNL

Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF (Binary)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 214.00 MB
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 2012-06-20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier d387000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:26:28Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d387000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy. (2012). AmeriFlux Gap-Filled Data from Selected Sites. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d387000/. Accessed 21 November 2024.

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