"FLUXNET is a global network of micrometeorological flux measurement sites that measure the exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy between the biosphere and atmosphere. At present over 140 sites are operating on a long-term and continuous basis. Vegetation under study includes temperate conifer and broadleaved (deciduous and evergreen) forests, tropical and boreal forests, crops, grasslands, chaparral, wetlands, and tundra. Sites exist on five continents and their latitudinal distribution ranges from 70°N to 30°S." (Baldocchi, 2001) The flux tower sites use eddy covariance methods to measure the exchanges of carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor, and energy between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.
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FLUXNET: Net Ecosystem Exchange CO2, latent and sensible heat for 1992 at Harvard Forest: Total (blue), Day (red), Night (green). [Climate Data Guide; D. Shea] |
National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified 28 Feb 2017. "The Climate Data Guide: FLUXNET." Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/fluxnet.
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