The AmeriFlux network aims to ensure the availability of continuous, long-term ecosystem measurements necessary to build effective models and multisite syntheses, as well as provide immediate insights. AmeriFlux sites span a diverse range of ecosystems, including tundra, grassland, agricultural lands, tropical forests, and temperate coniferous and deciduous forests, as well as various land-use and disturbance regimes. As a result, AmeriFlux data can be used in a multitude of ways, such as informing decisions about land management, infrastructure planning, and understanding the impacts of natural disturbances like insect infestations or wildfires.
Established in 1996, the AmeriFlux network currently comprises over 750 independently funded sites measuring ecosystem CO2, water, and energy fluxes across spatial and temporal scales in North, Central, and South America.
A key strength of the AmeriFlux network lies in its commitment to sharing data, methodologies, and results with stakeholders across the network. The AmeriFlux Management project performs quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) on each dataset, handles the publishing of the half-hourly BASE data product, and produces the gap-filled and partitioned AmeriFlux-FLUXNET data product. Both data products are highly standardized and come with metadata information, making them valuable training data for machine learning applications.
As an international network, AmeriFlux has a strong presence in the United States, with 617 sites across 48 states. Use the interactive map below to explore which two states are missing – you might be surprised!
No Comments
Be the first to start a conversation