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Snow Temperature Changes Within A Seasonal Snowpack And Their Relationship To Turbulent Fluxes Of Sensible And Latent Heat
Burns, S. P., Molotch, N. P., Williams, M. W., Knowles, J. F., Seok, B., Monson, R. K., Turnipseed, A. A., Blanken, P. D.

Snowpack temperatures from a subalpine forest below Niwot Ridge, Colorado, are examined with respect to atmospheric conditions and the 30-min above-canopy and subcanopy eddy covariance fluxes of sensible Qh and latent Qe heat. In the lower snowpack, daily snow temperature changes greater than 1°C day−1 occurred about 1–2 times …


Journal: Journal Of Hydrometeorology, Volume 15 (1): 117-142 (2014). DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-026.1 Sites: US-NR1

Use Of Change-Point Detection For Friction–Velocity Threshold Evaluation In Eddy-Covariance Studies
Barr, A., Richardson, A., Hollinger, D., Papale, D., Arain, M., Black, T., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Fischer, M., Gu, L., Law, B., Margolis, H., McCaughey, J., Munger, J., Oechel, W., Schaeffer, K.


Journal: Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, Volume 171-172: 31-45 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.023 Sites: CA-Ca1, CA-Ca2, CA-Ca3, CA-Gro, CA-Let, CA-Mer, CA-NS1, CA-Oas, CA-Obs, CA-Ojp, CA-Qfo, CA-SJ1, CA-SJ2, CA-SJ3, CA-TP4, CA-WP1, US-ARM, US-Dk3, US-Ha1, US-Ho1, US-IB1, US-Los, US-Me3, US-Me5, US-MMS, US-MOz, US-Ne1, US-Ne2, US-Ne3, US-NR1, US-Shd, US-SO2, US-Syv, US-Ton, US-UMB, US-Var, US-WCr

Using Sonic Anemometer Temperature To Measure Sensible Heat Flux In Strong Winds
Burns, S. P., Horst, T. W., Jacobsen, L., Blanken, P. D., Monson, R. K.

Sonic anemometers simultaneously measure the turbulent fluctuations of vertical wind (w’) and sonic temperature (Ts’), and are commonly used to measure sensible heat flux (H). Our study examines 30-min heat fluxes measured with a Campbell Scientific CSAT3 sonic anemometer above a subalpine forest. We compared H calculated with Ts …


Journal: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Volume 5 (9): 2095-2111 (2012). DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2095-2012 Sites: US-NR1

Terrestrial Biosphere Models Need Better Representation Of Vegetation Phenology: Results From The North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis
Richardson, A. D., Anderson, R. S., Arain, M. A., Barr, A. G., Bohrer, G., Chen, G., Chen, J. M., Ciais, P., Davis, K. J., Desai, A. R., Dietze, M. C., Dragoni, D., Garrity, S. R., Gough, C. M., Grant, R., Hollinger, D. Y., Margolis, H. A., McCaughey, H., Migliavacca, M., Monson, R. K., Munger, J. W., Poulter, B., Raczka, B. M., Ricciuto, D. M., Sahoo, A. K., Schaefer, K., Tian, H., Vargas, R., Verbeeck, H., Xiao, J., Xue, Y.


Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume 18 (2): 566-584 (2012). DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02562.x Sites: CA-Oas, CA-Obs, CA-Ojp, CA-Qfo, US-Ha1, US-Ho1, US-MMS, US-NR1, US-UMB, US-WCr

Seasonal Pattern Of Regional Carbon Balance In The Central Rocky Mountains From Surface And Airborne Measurements
Desai, A.R., Moore, D.J.P., Ahue, W.K.M., Wilkes, P.T.V., De Wekker, S.F.J., Brooks, B.G., Campos, T.L., Stephens, B.B., Monson, R.K., Burns, S.P., Quaife, T., Aulenbach, S.M., Schimel, D.S.

High-elevation forests represent a large fraction of potential carbon uptake in North America, but this uptake is not well constrained by observations. Additionally, forests in the Rocky Mountains have recently been severely damaged by drought, fire, and insect outbreaks, which have been quantified at local scales but not assessed …


Journal: Journal Of Geophysical Research, Volume 116 (G04009): 1-16 (2011). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001655 Sites: US-NR1

An Interannual Assessment Of The Relationship Between The Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition Of Ecosystem Respiration And Climate In A High-Elevation Subalpine Forest
Riveros-Iregui, D.A., Hu, J., Burns, S.P., Bowling, D.R., Monson, R.K.

We measured the carbon isotopic composition (δ13C) of ecosystem respiration (δ13CR) in a subalpine forest across four growing seasons to examine whether patterns in δ13CR were consistent with those expected based on leaf-level gas-exchange theory, …


Journal: Journal Of Geophysical Research, Volume 116 (G2): 1-15 (2011). DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001556 Sites: US-NR1

Atmospheric Stability Effects On Wind Fields And Scalar Mixing Within And Just Above A Subalpine Forest In Sloping Terrain
Burns, S. P., Sun, J., Lenschow, D. H., Oncley, S. P., Stephens, B. B., Yi, C., Anderson, D. E., Hu, J., Monson, R. K.

Air temperature Ta, specific humidity q, CO2 mole fraction χJournal: Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Volume 138 (2): 231-262 (2011). DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9560-6 Sites: US-NR1


Longer Growing Seasons Lead To Less Carbon Sequestration By A Subalpine Forest
Hu, J., Moore, D. J., Burns, S. P., Monson, R. K.

As global temperatures increase, the potential for longer growing seasons to enhance the terrestrial carbon sink has been proposed as a mechanism to reduce the rate of further warming. At the Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux site, a subalpine forest in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, we used a 9‐year record (1999–2007) of continuous eddy …


Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume 16 (2): 771-783 (2010). DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01967.x Sites: US-NR1

A Multiscale And Multidisciplinary Investigation Of Ecosystem–Atmosphere CO2 Exchange Over The Rocky Mountains Of Colorado
Sun, J., Oncley, S. P., Burns, S. P., Stephens, B. B., Lenschow, D. H., Campos, T., Watt, A. S., Monson, R. K., Moore, D. J., Hu, J., Tschudi, M., Schimel, D. S., Aulenbach, S., Sacks, W. J., De Wekker, S. F., Lai, C., Lamb, B., Allwine, E., Coons, T., Ojima, D., Ellsworth, P. Z., Sternberg, L. S., Zhong, S., Clements, C., Anderson, D. E.

A significant fraction of Earth consists of mountainous terrain. However, the question of how to monitor the surface–atmosphere carbon exchange over complex terrain has not been fully explored. This article reports on studies by a team of investigators from U.S. universities and research institutes who carried out a multiscale …


Journal: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, Volume 91 (2): 209-230 (2010). DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2733.1 Sites: US-NR1

Modeling Whole-Tree Carbon Assimilation Rate Using Observed Transpiration Rates And Needle Sugar Carbon Isotope Ratios
Hu, J., Moore, D. J., Riveros-Iregui, D. A., Burns, S. P., Monson, R. K.

• Understanding controls over plant–atmosphere CO 2 exchange is important for
quantifying carbon budgets across a range of spatial and temporal scales. In this
study, we used a simple approach to estimate whole-tree CO 2 assimilation rate
(A Tree ) in a subalpine forest ecosystem.
• We analysed the carbon isotope ratio …


Journal: New Phytologist, Volume 185 (4): 1000-1015 (2010). DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03154.x Sites: US-NR1