Climate change is affecting the hydrology of high‐elevation mountain ecosystems, with implications for ecosystem functioning and water availability to downstream populations. We directly and continuously measured precipitation and evapotranspiration (ET) from both subalpine forest and alpine tundra portions of a single catchment, …
Journal: Hydrological Processes, Volume 29 (22): 4794-4808 (2015), ISBN . DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10526 Sites: US-NR1
Background: The eddy covariance (EC) technique provides a direct measure of water vapour and carbon dioxide fluxes between ecosystems and the atmosphere.
Aims: This review article highlights the findings of various studies that have integrated EC observations into basic meteorological, hydrological and ecological research questions …
Journal: Plant Ecology & Diversity, Volume 8 (5-6): 663-676 (2015), ISBN . DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2014.904950 Sites: US-NR1
It is necessary to partition eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide exchange into its offsetting gross fluxes, canopy photosynthesis, and ecosystem respiration, to understand the biophysical controls on the net fluxes. And independent estimates of canopy photosynthesis (G) and ecosystem respiration (R) are needed to validate …
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 207: 117-126 (2015), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.010 Sites: CA-Ca1, CA-Ca2, CA-Ca3, CA-Let, CA-Mer, CA-NS1, CA-NS3, CA-NS5, CA-NS6, CA-NS7, CA-Oas, CA-Obs, CA-Ojp, CA-Qcu, CA-Qfo, CA-SJ2, CA-SJ3, CA-TP4, CA-WP1, US-ARM, US-Aud, US-Bo1, US-Ho1, US-Ho2, US-IB2, US-KS2, US-MMS, US-MOz, US-NC2, US-NR1, US-SO2, US-SO3, US-SO4, US-SP2, US-SP3, US-SRM, US-Ton, US-Tw3, US-UMB, US-Var, US-WBW, US-Wkg, US-Wrc
Journal: Plant Ecology & Diversity, Volume 8 (5-6): 663-676 (2015), ISBN . DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2014.904950 Sites: US-NR1
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), ISBN . DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-026.1 Sites: US-NR1
Journal: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 28 (4): 352-370 (2014), ISBN . DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004686 Sites: US-NR1
Journal: Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Volume 119 (7): 1458-1473 (2014), ISBN . DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002623 Sites: CA-Ca1, CA-Gro, CA-Let, CA-Oas, CA-Ojp, CA-Qfo, US-ARM, US-Dk3, US-Ha1, US-Ho1, US-IB2, US-Me2, US-MMS, US-MOz, US-Ne1, US-Ne2, US-Ne3, US-NR1, US-PFa, US-Syv, US-Ton, US-UMB, US-Var, US-WCr
Journal: Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, Volume 171-172: 31-45 (2013), ISBN . 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
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), ISBN . DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2095-2012 Sites: US-NR1
Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume 18 (2): 566-584 (2012), ISBN . 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