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BR-CUP: Cupari Tapajos National Forest

Tower_team:
PI: Scott Saleska saleska@arizona.edu - University of Arizona
Lat, Long: -3.7874, -55.3664
Elevation(m): 15
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux
Vegetation IGBP: DBF (Deciduous Broadleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Consists of broadleaf tree communities with an annual cycle of leaf-on and leaf-off periods.)
Climate Koeppen: Af (Tropical rain forest)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 25
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1900
Flux Species Measured: CO2, CH4, H2O
Years Data Collected: 2024 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The tower is located in a seasonally flooded forest in the Tapajos National Forest of Brazil. The research includes eddy covariance measurements of the ...
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Research Topics: Role of tree stems on the ecosystem flux of methane in seasonally flooded forests.
Acknowledgment: This work is funded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) under contract DE-SC0022135.
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Image Credit: Joost van Haren, 02/28/2024
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