CA-Let: Alberta - Mixed Grass Prairie
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| PI: | Lawrence B. Flanagan larry.flanagan@uleth.ca - |
| Lat, Long: | 49.7093, -112.9402 |
| Elevation(m): | 960 |
| Network Affiliations: | AmeriFlux, Fluxnet-Canada, Phenocam |
| Vegetation IGBP: | GRA (Grasslands: Lands with herbaceous types of cover. Tree and shrub cover is less than 10%. Permanent wetlands lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water.) |
| Climate Koeppen: | Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons ) |
| Mean Annual Temp (°C): | 5.36 |
| Mean Annual Precip. (mm): | 398.4 |
| Flux Species Measured: | CO2 |
| Years Data Collected: | 1998 - Present |
| Years Data Available: | AmeriFlux BASE 1998 - 2008 Data Citation |
| Data Use Policy: | AmeriFlux Legacy Policy |
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| Research Topics: | — |
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| 2021 | Chu, H., Luo, X., Ouyang, Z., Chan, W. S., Dengel, S., Biraud, S. C., Torn, M. S., Metzger, S., Kumar, J., Arain, M. A., Arkebauer, T. J., Baldocchi, D., Bernacchi, C., Billesbach, D., Black, T. A., Blanken, P. D., Bohrer, G., Bracho, R., Brown, S., Brunsell, N. A., Chen, J., Chen, X., Clark, K., Desai, A. R., Duman, T., Durden, D., Fares, S., Forbrich, I., Gamon, J. A., Gough, C. M., Griffis, T., Helbig, M., Hollinger, D., Humphreys, E., Ikawa, H., Iwata, H., Ju, Y., Knowles, J. F., Knox, S. H., Kobayashi, H., Kolb, T., Law, B., Lee, X., Litvak, M., Liu, H., Munger, J. W., Noormets, A., Novick, K., Oberbauer, S. F., Oechel, W., Oikawa, P., Papuga, S. A., Pendall, E., Prajapati, P., Prueger, J., Quinton, W. L., Richardson, A. D., Russell, E. S., Scott, R. L., Starr, G., Staebler, R., Stoy, P. C., Stuart-Haëntjens, E., Sonnentag, O., Sullivan, R. C., Suyker, A., Ueyama, M., Vargas, R., Wood, J. D., Zona, D. (2021) Representativeness Of Eddy-Covariance Flux Footprints For Areas Surrounding Ameriflux Sites, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 301-302, 108350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108350 |
| 2013 | 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. (2013) Use Of Change-Point Detection For Friction–Velocity Threshold Evaluation In Eddy-Covariance Studies, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 171-172, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.023 |
| 2014 | Matheny, A. M., Bohrer, G., Stoy, P. C., Baker, I. T., Black, A. T., Desai, A. R., Dietze, M. C., Gough, C. M., Ivanov, V. Y., Jassal, R. S., Novick, K. A., Schäfer, K. V., Verbeeck, H. (2014) Characterizing The Diurnal Patterns of Errors in The Prediction of Evapotranspiration by Several Land-Surface Models: An Nacp Analysis, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 119(7), 1458-1473. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002623 |
| 2015 | Dennis Baldocchi, Cove Sturtevant (2015) Does day and night sampling reduce spurious correlation between canopy photosynthesis and ecosystem respiration?, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 207, 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.010 |
| 2006 | Richardson, A. D., Hollinger, D. Y., Burba, G. G., Davis, K. J., Flanagan, L. B., Katul, G. G., William Munger, J., Ricciuto, D. M., Stoy, P. C., Suyker, A. E., Verma, S. B., Wofsy, S. C. (2006) A Multi-Site Analysis Of Random Error In Tower-Based Measurements Of Carbon And Energy Fluxes, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 136(1-2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.01.007 |
| 2004 | Li, T., Grant, R. F., Flanagan, L. B. (2004) Climate Impact On Net Ecosystem Productivity Of A Semi-Arid Natural Grassland: Modeling And Measurement, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 126(1-2), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.06.005 |
| 2006 | Coursolle, C., Margolis, H. A., Barr, A. G., Black, T. A., Amiro, B. D., McCaughey, J. H., Flanagan, L. B., Lafleur, P. M., Roulet, N. T., Bourque, C. P., Arain, M. A., Wofsy, S. C., Dunn, A., Morgenstern, K., Orchansky, A. L., Bernier, P. Y., Chen, J. M., Kidston, J., Saigusa, N., Hedstrom, N. (2006) Late-Summer Carbon Fluxes From Canadian Forests And Peatlands Along An East-West Continental Transect, Canadian Journal Of Forest Research, 36(3), 783-800. https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-270 |
| 2005 | Flanagan, L. B., Johnson, B. G. (2005) Interacting Effects Of Temperature, Soil Moisture And Plant Biomass Production On Ecosystem Respiration In A Northern Temperate Grassland, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 130(3-4), 237-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.04.002 |
| 2005 | Sims, D. A., Rahman, A. F., Cordova, V. D., Baldocchi, D. D., Flanagan, L. B., Goldstein, A. H., Hollinger, D. Y., Misson, L., Monson, R. K., Schmid, H. P., Wofsy, S. C., Xu, L. (2005) Midday Values Of Gross CO2 Flux And Light Use Efficiency During Satellite Overpasses Can Be Used To Directly Estimate Eight-Day Mean Flux, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 131(1-2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.04.006 |
| 2005 | Gilmanov, T. G., Tieszen, L. L., Wylie, B. K., Flanagan, L. B., Frank, A. B., Haferkamp, M. R., Meyers, T. P., Morgan, J. A. (2005) Integration Of CO2 Flux And Remotely-Sensed Data For Primary Production And Ecosystem Respiration Analyses In The Northern Great Plains: Potential For Quantitative Spatial Extrapolation, Global Ecology And Biogeography, 14(3), 271-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-822x.2005.00151.x |
| 2002 | Flanagan, L. B., Wever, L. A., Carlson, P. J. (2002) Seasonal And Interannual Variation In Carbon Dioxide Exchange And Carbon Balance In A Northern Temperate Grassland, Global Change Biology, 8(7), 599-615. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00491.x |
| 2006 | Ponton, S., Flanagan, L. B., Alstad, K. P., Johnson, B. G., Morgenstern, K., Kljun, N., Black, T. A., Barr, A. G. (2006) Comparison Of Ecosystem Water-Use Efficiency Among Douglas-Fir Forest, Aspen Forest And Grassland Using Eddy Covariance And Carbon Isotope Techniques, Global Change Biology, 12(2), 294-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01103.x |
| 2003 | Conte, M. H., Weber, J. C., Carlson, P. J., Flanagan, L. B. (2003) Molecular And Carbon Isotopic Composition Of Leaf Wax In Vegetation And Aerosols In A Northern Prairie Ecosystem, Oecologia, 135(1), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-1157-4 |
| 1999 | Flanagan, L. B., Kubien, D. S., Ehleringer, J. R. (1999) Spatial And Temporal Variation In The Carbon And Oxygen Stable Isotope Ratio Of Respired CO2 In A Boreal Forest Ecosystem, Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology., 51(2), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i2.16306 |
| 2005 | Zhang, Y., Grant, R., Flanagan, L., Wang, S., Verseghy, D. (2005) Modelling CO2 And Energy Exchanges In A Northern Semiarid Grassland Using The Carbon- And Nitrogen-Coupled Canadian Land Surface Scheme (C-CLASS), Ecological Modelling, 181(4), 591-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.07.007 |
| 1996 | Flanagan, L. B., Brooks, J. R., Varney, G. T., Berry, S. C., Ehleringer, J. R. (1996) Carbon Isotope Discrimination During Photosynthesis And The Isotope Ratio Of Respired CO2 in Boreal Forest Ecosystems, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10(4), 629-640. https://doi.org/10.1029/96gb02345 |
CA-Let: Alberta - Mixed Grass Prairie
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