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CA-Oas: Saskatchewan - Western Boreal, Mature Aspen

Tower_team:
PI: T. Andrew Black andrew.black@ubc.ca - The University of British Columbia
Lat, Long: 53.6289, -106.1978
Elevation(m): 530
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, Fluxnet-Canada, Phenocam
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: Dfc (Subarctic: severe winter, no dry season, cool summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 0.34
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 428.53
Flux Species Measured: CO2
Years Data Collected: 1997 - Present
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 1996 - 2010   Data Citation
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Description: 53.62889° N, 106.19779° W, elabation of 600.63 m,BOREAS 1994, 1996, BERMS climate and flux measurements began Dec. 1996
URL: http://berms.ccrp.ec.gc.ca/Sites/e-sites-oa.htm
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CA-Oas: Saskatchewan - Western Boreal, Mature Aspen

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CA-Oas: Saskatchewan - Western Boreal, Mature Aspen

Year Publication
2020 Xu, B., Arain, M. A., Black, T. A., Law, B. E., Pastorello, G. Z., Chu, H. (2020) Seasonal Variability Of Forest Sensitivity To Heat And Drought Stresses: A Synthesis Based On Carbon Fluxes From North American Forest Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, 26(2), 901-918. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14843
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
2020 Braghiere, R. K., Quaife, T., Black, E., Ryu, Y., Chen, Q., De Kauwe, M. G., Baldocchi, D. (2020) Influence Of Sun Zenith Angle On Canopy Clumping And The Resulting Impacts On Photosynthesis, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 291, 108065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108065
2012 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. (2012) Terrestrial Biosphere Models Need Better Representation Of Vegetation Phenology: Results From The North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis, Global Change Biology, 18(2), 566-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02562.x
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
2009 GAUMONT-GUAY, D., BLACK, T. A., MCCAUGHEY, H., BARR, A. G., KRISHNAN, P., JASSAL, R. S., NESIC, Z. (2009) Soil Co2efflux In Contrasting Boreal Deciduous And Coniferous Stands And Its Contribution To The Ecosystem Carbon Balance, Global Change Biology, 15(5), 1302-1319. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01830.x
2006 Krishnan, P., Black, T. A., Grant, N. J., Barr, A. G., Hogg, E. (., Jassal, R. S., Morgenstern, K. (2006) Impact Of Changing Soil Moisture Distribution On Net Ecosystem Productivity Of A Boreal Aspen Forest During And Following Drought, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 139(3-4), 208-223. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.07.002
2018 Chu, H., Baldocchi, D. D., Poindexter, C., Abraha, M., Desai, A. R., Bohrer, G., Arain, M. A., Griffis, T., Blanken, P. D., O'Halloran, T. L., Thomas, R. Q., Zhang, Q., Burns, S. P., Frank, J. M., Christian, D., Brown, S., Black, T. A., Gough, C. M., Law, B. E., Lee, X., Chen, J., Reed, D. E., Massman, W. J., Clark, K., Hatfield, J., Prueger, J., Bracho, R., Baker, J. M., Martin, T. A. (2018) Temporal Dynamics Of Aerodynamic Canopy Height Derived From Eddy Covariance Momentum Flux Data Across North American Flux Networks, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079306
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
1997 Hogg, E. H., Hurdle, P. A. (1997) Sap Flow In Trembling Aspen: Implications For Stomatal Responses To Vapor Pressure Deficit, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 501-509. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.501
2001 Nakamura, R., Mahrt, L. (2001) Similarity Theory For Local And Spatially Averaged Momentum Fluxes, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 108(4), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(01)00250-7
2000 Nichol, C. J., Huemmrich, K. F., Black, T., Jarvis, P. G., Walthall, C. L., Grace, J., Hall, F. G. (2000) Remote Sensing Of Photosynthetic-Light-Use Efficiency Of Boreal Forest, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 101(2-3), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(99)00167-7
1997 Brooks, J. R., Flanagan, L. B., Varney, G. T., Ehleringer, J. R. (1997) Vertical Gradients In Photosynthetic Gas Exchange Characteristics And Refixation Of Respired CO2 Within Boreal Forest Canopies, Tree Physiology, 17(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.1.1
2004 Griffis, T., Black, T., Gaumont-Guay, D., Drewitt, G., Nesic, Z., Barr, A., Morgenstern, K., Kljun, N. (2004) Seasonal Variation And Partitioning Of Ecosystem Respiration In A Southern Boreal Aspen Forest, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 125(3-4), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.04.006
1997 Margolis, H. A., Ryan, M. G. (1997) A Physiological Basis For Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions In The Boreal Forest: An Overview, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 491-499. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.491
1999 Grant, R. F., Black, T. A., den Hartog, G., Berry, J. A., Neumann, H. H., Blanken, P. D., Yang, P. C., Russell, C., Nalder, I. A. (1999) Diurnal And Annual Exchanges Of Mass And Energy Between An Aspen-Hazelnut Forest And The Atmosphere: Testing The Mathematical Model Ecosys With Data From The BOREAS Experiment, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 104(D22), 27699-27717. https://doi.org/10.1029/1998jd200117
1997 Lavigne, M. B., Ryan, M. G. (1997) Growth And Maintenance Respiration Rates Of Aspen, Black Spruce And Jack Pine Stems At Northern And Southern BOREAS Sites, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 543-551. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.543
2003 Griffis, T., Black, T., Morgenstern, K., Barr, A., Nesic, Z., Drewitt, G., Gaumont-Guay, D., McCaughey, J. (2003) Ecophysiological Controls On The Carbon Balances Of Three Southern Boreal Forests, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 117(1-2), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(03)00023-6
1997 Blanken, P. D., Black, T. A., Yang, P. C., Neumann, H. H., Nesic, Z., Staebler, R., den Hartog, G., Novak, M. D., Lee, X. (1997) Energy Balance And Canopy Conductance Of A Boreal Aspen Forest: Partitioning Overstory And Understory Components, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 102(D24), 28915-28927. https://doi.org/10.1029/97jd00193
2002 Mahrt, L., Vickers, D. (2002) Relationship Of Area-Averaged Carbon Dioxide And Water Vapour Fluxes To Atmospheric Variables, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 112(3-4), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(02)00079-5
2003 Chen, J. M., Ju, W., Cihlar, J., Price, D., Liu, J., Chen, W., Pan, J., Black, A., Barr, A. (2003) Spatial Distribution Of Carbon Sources And Sinks In Canada's Forests, Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 55(2), 622-641. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00036.x
2001 Blanken, P., Black, T., Neumann, H., den Hartog, G., Yang, P., Nesic, Z., Lee, X. (2001) The Seasonal Water And Energy Exchange Above And Within A Boreal Aspen Forest, Journal Of Hydrology, 245(1-4), 118-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-1694(01)00343-2
2002 Barr, A. G., Griffis, T. J., Black, T. A., Lee, X., Staebler, R. M., Fuentes, J. D., Chen, Z., Morgenstern, K. (2002) Comparing The Carbon Budgets Of Boreal And Temperate Deciduous Forest Stands, Canadian Journal Of Forest Research, 32(5), 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1139/x01-131
1999 Gastellu-Etchegorry, J., Guillevic, P., Zagolski, F., Demarez, V., Trichon, V., Deering, D., Leroy, M. (1999) Modeling BRFAnd Radiation Regime Of Boreal And Tropical Forests, Remote Sensing Of Environment, 68(3), 281-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0034-4257(98)00119-9
1999 Chen, W. J., Black, T. A., Yang, P. C., Barr, A. G., Neumann, H. H., Nesic, Z., Blanken, P. D., Novak, M. D., Eley, J., Ketler, R. J., Cuenca, R. (1999) Effects Of Climatic Variability On The Annual Carbon Sequestration By A Boreal Aspen Forest, Global Change Biology, 5(1), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00201.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
2006 Chen, J. M., Govind, A., Sonnentag, O., Zhang, Y., Barr, A., Amiro, B. (2006) Leaf Area Index Measurements At Fluxnet-Canada Forest Sites, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 140(1-4), 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.08.005
2004 Barr, A. G., Black, T., Hogg, E., Kljun, N., Morgenstern, K., Nesic, Z. (2004) Inter-Annual Variability In The Leaf Area Index Of A Boreal Aspen-Hazelnut Forest In Relation To Net Ecosystem Production, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 126(3-4), 237-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.06.011
1997 Steele, S. J., Gower, S. T., Vogel, J. G., Norman, J. M. (1997) Root Mass, Net Primary Production And Turnover In Aspen, Jack Pine And Black Spruce Forests In Saskatchewan And Manitoba, Canada, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 577-587. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.577
1997 Lerdau, M., Litvak, M., Palmer, P., Monson, R. (1997) Controls Over Monoterpene Emissions From Boreal Forest Conifers, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 563-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.563
1997 Kimball, J. S., Thornton, P. E., White, M. A., Running, S. W. (1997) Simulating Forest Productivity And Surface-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange In The BOREAS Study Region, Tree Physiology, 17(8-9), 589-599. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/17.8-9.589
2005 Gu, L., Falge, E. M., Boden, T., Baldocchi, D. D., Black, T., Saleska, S. R., Suni, T., Verma, S. B., Vesala, T., Wofsy, S. C., Xu, L. (2005) Objective Threshold Determination For Nighttime Eddy Flux Filtering, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 128(3-4), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.11.006
1999 Gu, L., Shugart, H. H., Fuentes, J. D., Black, T., Shewchuk, S. R. (1999) Micrometeorology, Biophysical Exchanges And NEE Decomposition In A Two-Story Boreal Forest — Development And Test Of An Integrated Model, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 94(2), 123-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(99)00006-4
2004 Bond-Lamberty, B., Wang, C., Gower, S. T. (2004) A Global Relationship Between The Heterotrophic And Autotrophic Components Of Soil Respiration?, Global Change Biology, 10(10), 1756-1766. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00816.x
2000 Mahrt, L., Lee, X., Black, A., Neumann, H., Staebler, R. (2000) Nocturnal Mixing In A Forest Subcanopy, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 101(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1923(99)00161-6

CA-Oas: Saskatchewan - Western Boreal, Mature Aspen

BADM for This Site

Access the Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance and Metadata (BADM) information and data for this site.

BADM contain information for many uses, such as characterizing a site’s vegetation and soil, describing disturbance history, and defining instrumentation for flux processing. They complement the flux/met data.

* Online updates are shown on the Overview tab real time. However, downloaded BADM files will not reflect those updates until they have been reviewed for QA/QC.

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Wind Roses

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    About Ameriflux Wind Roses
    Wind Rose Explanation
    A wind rose gives a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Presented in a circular format, a wind rose shows the frequency and intensity of winds blowing from particular directions. The length of each “spoke” around the circle indicates the amount of time (frequency) that the wind blows from a particular direction. Colors along the spokes indicate categories of wind speed (intensity). Each concentric circle represents a different frequency, emanating from zero at the center to increasing frequencies at the outer circles
    Utility
    This information can be useful to gain insight into regions surrounding a flux tower that contribute to the measured fluxes, and how those regions change in dependence of the time of day and season. The wind roses presented here are for four periods of the year, and in 16 cardinal directions. Graphics are available for all sites in the AmeriFlux network based on reported wind measurements at each site.
    Data from each site can be downloaded by clicking the ‘download’ button.
    Hover the cursor over a wind rose to obtain directions, speeds and intensities.
    Note that wind roses are not equivalent to flux footprints. Specifically, the term flux footprint describes an upwind area “seen” by the instruments measuring vertical turbulent fluxes, such that heat, water, gas and momentum transport generated in this area is registered by the instruments. Wind roses, on the other hand, identify only the direction and speed of wind.
    Where do these data come from?
    The wind roses are based on observed hourly data from the sites registered with the AmeriFlux Network.
    Parameters for AmeriFlux Wind Roses
    To use wind roses for a single AmeriFlux site, the following parameters may be most useful:
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    To compare wind roses from more than one single AmeriFlux site, the following parameters may be most useful:
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