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PR-xGU: NEON Guanica Forest (GUAN)

Tower_team:
PI: National Ecological Observatory Network neon-ameriflux@battelleecology.org - NEON Program, Battelle
FluxContact: Adam Young younga1@battelleecology.org - NEON Program, Battelle
FluxContact: Christopher Florian cflorian@battelleecology.org - NEON Program, Battelle
FluxContact: David Durden ddurden@battelleecology.org - NEON Program, Battelle
DataManager: Cove Sturtevant csturtevant@battelleecology.org - NEON Program, Battelle
Lat, Long: 17.9696, -66.8687
Elevation(m): 143
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, NEON, Phenocam
Vegetation IGBP: EBF (Evergreen Broadleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Almost all trees and shrubs remain green year round. Canopy is never without green foliage.)
Climate Koeppen: Am (Tropical monsoon)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 25
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1168
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H2O, Isotopes
Years Data Collected: 2018 - Present
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 2018 - 2023   Data Citation

Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The Guanica Forest (GUAN) site is located on the southwest corner of the main island of Puerto Rico in a protected forest with primary phenological species ...
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URL: https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/GUAN
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Acknowledgment: The National Ecological Observatory Network is a project solely funded by the National Science Foundation and managed under cooperative agreement by Battelle.
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