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PI: | D. Zona dzona@mail.sdsu.edu - San Diego State University (USA) |
PI: | W.C. Oechel woechel@mail.sdsu.edu - San Diego State University (USA) |
Lat, Long: | 71.2809, -156.5965 |
Elevation(m): | 4.60 |
Network Affiliations: | AmeriFlux |
Vegetation IGBP: | WET (Permanent Wetlands: Lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation that cover extensive areas. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water) |
Climate Koeppen: | ET (Tundra) |
Mean Annual Temp (°C): | -12 |
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): | 173 |
Flux Species Measured: | CO2, H, H2O, CH4 |
Years Data Collected: | 2005 - Present |
Years Data Available: | No data available |
Data Use Policy: | AmeriFlux Legacy Policy |
Description: | The study site is located about 10 km east of the town of Barrow, Alaska. This 3,021 ha BEO reserve was set aside by the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation ... The study site is located about 10 km east of the town of Barrow, Alaska. This 3,021 ha BEO reserve was set aside by the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC, the Barrow village native corporation), in perpetuity, for scientific research. The vegetation shows very high heterogeneity reflecting variation in microtopographic and other environmental factors and the presence of thaw lakes, frost boils and other patterned ground. This site is characterized by continuous permafrost and by an average seasonal thaw (active layer) depth of about 30 cm. The vegetation mainly consists of wet sedge meadow tundra; mosses represent the major component of the living biomass; the main vascular plant is represented by Carex aquatilis, Eriophorum vaginatum,and Dupontia fisheri. See MoreShow Less |
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Research Topics: | Ecology, Climate change, greenhouse gas emission |
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- Hashimoto, H., Wang, W., Park, T., Khajehei, S., Ichii, K., Michaelis, A.R., Guzman, A., Nemani, R.R., Torn, M., Yi, K., Brosnan, I.G. (in preparation). Subsets of geostationary satellite data over international observing network sites for studying the diurnal dynamics of energy, carbon, and water cycles.
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GeoNEX Surface Reflectance for Vegetation Indices (NDVI & NIRv)- Wang, W., Wang, Y., Lyapustin, A., Hashimoto, H., Park, T., Michaelis, A., & Nemani, R. (2022). A novel atmospheric correction algorithm to exploit the diurnal variability in hypertemporal geostationary observations. Remote Sensing, 14(4), 964.
- Li, R., Wang, D., Wang, W., & Nemani, R. (2023). A GeoNEX-based high-spatiotemporal-resolution product of land surface downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation. Earth System Science Data, 15(3), 1419-1436.
- Jia, A., Liang, S., & Wang, D. (2022). Generating a 2-km, all-sky, hourly land surface temperature product from Advanced Baseline Imager data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 278, 113105.
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2018 | Qiu, C., Zhu, D., Ciais, P., Guenet, B., Krinner, G., Peng, S., Aurela, M., Bernhofer, C., Brümmer, C., Bret-Harte, S., Chu, H., Chen, J., Desai, A. R., Dušek, J., Euskirchen, E. S., Fortuniak, K., Flanagan, L. B., Friborg, T., Grygoruk, M., Gogo, S., Grünwald, T., Hansen, B. U., Holl, D., Humphreys, E., Hurkuck, M., Kiely, G., Klatt, J., Kutzbach, L., Largeron, C., Laggoun-Défarge, F., Lund, M., Lafleur, P. M., Li, X., Mammarella, I., Merbold, L., Nilsson, M. B., Olejnik, J., Ottosson-Löfvenius, M., Oechel, W., Parmentier, F. W., Peichl, M., Pirk, N., Peltola, O., Pawlak, W., Rasse, D., Rinne, J., Shaver, G., Schmid, H. P., Sottocornola, M., Steinbrecher, R., Sachs, T., Urbaniak, M., Zona, D., Ziemblinska, K. (2018) Orchidee-Peat (Revision 4596), A Model For Northern Peatland Co≪Sub≫2≪/Sub≫, Water, And Energy Fluxes On Daily To Annual Scales, Geoscientific Model Development, 11(2), 497-519. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-497-2018 |
2012 | Zona, D., Lipson, D. A., Paw U, K. T., Oberbauer, S. F., Olivas, P., Gioli, B., Oechel, W. C. (2012) Increased CO2 Loss From Vegetated Drained Lake Tundra Ecosystems Due To Flooding, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26(GB2004), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GB004037 |
2011 | Zona, D., Oechel, W. C., Richards, J. H., Hastings, S., Kopetz, I., Ikawa, H., Oberbauer, S. (2011) Light-Stress Avoidance Mechanisms In A Sphagnum-Dominated Wet Coastal Arctic Tundra Ecosystem In Alaska, Ecology, 92(3), 633-644. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0822.1 |
2009 | Zona, D., Oechel, W. C., Kochendorfer, J., Paw U, K. T., Salyuk, A. N., Olivas, P. C., Oberbauer, S. F., Lipson, D. A. (2009) Methane Fluxes During The Initiation Of A Large-Scale Water Table Manipulation Experiment In The Alaskan Arctic Tundra, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23(2), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GB003487 |
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