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Tower_team:
PI: Kevin Kroeger kkroeger@usgs.gov - USGS Woods Hole Center
PI: Meagan Eagle meagle@usgs.gov - USGS Woods Hole Coastal & Marine Science Center
DataManager: Amy Farris afarris@usgs.gov - USGS Woods Hole Coastal & Marine Science Center
Lat, Long: 41.9380, -70.0552
Elevation(m): 0.5
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: Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons )
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 9.9
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1195
Flux Species Measured: CO2, CH4, H2O
Years Data Collected: 2017 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The tower (tripod) is located in a degraded, invasive Phragmites site in the Herring River basin in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A dike was built in 1908 to ...
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URL: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/625880b7d34e21f82770a19b
Research Topics: Studying carbon and water fluxes in a brackish wetland.
Acknowledgment: This research was initially funded by the NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Science Collaborative (NA09NOS4190153 and NA14NOS4190145) and NSF MRI (DBI-959333). Current funding is USGS Coastal & Marine Hazards and Resources Program.
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