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US-Ho2: Howland Forest (west tower)

Tower_team:
PI: Andrew Ouimette Andrew.Ouimette@usda.gov - USDA Forest Service
AncContact: David Hollinger David.Hollinger@unh.edu - USDA Forest Service
Technician: John Lee jtlee@maine.edu - University of Maine
Technician: Roel Alfredo Ruzol roel.ruzol@maine.edu - University of Maine
Lat, Long: 45.2091, -68.7470
Elevation(m): 61
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux
Vegetation IGBP: ENF (Evergreen Needleleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Almost all trees remain green all year. Canopy is never without green foliage.)
Climate Koeppen: Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons )
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 5.13
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1064
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H, H2O
Years Data Collected: 1999 - Present
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 1999 - 2024   Data Citation

AmeriFlux FLUXNET 1999 - 2023   Data Citation

Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
Closed conifer forest, minimal disturbance. References: Fernandez et al. (1993), Canadian Journal of Soil Science 73 317-328. Hollinger et al. (1999), ...
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URL: http://howlandforest.org/site_files/site.html
Research Topics: Carbon sequestration
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Image Credit: John Lee, 09/27/2004
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