AmeriFlux Logo
Quick Sites: Sign in to Use
  1. Home
  2. Sites
  3. Siteinfo
  4. US-KS2

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

Tower_team:
PI: Bert Drake drakeb@si.edu - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
PI: Ross Hinkle rhinkle@ucf.edu - University of Central Florida
AncContact: Rosvel Bracho rbracho@ufl.edu - University of Florida
AncContact: Sabina Dore sabina.dore@nau.edu - Northern Arizona University
DataManager: Tom Powell tlpowell@lbl.gov - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lat, Long: 28.6086, -80.6715
Elevation(m): 3.00
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux
Vegetation IGBP: CSH (Closed Shrublands: Lands with woody vegetation less than 2 meters tall and with shrub canopy cover >60%. The shrub foliage can be either evergreen or deciduous.)
Climate Koeppen: Cwa (Humid Subtropical: dry winter, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 21.66
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1294
Flux Species Measured: CO2
Years Data Collected: 2000 - 2007
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 1999 - 2006   Data Citation
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The Kennedy Space Center Scrub Oak site is located within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the east coast ...
See MoreShow Less
URL: http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/co2/florida.aspx
Research Topics:
Research Topics and objectives for the Kennedy Space Center Scrub Oak site include the following: 1) Investigate the effect of elevated atmospheric CO2 ...
See MoreShow Less
Acknowledgment: —
Site Tasks
  1. This site’s data can also be used under the more restrictive AmeriFlux Legacy Policy.
    The AmeriFlux Legacy Policy must be followed if this site’s data are combined with data from sites that require the AmeriFlux Legacy Policy.
Site Photo More Site Images
Image Credit: Bert Drake, 10/08/2002
Copyright preference: As long as credit is given
Site Publication More Site Publications

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

Use the information below for citation of this site. See the Data Policy page for more details.

DOI(s) for citing US-KS2 data

Data Use Policy: AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 License

This site’s data can also be used under the more restrictive AmeriFlux Legacy Policy.
The AmeriFlux Legacy Policy must be followed if US-KS2 data are combined with data from sites that require the AmeriFlux Legacy Policy.

  • AmeriFlux BASE: https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246070
    Citation: Bert Drake, Ross Hinkle (2019), AmeriFlux BASE US-KS2 Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak), Ver. 3-5, AmeriFlux AMP, (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246070

To cite BADM when downloaded on their own, use the publications below for citing site characterization. When using BADM that are downloaded with AmeriFlux BASE and AmeriFlux FLUXNET products, use the DOI citation for the associated data product.

Publication(s) for citing site characterization

    —

Acknowledgments

    —

Resources

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

This page displays the list of downloads of data for the site {{siteId}}.

Note: Results are the number of downloads to distinct data users. The Download Count column indicates the number of times the data user downloaded the data. The Version column refers to the version of the data product for the site that was downloaded by the data user.

Year Range

 Showing {{startItem + 1}} to {{(startItem + items) > filtered.length ? filtered.length : (startItem + items)}} of {{filtered.length}} results  Showing 0 to 0 of 0 results
Products :
';
Site Team View
Items Per Page:  
Date Name Data Product Version Intended Use Intended Use Description Download Count
{{dlObject.timeStamp}} {{dlObject.displayName}} {{displayProduct(dlObject.dataProduct)}} {{dlObject.version}} {{dlObject.intendedUse}} {{dlObject.comment}} {{dlObject.downloadCounter}}
No results to display
Date Name Data Product Vers. Intended Use Intended Use Description Download Count
{{dlObject.timeStamp}} {{dlObject.displayName}} {{displayProduct(dlObject.dataProduct)}} {{dlObject.version}} {{dlObject.intendedUse}} {{dlObject.comment}} {{dlObject.downloadCounter}}

 Showing {{startItem + 1}} to {{(startItem + items) > filtered.length ? filtered.length : (startItem + items)}} of {{filtered.length}} results

 Showing 0 to 0 of 0 results

Items Per Page:  

Not Found

Uh Oh. Something is missing. Try double checking the URL and try again.

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

MODIS NDVI

The time series shows the 16-day Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) average from the MOD13Q1 data product.
Use the slider below the time series to zoom in and out.

Includes all pixels that have acceptable quality

To view / download these data and other MOD13Q1 products for this site, visit MODIS/Terra Vegetation Indices.

For other related products, visit MODIS/VIIRS Fixed Sites Subsets Tool.

Citation:

ORNL DAAC. 2018. MODIS and VIIRS Land Products Fixed Sites Subsetting and Visualization Tool. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1567

Read more on how to cite these MODIS products. Data come from NASA’s MODIS instruments installed on satellites Terra and Aqua, which scan the entire Earth’s surface every one to two days.

MODIS NDVI subsetted data is not yet available for this site.

For a complete list of AmeriFlux sites, visit ORNL DAAC's MODIS/VIIRS Fixed Sites Subsets Tool.

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

Year Publication
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
2019 Novick, K. A., Konings, A. G., Gentine, P. (2019) Beyond Soil Water Potential: An Expanded View On Isohydricity Including Land–Atmosphere Interactions And Phenology, Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(6), 1802-1815. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13517
2019 Zhang, Q., Ficklin, D. L., Manzoni, S., Wang, L., Way, D., Phillips, R. P., Novick, K. A. (2019) Response Of Ecosystem Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency And Gross Primary Productivity To Rising Vapor Pressure Deficit, Environmental Research Letters, 14(7), 074023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2603
2016 Novick, K. A., Ficklin, D. L., Stoy, P. C., Williams, C. A., Bohrer, G., Oishi, A., Papuga, S. A., Blanken, P. D., Noormets, A., Sulman, B. N., Scott, R. L., Wang, L., Phillips, R. P. (2016) The Increasing Importance Of Atmospheric Demand For Ecosystem Water And Carbon Fluxes, Nature Climate Change, 6(11), 1023-1027. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3114
2006 Powell, T. L., Bracho, R., Li, J., Dore, S., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G. (2006) Environmental Controls Over Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Of Scrub Oak In Central Florida, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 141(1), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.09.002
2018 Baldocchi, D., Penuelas, J. (2018) The Physics And Ecology Of Mining Carbon Dioxide From The Atmosphere By Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, . https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14559
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
2002 Dijkstra, P., Hymus, G., Colavito, D., Vieglais, D. A., Cundari, C. M., Johnson, D. P., Hungate, B. A., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G. (2002) Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Stimulates Aboveground Biomass In A Fire-Regenerated Scrub-Oak Ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 8(1), 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00458.x
2002 Hymus, G. J., Snead, T. G., Johnson, D. P., Hungate, B. A., Drake, B. G. (2002) Acclimation Of Photosynthesis And Respiration To Elevated Atmospheric CO2 In Two Scrub Oaks, Global Change Biology, 8(4), 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00472.x
2003 Li, J., Dugas, W. A., Hymus, G. J., Johnson, D. P., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G., Hungate, B. A. (2003) Direct And Indirect Effects Of Elevated CO2 On Transpiration From Quercus Myrtifolia In A Scrub-Oak Ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 9(1), 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00557.x
2003 Hymus, G. J., Johnson, D. P., Dore, S., Anderson, H. P., Ross Hinkle, C., Drake, B. G. (2003) Effects Of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 On Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange Of A Scrub-Oak Ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 9(12), 1802-1812. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2003.00675.x
2000 Li, J., Dijkstra, P., Hymus, G. J., Wheeler, R. M., Piastuch, W. C., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G. (2000) Leaf Senescence Of Quercus Myrtifolia As Affected By Long-Term CO2 Enrichment In Its Native Environment, Global Change Biology, 6(7), 727-733. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00347.x
2002 Stiling, P., Cattell, M., Moon, D. C., Rossi, A., Hungate, B. A., Hymus, G., Drake, B. (2002) Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Lowers Herbivore Abundance, But Increases Leaf Abscission Rates, Global Change Biology, 8(7), 658-667. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00501.x
2003 Dore, S., Hymus, G. J., Johnson, D. P., Hinkle, C. R., Valentini, R., Drake, B. G. (2003) Cross Validation Of Open-Top Chamber And Eddy Covariance Measurements Of Ecosystem CO2 Exchange In A Florida Scrub-Oak Ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 9(1), 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00561.x
2002 Langley, J. A., Drake, B. G., Hungate, B. A. (2002) Extensive Belowground Carbon Storage Supports Roots And Mycorrhizae In Regenerating Scrub Oaks, Oecologia, 131(4), 542-548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-0932-6
2006 Powell, T. L., Bracho, R., Li, J., Dore, S., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G. (2006) Environmental Controls Over Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Of Scrub Oak In Central Florida, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 141(1), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.09.002
2003 Stiling, P., Moon, D., Hunter, M., Colson, J., Rossi, A., Hymus, G., Drake, B. (2003) Elevated CO2 Lowers Relative And Absolute Herbivore Density Across All Species Of A Scrub-Oak Forest, Oecologia, 134(1), 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-1075-5
2008 Bracho, R., Powell, T. L., Dore, S., Li, J., Hinkle, C. R., Drake, B. G. (2008) Environmental And Biological Controls On Water And Energy Exchange In Florida Scrub Oak And Pine Flatwoods Ecosystems, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 113(G02004), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jg000469
2003 Johnson, D. W., Hungate, B. A., Dijkstra, P., Hymus, G., Hinkle, C. R., Stiling, P., Drake, B. G. (2003) The Effects Of Elevated CO2 On Nutrient Distribution In A Fire-Adapted Scrub Oak Forest, Ecological Applications, 13(5), 1388-1399. https://doi.org/10.1890/02-5139
1999 Li, J., Dijkstra, P., Hinkle, C. R., Wheeler, R. M., Drake, B. G. (1999) Photosynthetic Acclimation To Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Concentration In The Florida Scrub-Oak Species Quercus Geminata And Quercus Myrtifolia Growing In Their Native Environment, Tree Physiology, 19(4-5), 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/19.4-5.229
2002 Hungate, B. A., Reichstein, M., Dijkstra, P., Johnson, D., Hymus, G., Tenhunen, J. D., Hinkle, C., Drake, B. G. (2002) Evapotranspiration And Soil Water Content In A Scrub-Oak Woodland Under Carbon Dioxide Enrichment, Global Change Biology, 8(3), 289-298. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00468.x

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

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.

US-KS2: Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

Wind Roses

Click an image below to enlarge it, or use the navigation panel.
  • Image scale: 891m x 891m
  • Data Collected:
    • Wind roses use variables ‘WS’ and ‘WD’.
    Download Data Download Wind Rose as Image File (PNG)

    Wind Speed (m/s)

  • Graph Type
  • Wind Speed Scale
  • Wind Direction Scale (%)
  • Show Satellite Image
  • Show Wind Rose
    • Annual Average
    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:
    • Wind Speed Scale: Per Site
    • Wind Direction Scale (%): Per Site
    To compare wind roses from more than one single AmeriFlux site, the following parameters may be most useful:
    • Wind Speed Scale: Non-Linear
    • Wind Direction Scale (%): AmeriFlux
    Mar - Jun; 6am - 6pm
    Mar - Jun; 6pm - 6am
    Jun - Sep; 6am - 6pm
    Jun - Sep; 6pm - 6am
    Sep - Dec; 6am - 6pm
    Sep - Dec; 6pm - 6am
    Dec - Mar; 6am - 6pm
    Dec - Mar; 6pm - 6am