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US-Mpj: Mountainair Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Tower_team:
PI: Marcy Litvak mlitvak@unm.edu - University of New Mexico
DataManager: Rae DeVan raedevan@unm.edu - University of New Mexico
Technician: Anthony Luketich luketich@unm.edu - University of New Mexico
Lat, Long: 34.4385, -106.2377
Elevation(m): 2196
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, Phenocam
Vegetation IGBP: WSA (Woody Savannas: Lands with herbaceous and other understory systems, and with forest canopy cover between 30-60%. The forest cover height exceeds 2 meters.)
Climate Koeppen: Bsk (Steppe: warm winter)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 10.5
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 385
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H2O
Years Data Collected: 2007 - Present
Years Data Available:

AmeriFlux BASE 2008 - 2024   Data Citation

AmeriFlux FLUXNET 2008 - 2020   Data Citation

Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
This site is located in central New Mexico on an extensive mesa approximately 25 km south of Mountainair, NM, owned by the Heritage Land Conservancy. The ...
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URL: http://www.litvaklab.org/pinon-juniper-woodland.html
Research Topics:
Research topics and objectives include 1) To understand the coupled water and energy cycles in semiarid environments; 2) Quantify carbon, water and energy ...
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    The AmeriFlux Legacy Policy must be followed if this site’s data are combined with data from sites that require the AmeriFlux Legacy Policy.
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Image Credit: Jonathan Furst, 06/17/2014
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