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PI:	Asko Noormets noormets@tamu.edu - Texas A&M University
DataManager:	Benju Baniya benju.baniya@ag.tamu.edu - Texas A&M University
Lat, Long:	35.8030, -76.6685
Elevation(m):	5
Network Affiliations:	AmeriFlux, Phenocam, USCCC
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:	Cfa (Humid Subtropical: mild with no dry season, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C):	16.6
Mean Annual Precip. (mm):	1320
Flux Species Measured:	CO2
Years Data Collected:	2005 - Present
Years Data Available:	AmeriFlux BASE 2005 - 2025 Data Citation
Data Use Policy:	AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy¹
Description:	The North Carolina Loblolly Pine site is located in a pine plantation amongst the mixed forests of the North Carolina lower coastal plain. During the late ... The North Carolina Loblolly Pine site is located in a pine plantation amongst the mixed forests of the North Carolina lower coastal plain. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the region was logged extensively. After a series of clearcuts, the land was transformed for agricultural practices. In 1967 and 1969, 4000 ha was sold to the Weyerhauser company for agriculture, preservation, and commercial logging of loblolly pines in a series of plantations. The fifth rotation stand surrounding the tower was established in 1992. The only significant natural disturbances during the measurement period was a severe drought that spanned the entire duration of the 2007 growing season. Consequently, the 2007 total amount of precipitation was 486 mm below the 30-year norm. In the same year, the plantation was thinned and fertilized. The stand was thinned in Oct 2009. The eastern half of the site was fertilized in January 2011, and the entire site was fertilized in October 2012. See More Show Less
URL:	https://sites.google.com/site/ncfluxcoresites/
Research Topics:	The research and science objectives of the North Carolina Loblolly Pine site are as follows: 1) quantify age-related changes in carbon and water exchange, ... The research and science objectives of the North Carolina Loblolly Pine site are as follows: 1) quantify age-related changes in carbon and water exchange, environmental regulation and stress sensitivity; 2) partition causes of variability between environmental and management factors; 3) Identify primary vulnerabilities to environmental stresses, and develop potential adaptive measures; 4) Characterize the sources of interannual variability in the fluxes, including sensitivity to natural disturbances such as severe droughts; 5) Examine the effects of ecosystem conversion from wetlands to intensively managed forests on plant hydraulic properties and water balances. (Domec et al., 2009, Noormets et al., 2009) See More Show Less
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Noormets, A., McNulty, S. G., Domec, J., Gavazzi, M., Sun, G., King, J. S. 2012. The Role Of Harvest Residue In Rotation Cycle Carbon Balance In Loblolly Pine Plantations. Respiration Partitioning Approach, Global Change Biology, 18:10, 3186-3201.

Year	Publication
2025	Liu, N., Sun, G., Yang, Y., Aguilos, M., Starr, G., O’Halloran, T. L., Amatya, D. M., Oishi, A. C., Zhang, Y., Trettin, C. (2025) Potential For Augmenting Water Yield By Restoring Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris) Forests In The Southeastern United States, Water Resources Research, 61(2), . https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037444
2024	Aguilos, M., Sun, G., Liu, N., Zhang, Y., Starr, G., Oishi, A. C., O'Halloran, T. L., Forsythe, J., Wang, J., Zhu, M., Amatya, D., Baniya, B., McNulty, S., Noormets, A., King, J. (2024) Energy Availability And Leaf Area Dominate Control Of Ecosystem Evapotranspiration In The Southeastern U.S., Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 349, 109960. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109960
2023	Wells, J. M., Aguilos, M., Huang, X., Gao, Y., Hou, E., Huang, W., Liao, C., Lin, L., Zhao, R., Qiu, H., Allen, K., King, J., Noormets, A., Jiang, L., Luo, Y. (2023) Attributing Interannual Variability Of Net Ecosystem Exchange To Modeled Ecological Processes In Forested Wetlands Of Contrasting Stand Age, Landscape Ecology, 38(12), 3985-3998. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01768-x
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
2021	Aguilos, M., Sun, G., Noormets, A., Domec, J., McNulty, S., Gavazzi, M., Minick, K., Mitra, B., Prajapati, P., Yang, Y., King, J. (2021) Effects Of Land-Use Change And Drought On Decadal Evapotranspiration And Water Balance Of Natural And Managed Forested Wetlands Along The Southeastern Us Lower Coastal Plain, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 303, 108381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108381
2020	Aguilos, M., Mitra, B., Noormets, A., Minick, K., Prajapati, P., Gavazzi, M., Sun, G., McNulty, S., Li, X., Domec, J., Miao, G., King, J. (2020) Long-Term Carbon Flux And Balance In Managed And Natural Coastal Forested Wetlands Of The Southeastern Usa, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 288-289, 108022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108022
2018	Chu, H., Baldocchi, D. D., Poindexter, C., Abraha, M., Desai, A. R., Bohrer, G., Arain, M. A., Griffis, T., Blanken, P. D., O'Halloran, T. L., Thomas, R. Q., Zhang, Q., Burns, S. P., Frank, J. M., Christian, D., Brown, S., Black, T. A., Gough, C. M., Law, B. E., Lee, X., Chen, J., Reed, D. E., Massman, W. J., Clark, K., Hatfield, J., Prueger, J., Bracho, R., Baker, J. M., Martin, T. A. (2018) Temporal Dynamics Of Aerodynamic Canopy Height Derived From Eddy Covariance Momentum Flux Data Across North American Flux Networks, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079306
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
2017	Middleton, E., Rascher, U., Corp, L., Huemmrich, K., Cook, B., Noormets, A., Schickling, A., Pinto, F., Alonso, L., Damm, A., Guanter, L., Colombo, R., Campbell, P., Landis, D., Zhang, Q., Rossini, M., Schuettemeyer, D., Bianchi, R. (2017) The 2013 Flex—Us Airborne Campaign At The Parker Tract Loblolly Pine Plantation In North Carolina, Usa, Remote Sensing, 9(6), 612-643. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9060612
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
2012	Domec, J., Sun, G., Noormets, A., Gavazzi, M. J., Treasure, E. A., Cohen, E., Swenson, J. J., McNulty, S. G., King, J. S. (2012) A Comparison Of Three Methods To Estimate Evapotranspiration In Two Contrasting Loblolly Pine Plantations: Age-Related Changes In Water Use And Drought Sensitivity Of Evapotranspiration Components, Forest Science, 58(5), 497-512. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.11-051
2012	Domec, J., Ogee, J., Noormets, A., Jouangy, J., Gavazzi, M., Treasure, E., Sun, G., McNulty, S. G., King, J. S. (2012) Interactive Effects Of Nocturnal Transpiration And Climate Change On The Root Hydraulic Redistribution And Carbon And Water Budgets Of Southern United States Pine Plantations, Tree Physiology, 32(6), 707-723. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps018
2012	Noormets, A., McNulty, S. G., Domec, J., Gavazzi, M., Sun, G., King, J. S. (2012) The Role Of Harvest Residue In Rotation Cycle Carbon Balance In Loblolly Pine Plantations. Respiration Partitioning Approach, Global Change Biology, 18(10), 3186-3201. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02776.x
2010	Sun, G., Noormets, A., Gavazzi, M., McNulty, S., Chen, J., Domec, J., King, J., Amatya, D., Skaggs, R. (2010) Energy And Water Balance Of Two Contrasting Loblolly Pine Plantations On The Lower Coastal Plain Of North Carolina, USA, Forest Ecology And Management, 259(7), 1299-1310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.016
2010	Domec, J., King, J. S., Noormets, A., Treasure, E., Gavazzi, M. J., Sun, G., McNulty, S. G. (2010) Hydraulic Redistribution Of Soil Water By Roots Affects Whole-Stand Evapotranspiration And Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange, New Phytologist, 187(1), 171-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03245.x
2010	Noormets, A., Gavazzi, M. J., Mcnulty, S. G., Domec, J., Sun, G., King, J. S., Chen, J. (2010) Response Of Carbon Fluxes To Drought In A Coastal Plain Loblolly Pine Forest, Global Change Biology, 16(1), 272-287. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01928.x

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