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Tower_team:
PI: Ge Sun ge.sun@usda.gov - USDA Forest Service
PI: John King john_king@ncsu.edu - North Carolina State University
PI: Johnny Boggs johnny.boggs@usda.gov - USDA Forest Service
PI: Maricar Aguilos mmaguilo@ncsu.edu - North Carolina State University
Technician: Miko Belgado mjbelgad@ncsu.edu - North Carolina State University
Lat, Long: 36.1565, -78.7878
Elevation(m): 122
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: Cfa (Humid Subtropical: mild with no dry season, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 15.5
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1330
Flux Species Measured: CH4, H2O, CO2
Years Data Collected: 2025 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The US-NC5 flux tower is located within an 80-year-old mixed pine-hardwood forest at the Umstead Research Farm in Butner, North Carolina. The northern ...
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Research Topics:
Assess the pre-and-post-conversion changes in carbon and water fluxes to evaluate how land-use change will impact the carbon budget and the hydrology of ...
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