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US-NR2: Niwot Ridge Forest (USGS site)

Tower_team:
PI: Dean Anderson deander@usgs.gov - U.S. Geological Survey
DataManager: George Griffin ggriffin@usgs.gov - U.S. Geological Survey
Lat, Long: 40.0325, -105.5469
Elevation(m): 3030
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: Dfc (Subarctic: severe winter, no dry season, cool summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 0.43
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 595.37
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H, H2O, CH4
Years Data Collected: 2000 - 2016
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux Legacy Policy
Description: The Niwot Ridge site is located in a subalpine, temperate coniferous forest on land owned by the U.S. Forest Service.
URL: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/science/abl/forest/
Research Topics: Horizontal and vertical advection of CO2 and CH4.
Acknowledgment:
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