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US-Tx2: Riesel Farm Native Prairie

Tower_team:
PI: Binayak Mohanty bmohanty@tamu.edu - Texas A&M University
DataManager: Beomseok Chun cbsuk97@tamu.edu - Texas A&M University
Technician: Kyle Tiner kyle.tiner@ars.usda.gov - USDA
Lat, Long: 31.4802, -96.8827
Elevation(m): 162
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, LTAR, Phenocam
Vegetation IGBP: GRA (Grasslands: Lands with herbaceous types of cover. Tree and shrub cover is less than 10%. Permanent wetlands lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water.)
Climate Koeppen: Cfa (Humid Subtropical: mild with no dry season, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 18.95
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 914
Flux Species Measured: CO2, H, H2O, Other
Years Data Collected: 2016 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux Legacy Policy
Description:
This tower site is located just 2½ miles from Riesel town’s center. It is a 840-acre Agricultural Research Service experimental watershed facility nicknamed ...
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URL: http://two.tamu.edu/sites/primary/rfpr.aspx
Research Topics:
The Texas Water Observatory (TWO) is a distributed network of field observatories in Brazos River corridor and was developed to better understand hydrologic ...
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Acknowledgment: This research was supported by grants to the Texas Water Observatory from the US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and the Texas A&M University Research and Development Fund.
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Image Credit: Aline Jaimes
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