Fieldsite

Focus

United States: Alaska: Barrow Tram

(adjacent to NOAA CMDL lab)

Latitude: 71.32197
Longitude: -159.60331

Barrow Tram
Barrow Tram
Barrow Tram Flux Tower
Barrow Tram Flux Tower

  • Network: Unaffiliated
  • Principal investigators: John Gamon, Fred Huemmrich
  • PI-affiliated institution: California State University at Los Angeles
  • Primary IGBP ecosystem type: Snow and Ice
  • Dominant plant functional type: Snow and Ice
  • Recent and historic disturbance and management events that may affect this site:

    • Temperature extreme: Heat wave or freeze
  • Flux data collection:
    • Start date: June 2000
    • End date: Unknown
  • Flux methods:
    • Tram
    • Manual
  • Optical data collection:
    • Start date: June 2000
    • End date: Unknown
  • Data collection period: Growing season operation only: Variable collected only during the growing season with the reported method
  • Data scale: Stand
  • Collection methods: small chamber photosynthesis and respiration methods (Stan Houston), eddy covariance (Hyojung Kwon and Walter Oechel)
  • Types of data collected: Unknown