Fieldsite

Focus

United Kingdom: Harwood Forest

Latitude: 55.212722
Longitude: -2.037528

Flux sensor at Harwood Forest
Flux sensor at Harwood Forest

 

Oblique photograph of a Sitka spruce stand at Harwood Forest. The shadow of the helicopter is visible in the photograph, and the lighter area around this shows the 'hot-spot' effect. (Photo \u00a9 Mat Disney, NERC CTCD, 2005).
Oblique photograph of a Sitka spruce stand at Harwood Forest. The shadow of the helicopter is visible in the photograph, and the lighter area around this shows the 'hot-spot' effect. (Photo \u00a9 Mat Disney, NERC CTCD, 2005).

  • Network: Unaffiliated
  • Principal investigator: Caroline Nichol
  • PI-affiliated institution: University of Edinburgh
  • Primary IGBP ecosystem type: Evergreen Needleleaf Forests
  • Dominant plant functional type: Evergreen Needleleaf trees
  • Recent and historic disturbance and management events that may affect this site:
    • Forestry: Forest management such as logging of any kind, plantation planting, or herbicide application.
  • Flux data collection:
    • Start date: July 2003
    • End date: Ongoing
  • Flux methods:
    • Eddy covariance
  • Optical data collection:
    • Start date: April 2005
    • End date: Ongoing
  • Data collection period: Continuous operation: Variable collected continuously with the reported method
  • Data scale: Stand
  • Collection methods: Tower
  • Types of data collected: NDVI, PRI
  • Publications
    • Mojeremane, Witness, Robert M. Rees, and Maurizio Mencuccini. "Effects of site preparation for afforestation on methane fluxes at Harwood Forest, NE England." Biogeochemistry 97, no. 1 (2010): 89-107.
    • Lewis, P. E., M. I. Disney, T. Quaife, C. Nichol, and L. Rebelo. "CTCD CHRIS—Proba activities." European Space Agency,(Special Publication) ESA SP 593 (2005): 163-166.
    • Dengel, Sigrid, and John Grace. "Paper II: CO2 Exchange and Canopy Conductance of Coniferous Forests under various Sky Conditions." Influence of Sky Conditions on Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Forests (2009): 77.
    • Nichol, C. J., and J. Grace. "Determination of leaf pigment content in Calluna vulgaris shoots from spectral reflectance." International Journal of Remote Sensing 31, no. 20 (2010): 5409-5422.