Focus

United States: Arizona: Santa Rita Mesquite

Latitude: 31.82138
Longitude: -110.86611

Network: AmeriFlux
Principal investigator: Russell Scott
PI-affiliated institution: United States Department of Agriculture
Primary IGBP ecosystem type: Woody Savannas
Dominant plant functional type: Shrub
Recent and historic disturbance and management events that may affect this site:
- Unknown
Flux data collection:
- Start date: 2004
- End date: Ongoing
Flux methods:
- Eddy covariance
Optical data collection:
- Start date: 2004
- End date: Ongoing
Data collection period: Continuous operation: Variable collected continuously with the reported method.
Data scale: Canopy, Stand
Collection methods: Tower
Types of data collected: Flux data, leaf gas exchange, canopy structure, species composition, hydrological
Publications

- Scott R. AmeriFlux US-SRM Santa Rita Mesquite. AmeriFlux; United States Department of Agriculture; 2016 Jan 1.
- Leng P, Song X, Duan SB, Li ZL. A practical algorithm for estimating surface soil moisture using combined optical and thermal infrared data. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation. 2016 Oct 1;52:338-48.
- Senay GB, Friedrichs M, Singh RK, Velpuri NM. Evaluating Landsat 8 evapotranspiration for water use mapping in the Colorado River Basin. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2016 Nov 1;185:171-85.
- Scott RL, Jenerette GD, Potts DL, Huxman TE. Effects of seasonal drought on net carbon dioxide exchange from a woody‐plant‐encroached semiarid grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2009 Dec;114(G4).