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United States: Arizona: Santa Rita Mesquite

Latitude: 31.82138
Longitude: -110.86611

Santa Rita Mesquite September 2016 (Photo by Russell Scott)
Santa Rita Mesquite September 2016 (Photo by Russell Scott)
Instrument on Santa Rita Mesquite (Photo by Russell Scott)
Instrument on Santa Rita Mesquite (Photo by Russell Scott)

  • 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).

External home page: https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/sites/siteinfo/US-SRM

Data download: http://sites.fluxdata.org/US-SRM/