Site tower team member name (First Last/Family).: |
Dennis Baldocchi |
Site tower team member role: |
PI (LIST(TEAM_ROLE)) |
Site tower team member email: |
Baldocchi@berkeley.edu |
Site tower team member institution (required for PI only): |
Uc berkeley |
Site tower team member address (not required): |
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Site tower shipping address: |
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Network affiliation(s) of the site.: |
AmeriFlux (LIST(NETWORK)) |
Method used to measure the flux variables: |
Eddy Covariance (LIST(FLUX_METHOD)) |
Flux variable measured: |
CO2 (LIST(FLUX_VARIABLE)) |
Date when data collection for the reported flux variable/method started.: |
2016081116 (YYYYMMDDHHMM) |
Date when data collection for the reported flux variable/method ended: |
(YYYYMMDDHHMM) |
Operational status of flux measurements.: |
Continuous operation (LIST(FLUX_OPERATIONS)) |
Flux measurements comments: |
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State or province: |
CA (LIST(STATE_PROVINCE)) |
Short description of the site characteristics and history: |
Drained peat and subsided soils. Corn before alfalfa. Alfalfa is 3 years old |
Site research topics: |
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Site funding agencies/institutions (one column only): |
Dept water resources |
Latitude of the site.: |
38.09854734 (decimal deg ref WGS84) |
Longitude of the site: |
-121.49930477 (decimal deg ref WGS84) |
Elevation of the site above sea level: |
-2.7 (m) |
Begin date of the location information: |
20160811 (YYYYMMDDHHMM) |
Location information comments: |
Approximate location from google map |
Vegetation type based on the IGBP definition.: |
CRO (LIST(IGBP)) |
Date when this vegetation type first applied: |
20160811 (YYYYMMDDHHMM) |
Vegetation type comments: |
Alfalfa |
Land ownership type: |
private (LIST(LAND_OWNERSHIP)) |
Land owner: |
Metropolitan water district |
Tower web site URL (maintained by tower team): |
(URL) |
Papers relevant for understanding the site: |
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DOI of the reference: |
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Suggested use of the reference: |
NONE (LIST(REFERENCE_USAGE)) |
Brief description of paper relevance or other comments: |
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Acknowledgement text (88 character limit): |
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Additional information about the acknowledgement: |
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Offset from UTC of site data: |
(hours) |
Begin date of the UTC offset: |
(YYYYMMDDHHMM) |
Offset from UTC comments: |
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Climatological long-term mean annual average air temperature: |
16 (degrees C) |
Climatological long-term mean annual average precipitation: |
338 (mm) |
K�ppen climate classification: |
Csa (LIST(CLIMATE_KOEPPEN)) |
Slope and/or relief of the site: |
Flat (LIST(TERRAIN)) |
Direction the site is facing (Exposure): |
FLAT (LIST(ASPECT)) |
Prevailing wind direction: |
W (LIST(DIR)) |
Distance for which the ecosystem is homogeneous in the prevailing wind direction.: |
1000 (m) |
Days per year that the site is covered by snow: |
(days) |
Recent and historic disturbance and management events that affect the tower site years of measurement: |
Agriculture (LIST(DIST_MGMT)) |
Type of physical tower structure used in the site: |
walk-up (LIST(TOWER_TYPE)) |
How the eddy covariance system is powered: |
Solar panels (LIST(TOWER_POWER)) |