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Data from: Six years of ecosystem-atmosphere greenhouse gas fluxes measured in a sub-boreal forest

Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the greenhouse gases largely responsible for anthropogenic climate change. Natural plant and microbial metabolic processes play a major role in the global atmospheric budget of each. We have been studying ecosystem-atmosphere trace gas exchange at a sub-boreal forest in the northeastern United States for over two decades. Historically our emphasis was on turbulent fluxes of CO2 and water vapor. In 2012 we embarked on an expanded campaign to also measure CH4 and N2O. Here we present continuous tower-based measurements of the ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4, recorded over the period 2012–2018 and reported at a 30-minute time step. Additionally, we describe a five-year (2012–2016) dataset of chamber-based measurements of soil fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O (2013–2016 only), conducted each year from May to November. These data can be used for process studies, for biogeochemical and land surface model validation and benchmarking, and for regional-to-global upscaling and budgeting analyses.

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Modified
2022-09-28
Release Date
2019-07-19
Frequency
Continuously
Identifier
109bf64d-7feb-4b4a-a006-f6c7e35b75c8
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POINT (-68.7402 45.2041)
Publisher
Scientific Data
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Howland Forest AmeriFlux site, Maine
Temporal Coverage
January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018
License
Contact Name
Richardson, Andrew D.
Contact Email
Public Access Level
Public