ChEAS Long-Term Field Observations

Site descriptions and data from atmospheric-terrestrial monitoring stations in north-central Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Northern Highlands State Forest
Hay Creek-Hoffman Lake Wildlife Area
Ottawa National Forest - Sylvania Wilderness Area

EDDY COVARIANCE FLUX TOWERS

  • 450 m WLEF tower (mixed landscape)
  • Willow Creek (upland hardwoods)
  • Lost Creek (alder-willow wetland)
  • Sylvania Wilderness (old-growth hemlock)

MICROMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
(click here to compare measurements across all sites)

  • Mixed upland
  • Red pine upland / cedar-alder-sphagnum wetland
  • Alder-sphagnum wetland
  • Aspen

OTHER

  • Cloud base detection and CBL depth
  • Earth Observing System (EOS) land validation resources
  • Oak regeneration and microclimatology (data from the USFS Willow Springs micromet stations)
  • Wisconsin State Climatological Records
  • Long-term water flux changes in northern WI forests

    Click for topographic maps showing the distribution of the micromet sites in relation to the WLEF tower and the Willow Creek station.



Click for Minocqua, Wisconsin Forecast