Red Pine

Red Pine Upland / Cedar-Alder Sphagnum Wetland Micromet Station


Station and understory vegetation	Overstory vegetation	Adjacent cedar-alder-sphagnum wetland	Wetland sensors

SITE DESCRIPTION
Location: 45° 56.53' N, 90° 16.09' W (click here for topo map)
Elevation: approx. 470 m above sea level
Annual Average Precipitation/Snowfall (Park Falls, 1961-1990): 81.8 / 126.2 cm
Annual Average Temperature (Park Falls, 1961-1990): 4.8°C
Species Composition: Red pine upland / Cedar-alder-sphagnum wetland
Soils: Outwash sand (click here for profile description)
Established: 23 September 1997

BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Upland air temperature and relative humidity (1.5 m)
Wetland air temperature (1.5 m)
Wind speed (2.5 m)
Below-canopy photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 2.6 m)
Soil temperature and moisture (surface, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 cm)
Tree stem temperature (red pine, north and south facing)
Wetland surface water depth

EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
    CSI Tripod (2 m)
    CSI CR10X datalogger, 1 Mb extended memory
    CSI AM416 multiplexer
    Type T thermocouples (soil/tree temperatures)
    CSI 10TCRXTCR Thermocouple reference thermistor
    CSI CS615 Soil water content reflectometer probes
    LI-COR Quantum sensor (PAR)
    Gill 12102 3-cup anemometer
    Vaisale HMP45C Temperature/Relative humidity probe
    Omega PX242-005G water depth pressure transducer
    Solarex VLX-53 solar panel and 12VDC deep cycle battery

Sampling Frequencies:
    1 second - PAR
    10 seconds - meteorological measurements (air T/RH, wind speed/direction)
    10 minutes - soil and other measurements

Data Output: 10 minute averages

VIEW PLOTS (You will need Ghost View to view these PostScript plots)

FTP DATA

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