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Fort Dix

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Site Name: Fort Dix
Description: The Fort Dix site is located in the upland forests of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the largest continuous forested landscape on the Northeastern coastal plain. Upland forests occupy 62% of the 1.1 million acre Pine Barrens and can be divided into three dominant stand types, Oak/Pine (19.1%), Pine/Oak (13.1%), and Pitch Pine/Scrub oak (14.3%). The majority of mature upland forests are the product of regeneration following late 19th century logging and charcoaling activities. Gypsy moths first appeared in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey in 1966. Since the time of arrival, the upland forest stands have undergone several episodes of defoliation, the most significant occurred in 1972, 1981, and 1990. In recent years, the overstory oaks and understory oaks and shrubs of the Fort Dix stand, underwent two periods of defoliation by Gypsy moth, in 2006 and 2007. During these two years, maximum leaf area reached only 70% of the 2005 summer maximum. (Clark et al., 2009a, Skowronski et al., 2007)
Status: Inactive, core measurements no longer being made
Country: United States
Fluxnet Site Code: US-Dix

Additional Information

Location

Location Information
Country: New Jersey, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		39.9712, -74.4346

PI Info

Investigator Information
Investigator: Kenneth Clark
kennethclark@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service
Silas Little Experimental Forest
P.O. Box 232
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
609-894-0325

Affiliations

Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 77
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=77

Data

FLUXNET Determined Variables

Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 45m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Urban and Built-Up
UMD Land Usemore info: Urban and Built-Up
NPP Land Covermore info: Urban
KGCCmore info: Cfa - Warm temperate fully humid with hot summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Urban
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Pitch Pine/Mixed Oak
Plant Functional Typemore info: Urban and built up

Repository

Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2004-2009
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml

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Investigator Information
Investigator: Kenneth Clark
kennethclark@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service
Silas Little Experimental Forest
P.O. Box 232
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
609-894-0325
Location Information
Country: New Jersey, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		39.9712, -74.4346
Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 77
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=77
Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 45m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Urban and Built-Up
UMD Land Usemore info: Urban and Built-Up
NPP Land Covermore info: Urban
KGCCmore info: Cfa - Warm temperate fully humid with hot summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Urban
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Pitch Pine/Mixed Oak
Plant Functional Typemore info: Urban and built up
Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2004-2009
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml
Links to Additional Site Related Information
MODIS Visualization: http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MODIS/GR_col5_1/siteselection.pl?now3=get_site_table_2&siteid=1000
External Web Site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/global/
Daymet Data Download: http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=39.97122889&lon=-74.43455028
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Site Related Bibliography

HOLLINGER DY, OLLINGER SV, Richardson AD, MEYERS TP, DAIL DB, MARTIN ME, SCOTT NA, ARKEBAUER TJ, Baldocchi DD, CLARK KL et al..  2010.  Albedo estimates for land surface models and support for a new paradigm based on foliage nitrogen concentration. Global Change Biology. 16(2):696-710.