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| Site Name: | Oak Openings |
| Description: | The Ohio Oak Openings site is located within the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark of northwest Ohio, one of the few remaining oak woodlands/savanna/prairie complexes in the Midwest. Declared one of the "One of America's Last Great Places" by the Nature Conservancy, the area consists of four main vegetation types: Oak Woodlands, Oak Savanna, Floodplain Forests, and Wet Prairies. The stand surrounding the tower is mainly Oak Woodlands, dominated by red, white, and black oaks, with a relatively abundant population of red maples indicating high soil moisture retention and a history of limited fire disturbances. Most of the area was cleared for agriculture at the time of Euro-American settlements in the mid to late-19th century. A large fraction of the cleared land was later abandoned due to the poor sandy soils. These areas reverted to Oak Savannas and in cases where fire was limited, progressively made the transition to Oak Woodlands. Today, patches of the forest are burned every few years as part of prescribed burning cycle to control stand density. During the first two years of active data collection, 2005 was warmer and dryer than 2004, with a pronounced drought period during the annual period of canopy development. (Noormets et al., 2008, DeForest et al., 2006, Brewer et al., 2004, Level 1 FTP Directory Documentation) |
| Status: | Active, core measurements presently being made |
| Country: | United States |
| Fluxnet Site Code: | US-Oho |
| Location Information | |
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| Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates: (Lat, Long) | 41.5545, -83.8438 |
| Investigator Information | |
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| Investigator: | Jiquan Chen (Website) jiquan.chen@utoledo.edu University of Toledo Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories 2801 West Bancroft, Mail Stop 604 Toledo, OH 43606-3390 419-530-2664 |
| Investigator: | Karrin Alstad (Website) kalstad@utnet.utoledo.edu University of Toledo Bowman-Oddy Labs Mail Stop 604 Toledo, OH 43606 419-530-2809 |
| Affiliation Information | |
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| Affiliation Name: | AmeriFlux |
| Affiliation ID: | 80 |
| Affiliation Site Page: | http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=80 |
| Site Information | |
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GTOPO30 Elevation : | 200m |
| IGBP Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| UMD Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| NPP Land Cover: | Deciduous Broadleaf Vegetation |
| KGCC: | Dfa - Snow with fully humid hot summer |
| LAI F/PAR Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| Investigator Provided Vegetation Type: | Fire-managed oak woodland |
| Tower Height: | 32m |
| Plant Functional Type: | Deciduous Broadleaf Trees |
| Data Repository Information | |
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| Data Collection Timeframe: | 2003-2011 |
| AmeriFlux: | http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml |
| Links to Additional Site Related Information | |
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| MODIS Visualization: | http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MODIS/GR_col5_1/siteselection.pl?now3=get_site_table_2&siteid=1019 |
| External Web Site: | http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/research/sgcp/OakO/ |
| FTP Data Access: | http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/Research/SGCP/Data_05/Oak.htm |
| Network Data Access: | http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml |
| Daymet Data Download: | http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=41.55454&lon=-83.84376 |
| Investigator Information | |
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| Investigator: | Jiquan Chen (Website) jiquan.chen@utoledo.edu University of Toledo Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories 2801 West Bancroft, Mail Stop 604 Toledo, OH 43606-3390 419-530-2664 |
| Investigator: | Karrin Alstad (Website) kalstad@utnet.utoledo.edu University of Toledo Bowman-Oddy Labs Mail Stop 604 Toledo, OH 43606 419-530-2809 |
| Location Information | |
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| Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates: (Lat, Long) | 41.5545, -83.8438 |
| Affiliation Information | |
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| Affiliation Name: | AmeriFlux |
| Affiliation ID: | 80 |
| Affiliation Site Page: | http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=80 |
| Site Information | |
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| GTOPO30 Elevation: | 200m |
| IGBP Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| UMD Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| NPP Land Cover: | Deciduous Broadleaf Vegetation |
| KGCC: | Dfa - Snow with fully humid hot summer |
| LAI F/PAR Land Use: | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest |
| Investigator Provided Vegetation Type: | Fire-managed oak woodland |
| Tower Height: | 32m |
| Plant Functional Type: | Deciduous Broadleaf Trees |
| Data Repository Information | |
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| Data Collection Timeframe: | 2003-2011 |
| AmeriFlux: | http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml |
| Links to Additional Site Related Information | |
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| MODIS Visualization: | http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MODIS/GR_col5_1/siteselection.pl?now3=get_site_table_2&siteid=1019 |
| External Web Site: | http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/research/sgcp/OakO/ |
| FTP Data Access: | http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/Research/SGCP/Data_05/Oak.htm |
| Network Data Access: | http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml |
| Daymet Data Download: | http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=41.55454&lon=-83.84376 |
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