Home ยป Search

San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Tower 2

Fluxnet Information
Site Name: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Tower 2
Description: Tower 2 is located in the southeastern corner, placing it on the farthest side from the predictable easterly oceanic breeze. The San Joaquin Marsh is one of the final remnants of a wetland, prior to the early 1900's, covered 2100 ha along San Diego Creek. Most of the regional wetlands were drained for agriculture in the early 20th century. Despite regional wetland removal, the San Joaquin remained intact. During the 1950's, vegetation was cleared to promote duck hunting. No further disturbances have occurred since the clearing. The hydroperiod is partly managed by the SJFM VC Reserve and the Irvine Ranch Water District. During the spring months, water volume begins to reduce by evapotranspiration and subsurface draining. The remaining standing water disappears during the summer. The wetland is annually replenished in January and December to a depth of 1 m in an effort to mimic natural hydrocycles.
Status: Active, core measurements presently being made
Country: United States
Fluxnet Site Code: US-SJ2

Additional Information

Location

Location Information
Country: California, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		33.6600, -117.8500

PI Info

Investigator Information
Investigator: Mike Goulden (Website)
mgoulden@uci.edu

University of California - Irvine
Earth System Science
203 Physical Sciences Research Facility
Irvine, CA 92697-3100
949-824-1983

Affiliations

Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 152
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=152

Data

FLUXNET Determined Variables

Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 5m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Closed Shrublands
UMD Land Usemore info: Closed Shrublands
NPP Land Covermore info: Annual Broadleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: BSk - Arid Steppe cold
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Shrubs
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Cattail (Typha latifolia) dominated freshwater marsh
Tower Heightmore info: 6m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Shrub

Repository

Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2003-2011
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml

View All

Investigator Information
Investigator: Mike Goulden (Website)
mgoulden@uci.edu

University of California - Irvine
Earth System Science
203 Physical Sciences Research Facility
Irvine, CA 92697-3100
949-824-1983
Location Information
Country: California, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		33.6600, -117.8500
Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 152
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=152
Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 5m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Closed Shrublands
UMD Land Usemore info: Closed Shrublands
NPP Land Covermore info: Annual Broadleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: BSk - Arid Steppe cold
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Shrubs
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Cattail (Typha latifolia) dominated freshwater marsh
Tower Heightmore info: 6m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Shrub
Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2003-2011
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml
Links to Additional Site Related Information
External Web Site: http://www.ess.uci.edu/~marsh/
FTP Data Access: http://www.ess.uci.edu/~marsh/
Network Data Access: ftp://cdiac.ornl.gov/pub/ameriflux/data/Level1/Sites_ByName/San_Joaquin_Freshwater_Marsh/Tower2/
Daymet Data Download: http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=33.66&lon=-117.85
Tower Site Information Disclaimer
Information displayed has been gathered from regional network websites and/or personal communication with investigators. If you have found an error, please send us an email with a description of the error.