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Metolius First Young Pine

Fluxnet Information
Site Name: Metolius First Young Pine
Description: The Metolius First Young Pine site was located in the semi-arid region of central Oregon on private land owned by Ponderosa Land & Cattle Timber Products. Completely clearcut in 1978, the surrounding sparse overstory is dominantly ponderosa pine with a mean height of 4.3 m, recorded in 2001. Following logging activity, the forest was allowed to regenerate naturally without any additional disturbances aside from recent thinning to remove the woody debris left after canopy clear cutting. This tower is part of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Research & Regional Analysis (TERRA PNW) project, that includes a series of sites operated by Oregon State University under the leadership of Beverly Law. (Law et al. 2001b, Williams et al. 2005)
Status: Inactive, core measurements no longer being made
Country: United States
Fluxnet Site Code: US-Me5

Additional Information

Location

Location Information
Country: Oregon, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		44.4372, -121.5668

PI Info

Investigator Information
Investigator: Beverly Law (Website)
bev.law@oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
321 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-6111
Investigator: Larry Mahrt (Website)
mahrt@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
COAS
104 Ocean Admin Bldg.
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-5691
Investigator: Dean Vickers (Website)
vickers@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science
104 COAS Administrator Building
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-5706
Investigator: Christoph Thomas (Website)
chthomas@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
104 COAS Administrative Building
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-7690
Investigator: Chad Hanson (Website)
Chad.Hanson@oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
Department of Forest Science
321 Richardson Hall
Covallis, OR 97331
541-737-8492

Affiliations

Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 87
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=87

Data

FLUXNET Determined Variables

Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 1192m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Csb - Warm temperate with dry, warm summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: The surrounding open-canopy forest is characterized by an immature ponderosa pine overstory, sizable shrub understory, and large areas of barren soil (60%). Percentage ground cover of each component is 6%, 33%, and 60%, respectively. Both the dominant deciduous understory species, antelope bitterbrush, and the sole coniferous overstory species, ponderosa pine, reach maximum leaf area during latter summer months (Mid-July - Mid-August).
Tower Heightmore info: 12m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Trees

Repository

Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:1999-2002
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml

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Investigator Information
Investigator: Beverly Law (Website)
bev.law@oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
321 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-6111
Investigator: Larry Mahrt (Website)
mahrt@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
COAS
104 Ocean Admin Bldg.
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-5691
Investigator: Dean Vickers (Website)
vickers@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science
104 COAS Administrator Building
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-5706
Investigator: Christoph Thomas (Website)
chthomas@coas.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
104 COAS Administrative Building
Corvallis, OR USA 97331
541-737-7690
Investigator: Chad Hanson (Website)
Chad.Hanson@oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University
Department of Forest Science
321 Richardson Hall
Covallis, OR 97331
541-737-8492
Location Information
Country: Oregon, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		44.4372, -121.5668
Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 87
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=87
Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 1192m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Csb - Warm temperate with dry, warm summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: The surrounding open-canopy forest is characterized by an immature ponderosa pine overstory, sizable shrub understory, and large areas of barren soil (60%). Percentage ground cover of each component is 6%, 33%, and 60%, respectively. Both the dominant deciduous understory species, antelope bitterbrush, and the sole coniferous overstory species, ponderosa pine, reach maximum leaf area during latter summer months (Mid-July - Mid-August).
Tower Heightmore info: 12m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Trees
Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:1999-2002
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=958
External Web Site: http://wwwdata.forestry.oregonstate.edu/terra/flux.htm
Network Data Access: ftp://cdiac.ornl.gov/pub/ameriflux/data/Level1/Sites_ByName/Metolius_First_Young_Pine/
Additional Data Access: ftp://cdiac.ornl.gov/pub/ameriflux/data/Level4/Sites_ByName/Metolius_First_Young_Pine/
EOS Land Validation Field Site: http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/coresite_gen.html
Daymet Data Download: http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=44.43718949&lon=-121.566756
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Site Related Bibliography

Horn JE, Schulz K.  2011.  Identification of a general light use efficiency model for gross primary production. Biogeosciences. 8(4):999-1021.
Mitchell S, Beven K, Freer J.  2009.  Multiple sources of predictive uncertainty in modeled estimates of net ecosystem CO2 exchange. Ecological Modelling. 220(23):3259-3270.