ChEAS and Desai lab Flux Data

The Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS ) is a research cooperative that seeks to understand carbon and water cycles of terrestrial ecosystems at regional scales, using the Northwoods of Wisconsin as our study region. New projects have also focused on central and southern Wisconsin ecosystems. This page provides links to existing repositories and metadata of ChEAS flux tower sites. Please let me know of dead links.

• Current site PI and contact for all data usage: Ankur Desai +1-608-218-4208

• Ameriflux home: http://ameriflux.lbl.gov/

• Specific data, instruments, and modeler contacts

• Penn State project site: http://cheas.psu.edu

All data are publicly accessible and open for use in research, but I request (but do not require) that you contact me prior to presentation or publication and acknowledge funding and site publication. Please acknowledge funding and cite the primary citation for each tower site you use. Please also be sure to be familiar with the Ameriflux fair-use policy

• Real-time data quicklooks Quicklook dashboard

Primary funding support (please acknowledge when using data):

• Department of Energy Office of Science, Ameriflux Network Management Project Support for UW ChEAS Cluster (US-Los,US-PFa,US-WCr,US-Syv, 2012-present)

• Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Water Task Force (US-CS1 and US-CS2)

• NSF North Temperate Lakes LTER #DEB-1440297 and #DEB-0822700 and NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellowship (US-Men and US-Pnp)

Other sources of funding:

• National Science Foundation, Biology Directorate, DEB-0845166 (US-PFa,US-Los 2008-2014) and ABI-1062204 (2011-2015) and ABI-1457897 (2015-2019) (modeling)

• Wisconsin Focus on Energy, EERD #10-06 (US-WCr 2009-2011)

• USDA North Central Research Station (US-WCr 2009-2010)

• Department of Energy, NICCR Midwest, 050516Z19 (US-Los 2007-2010)

• Department of Energy, Terrestrial Carbon Processes (US-Syv 2001-2006)

• NASA Carbon Cycle (Roving towers, WLEF biometry 2000-2004)

Grafana Realtime Dashboard: http://co2.aos.wisc.edu/grafana/

US-WCr: Willow Creek Mature Northern Hardwood Forest (1998-2006, 2010-)

• Latitude: 45.8060 Longitude: -90.0798 Elevation: 515m PFT: Deciduous broadleaf forest

• Site publication: Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., Wang, W., Desai, A.R., Berger, B.W., Teclaw, R.M., Martin, J.G., Bolstad, P.V., Bakwin, P.S., Yi, C., and Heilman, W., 2004. Carbon exchange and venting anomalies in an upland deciduous forest in northern Wisconsin, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126(3-4): 271-295, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.06.008.

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux US-WCr Willow Creek, doi:10.17190/AMF/1246111

• Ameriflux Site description Fluxnet page ChEAS page

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• FD chamber soil flux, gas well C profiles, 13C, 14C, flask 14C, tower 14C profile from Phillips et al., 2014

• Phenology web camera (installed April 2012): http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/sites/willowcreek/

• US Forest Service Climate Tower Network high-precision temperature sensor (top of tower): http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/data/climate-tower/

• Flux and Met data: PI, Ameriflux Fluxnet2015

• Raw 10Hz and 1 minute observations

• Recent raw data quicklooks: 10 Hz and 1 s tower top 3 min and 10 min profiles

• Willow Creek SIPNET real-time NEE and LE forecast

US-Syv: Sylvania Old-Growth Northern Hardwood-Hemlock Forest (2001-2008, 2012-)

• Latitude: 46.2420 Longitude: -89.3476 Elevation: 540m PFT: Mixed forest

• Site publication: Desai, A.R., Bolstad, P.V., Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., and Carey, E.V., 2005. Comparing net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide between an old-growth and mature forest in the upper Midwest, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 128(1-2): 33-55, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.09.005.

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux US-Syv Sylvania Wilderness Area, doi:10.17190/AMF/1246106

• Ameriflux Site description Fluxnet page ChEAS page

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• Phenology web camera: http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/sites/sylvania/

• Flux and Met data: PI, Ameriflux Fluxnet2015

• Raw 10Hz and 1 minute observations

US-Los: Lost Creek Shrub Fen Wetland (2000-2010, 2013-)

• Latitude: 46.0827 Longitude: -89.9792 Elevation: 480m PFT: Wetland (shrub)

• Site Publication: Sulman, B.N., Desai, A.R., Cook, B.D., Saliendra, N., and Mackay, D.S., 2009. Contrasting carbon dioxide fluxes between a drying shrub wetland in Northern Wisconsin, USA, and nearby forests. Biogeosciences, 6: 1115-1126, doi:10.5194/bg-6-1115-2009.

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux US-Los Lost Creek, doi:10.17190/AMF/1246071

• Ameriflux Site description Fluxnet page ChEAS page

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• Phenology web camera (installed July 2015): http://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/sites/lostcreek/

• Flux and met data: PI, Ameriflux Fluxnet2015

• Raw 10 Hz and 1 minute observations, Recent raw data quicklook

US-PFa: WLEF / Park Falls Very Tall Tower (1995-)

• Latitude: 45.9459 Longitude: -90.2723 Elevation: 470m PFT: Mixed forest/wetland

• Site publication: Davis, K.J., Bakwin, P.S., Yi, C., Berger, B.W., Zhao, C., Teclaw, R., and Isebrands, J.G., 2003. The annual cycles of CO2 and H2O exchange over a northern mixed forest as observed from a very tall tower, Global Change Biology, 9, 1278-1293. (link)

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux US-PFa Park Falls/WLEF, doi:10.17190/AMF/1246090

• Flux computation methodology: Berger, B.W., Davis, K.J., and Yi, C., 2001. Long-Term Carbon Dioxide Fluxes from a Very Tall Tower in a Northern Forest: Flux Measurement Methodology, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech, 18, 529-542.

• Site publication for post-2006 data: Desai, A.R., 2014. Influence and predictive capacity of climate anomalies on daily to decadal extremes in canopy photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research, 119, 31-47, doi:10.1007/s11120-013-9925-z.

• Site publication for methane flux data: Desai, A.R., Xu, K., Tian H., Weishampel, P., Thom, J., Baumann, D., Andrews, A.E., Cook, B.D., King, J.Y., and Kolka, R., 2015. Landscape-level terrestrial methane flux observed from a very tall tower. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 201, 61-75, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.10.017.

• Site publication for greenhouse gas profiles: Andrews, A.E., Kofler, J.D., Trudeau, M.E., Williams, Neff, D.H., Masarie, K.A., Chao, D.Y., Kitzis, D.R., Novelli, P.C., Zhao, C.L., Dlugokencky, E.J., Lang, P.M., Crotwell, M.J., Fischer, M.L., Parker, M.J., Lee, J.T., Baumann, D.D., Desai, A.R., Stanier, C.O., de Wekker, S.F.J., Wolfe, D.E., Munger, J.W., and Tans, P.P., 2014. CO2, CO, and CH4 measurements from tall towers in the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network: instrumentation, uncertainty analysis, and recommendations for future high-accuracy greenhouse gas monitoring efforts. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 647-687, doi:10.5194/amt-7-647-2014.

• Ameriflux Site description Fluxnet page

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• Flux and met data: PI, Ameriflux Fluxnet2015

• Raw 10 Hz data, 1 minute met profile data

• WLEF balloon soundings - ISS, parachute profiles, radar profiles, PBL depth, ceilometer cloud base

• NOAA tall tower flask and continuous greenhouse gas concentrations

• ObsPack NOAA GHG data

• Total column greenhouse gases: TCCON

• COSMOS Park Falls neutron-scattering soil moisture data

US-Men: Lake Mendota CFL Shoreline Tower (2012-2018)

• Latitude: 43.07725 Longitude: -89.402984 Elevation: 260m PFT: Water

• Site publication: Reed, D.R., Dugan, H., Flannery, A., and Desai, A.R., 2018. Carbon sink and source dynamics of a eutrophic deep lake using multiple flux observations over multiple years Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3, 285-292, doi:10.1002/lol2.10075

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux Lake Mendota, Center for Limnology Site US-Men, doi:10.17190/AMF/1433375

• Ameriflux Site description

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• Buoy observations Realtime Buoy Obs INFOS Yahara

• Flux and Met data: PI, Ameriflux

• Raw 10Hz and 1 minute observations

US-Pnp: Lake Mendota Picnic Point Peninsula Tower (2016-)

• Latitude: 43.0896 Longitude: -89.415827 Elevation: 260m PFT: Water

• Site publication: Reed, D.R., Dugan, H., Flannery, A., and Desai, A.R., 2018. Carbon sink and source dynamics of a eutrophic deep lake using multiple flux observations over multiple years Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3, 285-292, doi:10.1002/lol2.10075

• DOI: Desai, A.R., 2018. AmeriFlux Lake Mendota, Picnic Point Site US-Pnp, doi:10.17190/AMF/1433376

• Ameriflux Site description

• Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance data and summaries

• Flux and Met data: PI, Ameriflux

• Raw 10Hz and 1 minute observations

US-CS1, CS2, CS3: Central Sands Irrigated Agricultural Field and Pine Forest (2018-)

• US-CS1 (potato): Latitude: 44.103051 Longitude: -89.537855 Elevation: 328m PFT: Crop (Potato in 2018)

• US-CS2 (pine): Latitude: 44.14664, Longitude: -89.50020, Elevation: 337m PFT: ENF (Red pine)

• US-CS3 (potato): Latitude: 44.1394, Longitude: 89.5727 (Potato in 2019)

• Ameriflux Site description

• Data

• Project page

• AgWeather Hancock Station

• ET Maps from AgWX WISP model WISP model

US-ALQ: Allequash Creek wetland (2016-) USGS

• Latitude: 46.030759, Longitude: -89.60673 PFT: Wetland

• DOI: Olson, B. AmeriFlux US-ALQ Allequash Creek Site, doi:10.17190/AMF/1480323

• Ameriflux page

• Raw 10 Hz and 1 minute data

New Sites

• US-DFR: Dairy Forage Research Center dairy farm (2017-)

• US-Kza: Dairy Forage Kernza (2018)

• CHEESEHEAD19 towers (US-PFb through US-PFt) (Jun-Oct 2019), Map link Data repository

Shorter-term campaigns

• Wetland roving towers South Fork, Wilson Flowage (2005-2007) ChEAS Saliendra_version Filled_NEE Chamber CH4

• Clearcut roving towers Riley Creek, Thunder Creek (2005-2007) ChEAS Filled_NEE

  • Roving tower photos

• Trout Lake (2009)

• Multi-site synthesis (2002-2003 summer flux data from 13 sites, data used in Desai et al., 2008 AgForMet )

  • Ameriflux Site info for these US-WI sites

  • Mapping from Desai site names to Fluxnet site names

Meteorology data

• Micromet Network data

  • Filled micromet data

• North Temperate Lakes LTER 1989-2010 Meteorology

• NTL LTER Data Catalog

• NACP Synthesis filled met

• Gap-filled met input for Sipnet Model - ChEAS (Multi-site): hourly Half-daily 10yr-halfdaily

Spatial data

• Land cover: Wiscland 30m Cutouts NLCD 92 Wiscland website Wetlands map

• Soil (SSURGO texture maps)

• AVIRIS flights: 2001 2002 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

  • Nasa Quicklooks: 2001(Gower) 2002(Ustin) 2005(Ollinger/Cook) 2009(Townsend) 2010(Townsend) 2011(Townsend) 2012 (Townsend) 2014 (Townsend) 2015 (Townsend)

• Canopy LiDAR : Data More

• ED1-ChEAS model inputs

• Biome-BGC runs

• NACP MAST-DC synthesis products

Other data

• General ancillary or biological data for ChEAS region

• MidContinental Synthesis cutouts of soil, land cover, elevation

• Phenology (leaf on/off dates from PAR profiles)

• Flux Uncertainties

• Ring of Towers CO2 concentrations and INTEX-NA/COBRA airborne CO2 2004

• Ameriflux Database

• Fluxnet-Synthesis Database