AmeriFlux US-SO4 Sky Oaks- New Stand

Dataset · Fri Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246099· OSTI ID:1246099

Oechel, Walt ^[1]

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1. San Diego State University

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-SO4 Sky Oaks- New Stand. Site Description - The Sky Oaks New site is located near the Sky Oaks Field station, owned and operated by San Diego State University. Chaparral vegetation, associated with a Mediterranean climate, covers nearly half of the rough and rocky terrain. Precipitation is almost exclusively confined to the winter months. During the summer and early fall, hot and dry Santa Ana winds from the northeast bring desert heat to the site. A high intensity natural wildfire occurred in approximately 1905. Physical characteristics prior to the 1905 burn are unknown, including stand age and canopy height. Currently, the Sky Oaks New site is an excellent representation of an old-growth chaparral ecosystem, with a canopy height of 2.3 m and chamise-dominated overstory.

• Research Organization: San Diego State University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; SDSU
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1246099
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English