AmeriFlux CA-SCC Scotty Creek Landscape

Dataset · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1480303· OSTI ID:1480303

Sonnentag, Oliver ^[1]; Quinton, William L ^[2]

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1. Université de Montréal
2. Wilfrid Laurier University

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site CA-SCC Scotty Creek Landscape. Site Description - The Scotty Creek flux tower is located in an organic-rich boreal forest-wetland landscape about 50 km south of Fort Simpson in the Taiga Plains of the Mackenzie watershed. The tower was installed in 2013 and operates an open-path EC system year-round running on solar power only. Flux footprints contain about 50 % forested peat plateaus and 50 % wetlands (i.e., collapse-scar bogs). The forests are underlain by permafrost, while the treeless wetlands are permafrost-free. The tower itself is located on a forested peat plateau. Black spruce tree density on plateaus is sparse and the mean canopy height is ca. 5 m.

• Research Organization: Université de Montréal; Wilfrid Laurier University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Natural Sciences and Engineering Reseaerch Council of Canada (NSERC) Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC) Canada Foundation for Innovation
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1480303
• Country of Publication: Canada
• Language: English