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AmeriFlux US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest
Abstract
This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest. Site Description - This site was established on an existing 30-m tower structure at the Forest Service's Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado. Manitou Experimental Forest is located approximately 38 km northwest of Colorado Springs, within the Pike National Forest. The tower was constructed and used between 2008 and 2013 by NCAR for the BEACHON project and has line power and internet connections. The tower is located in approximately 12 km^2 of ponderosa pine forest and savannah with a land use history of thinning and prescribed burning, though these disturbances have not occurred for many years. The tower is situated in a broad, flat valley that drains to the north. Early research at the site was focused mainly on grazing, while more recently it has turned broadly to the ecology and management of ponderosa pine ecosystems. In 2002, the Hayman Fire burned approximately 56,000 ha to the west and northwest of the tower location.
- Authors:
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- US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
- Publication Date:
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Research Org.:
- US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; US Forest Service
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2567984
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/2567984
Citation Formats
Frank, John, and Valentine, George. AmeriFlux US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest. United States: N. p., 2025.
Web. doi:10.17190/AMF/2567984.
Frank, John, & Valentine, George. AmeriFlux US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/2567984
Frank, John, and Valentine, George. 2025.
"AmeriFlux US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/2567984. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2567984. Pub date:Thu May 22 04:00:00 UTC 2025
@article{osti_2567984,
title = {AmeriFlux US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest},
author = {Frank, John and Valentine, George},
abstractNote = {This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-MEF Manitou Experimental Forest. Site Description - This site was established on an existing 30-m tower structure at the Forest Service's Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado. Manitou Experimental Forest is located approximately 38 km northwest of Colorado Springs, within the Pike National Forest. The tower was constructed and used between 2008 and 2013 by NCAR for the BEACHON project and has line power and internet connections. The tower is located in approximately 12 km^2 of ponderosa pine forest and savannah with a land use history of thinning and prescribed burning, though these disturbances have not occurred for many years. The tower is situated in a broad, flat valley that drains to the north. Early research at the site was focused mainly on grazing, while more recently it has turned broadly to the ecology and management of ponderosa pine ecosystems. In 2002, the Hayman Fire burned approximately 56,000 ha to the west and northwest of the tower location.},
doi = {10.17190/AMF/2567984},
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year = {Thu May 22 04:00:00 UTC 2025},
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