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| Titel |
Overview of the Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory: site description and selected science results from 2008 to 2013 |
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J. Ortega, A. Turnipseed, A. B. Guenther, T. G. Karl, D. A. Day, D. Gochis, J. A. Huffman, A. J. Prenni, E. J. T. Levin, S. M. Kreidenweis, P. J. DeMott, Y. Tobo, E. G. Patton, A. Hodzic, Y. Y. Cui, P. C. Harley, R. S. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, R. K. Monson, A. S. D. Eller, J. P. Greenberg, M. C. Barth, P. Campuzano-Jost, B. B. Palm, J. L. Jimenez, A. C. Aiken, M. K. Dubey, C. Geron, J. Offenberg, M. G. Ryan, P. J. Fornwalt, S. C. Pryor, F. N. Keutsch, J. P. DiGangi, A. W. H. Chan, A. H. Goldstein, G. M. Wolfe, S. Kim, L. Kaser, R. Schnitzhofer, A. Hansel, C. A. Cantrell, R. L. Mauldin, J. N. Smith |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 14, no. 12 ; Nr. 14, no. 12 (2014-06-26), S.6345-6367 |
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250118838
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-14-6345-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
The Bio-hydro-atmosphere interactions of Energy, Aerosols, Carbon, H2O,
Organics & Nitrogen (BEACHON) project seeks to understand the feedbacks
and inter-relationships between hydrology, biogenic emissions, carbon
assimilation, aerosol properties, clouds and associated feedbacks within
water-limited ecosystems. The Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory (MEFO)
was established in 2008 by the National Center for Atmospheric Research to
address many of the BEACHON research objectives, and it now provides a fixed
field site with significant infrastructure. MEFO is a mountainous, semi-arid
ponderosa pine-dominated forest site that is normally dominated by clean
continental air but is periodically influenced by anthropogenic sources
from Colorado Front Range cities. This article summarizes the past and
ongoing research activities at the site, and highlights some of the
significant findings that have resulted from these measurements. These
activities include
- soil property measurements;
- hydrological studies;
- measurements of high-frequency turbulence parameters;
- eddy covariance flux measurements of water, energy, aerosols and carbon dioxide through the canopy;
- determination of biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compound emissions and their influence on regional atmospheric chemistry;
- aerosol number and mass distributions;
- chemical speciation of aerosol particles;
- characterization of ice and cloud condensation nuclei;
- trace gas measurements; and
- model simulations using coupled chemistry and meteorology.
In addition to various long-term continuous measurements, three focused
measurement campaigns with state-of-the-art instrumentation have taken place
since the site was established, and two of these studies are the subjects of
this special issue: BEACHON-ROCS (Rocky Mountain Organic Carbon Study, 2010)
and BEACHON-RoMBAS (Rocky Mountain Biogenic Aerosol Study, 2011). |
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