Critical Zone Science InTeGrate Teaching Team (Washburne) CZO Field Sites & Data Critical Zone Science InTeGrate Teaching Team (Washburne)
CZO Conceptual Watershed Sampling Remote Sensing Atmosphere Flux Tower Tree – Sap Flow Soil Pit Snow Stream Amt/chem Recharge GW Flow Watershed schematic – SSN CZO
BC – Boulder Creek 3800 m, Green Lakes 2600 m, Gordan Gulch 1900 m, Betasso © Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory
Boulder Creek
JBC – Jemez Basin - Catalina 3000 m, Jemez High Elev 3000 m, Mixed Conifer 2500 m, Marshall Gulch 2800 m, Jemez Mid-Elev 2540 m, Ponderosa Pine 1100 m, Biosphere 2
JBC- Jemez River Basin
JBC - Santa Catalina Mts
SSH-Susquehanna Shale Hills © Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory
Susquehanna Shale Hills
SSN – Southern Sierra Nevada 2700 m, Shorthair Ck 2015m, Providence CK P301 2500m, Wolverton Basin © Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
Southern Sierra Nevada
Luquillo PR 1030 m, East peak 300 m, Bisley
Christina River Basin
Old format – limited
Components
“Old Format”
CZO Metadata
TARGET PLOTTING FORMAT – depends on availability Unit Labels - may have scaling factor Met/Atmo variables Graph Key @ mean value Energy Flux variables 30 min data, daily avg. plotted cyan – weekly running avg. Carbon Flux variables
NON-STANDARD EXAMPLE Met/Atmo variables Energy Flux variables – missing LE and H Carbon Flux variables – missing so other stuff
CZO Flux Towers – main points Different periods of record 2011 most overlap Differing status L1/private, L2/conditional, L3/gap filled Different parameters and format particularly date and missing data formats challenging to read using Matlab