1. Intro to Critical Zone Science InTeGrate Teaching Team
Energy Flux Discovery
Intro to Critical Zone Science
InTeGrate Teaching Team

2. Common Water & Energy Fluxes
Interception
Un-
saturated
Zone
Two more representations of these fluxes. I would have colored the flux arrows in the l.h. diagram the opposite (blue for water; red for energy).
Flux-PIHM model – SSH CZO
Source:
see permission refs pg. 2
Saturated
Zone GW
Flows
Arrows
Reservoirs
Boxes
Flux-PIHM model – SSH CZO

3. clouds?
wetter?
Data derived from Ameriflux Network Web Site (ameriflux.lbl.gov)
Funding for AmeriFlux data resources was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
US-Vcp – Marcy Litvak AmeriFlux US-Vcp Valles Caldera Ponderosa Pine, doi: /AMF/ Link:
US-Kon - Nathaniel Brunsell AmeriFlux US-Kon Konza Prairie LTER (KNZ), doi: /AMF/ Link:
US-Me2 - Bev Law AmeriFlux US-Me2 Metolius mature ponderosa pine, doi: /AMF/ Link:
US-WBW - Tilden Meyers AmeriFlux US-WBW Walker Branch Watershed, doi: /AMF/ Link:
CA-Man - Brian Amiro AmeriFlux CA-Man Manitoba - Northern Old Black Spruce (former BOREAS Northern Study Area), doi: /AMF/ Link:
BR-Sa3 - Mike Goulden AmeriFlux BR-Sa3 Santarem-Km83-Logged Forest, doi: /AMF/ Link:
cold

4. Activity-Monthly Ameriflux Energy Fluxes
VC, NM – Pine Forest
KP, KS - Prairie
Met, OR – Pine Forest
WB, TN– Deciduous Forest
Man, Can– Pine Forest
LBA, BR– Logged Tropical Forest
Take some time to have the students speculate as to what is responsible for the seasonal and monthly trends in this data.
Note: all scales have been fixed. Questions you might ask: Are deviations in Rn real or due to bad data? What patterns do you see? What controls the partitioning of H and LE? What causes changes to magnitude and timing of fluxes? Explain the evolution of fluxes with time. What other ecosystems might be interesting to explore using these diagrams and what would you expect?

5. Activity-Monthly Ameriflux Energy Fluxes
VC, NM – Pine Forest
KP, KS - Prairie
Met, OR – Pine Forest
DQ?
DQ?
WB, TN– Deciduous Forest
Man, Can– Pine Forest
LBA, BR– Logged Tropical Forest
DQ?
Take some time to have the students speculate as to what is responsible for the seasonal and monthly trends in this data.
Note: all scales have been fixed. Questions you might ask: Are deviations in Rn real or due to bad data? What patterns do you see? What controls the partitioning of H and LE? What causes changes to magnitude and timing of fluxes? Explain the evolution of fluxes with time. What other ecosystems might be interesting to explore using these diagrams and what would you expect?