Concept information
Preferred term
IFS
Definition
- The Integrated Forest Study (IFS) was a project to evaluate the effects of atmospheric deposition on nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. Deposition and nutrient cycling were monitored at 17 forested sites in the northwestern, northeastern, and southeastern United States and in Canada and Norway. The IFS was primarily funded by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The Oak Ridge Loblolly Pine site was located on the U.S. Department of Energy Reservation, National Environmental Research Park, near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The site consisted of loblolly pine with an understory of red maple, yellow poplar, black cherry, and dogwood. The ground cover consisted of extensive grass with patches of blackberry and honeysuckle. The site was located on an alluvial soil derived from shale on one of the upper terraces of the Clinch River. Data collected included biomass and nutrient content of the overstory, understory, floor, and soils; atmospheric deposition, throughfall, stemflow, and soil solution fluxes for major ions; organic matter and nutrient fluxes; and atmospheric concentrations of ions from wet and dry deposition. (en)
Broader concept
- G - I (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/25b02230-ab89-44d5-bb71-ad3cea5e2aba
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