Concept information
Preferred term
AMERIFLUX
Definition
- The AmeriFlux Program is a network of CO2 flux measurement sites throughout North and Central America. The AmeriFlux network is intended to address complex issues relating to the global carbon cycle by contributing to the understanding of factors that regulate rates of uptake and net sequestration of CO2 by major biomes. The AmeriFlux is a cooperative program with funding from a number of federal agencies including Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Commerce/NOAA, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, NASA, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The challenges for AmeriFlux are to; (1) extend surface-atmosphere CO2 flux studies in the spatial domain, producing a continental-scale data base for evaluating the capacity of the terrestrial biosphere to sequester carbon, (2) understand the analogous phenomena in a broad range of major ecosystem types of potential importance in the global carbon budget, (3) extend studies in the temporal domain to define the impact of climate variation and climate change on carbon exchange between the atmosphere and major biomes at decadal time scales, and, (4) contribute to a global data base needed for global carbon cycle model testing and validation. [from the AmeriFlux Science Plan] For more information on the AmeriFlux Program including particpants and data access, see: "http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ameriflux/" (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/d3e59590-c9b4-46f2-9f66-e7de357935f5
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