General Site Information | |
Site ID: | US-MMS |
Site Name: | Morgan Monroe State Forest |
Tower Team: |
PI: Kim Novick <knovick@indiana.edu> - Indiana University PI: Rich Phillips <rpp6@indiana.edu> - Indiana University BADMContact: Mike Voyles <mpvoyles@indiana.edu> - Indiana University Technician: Steven Scott <stlscott@indiana.edu> - Indiana University Affiliate: Hans Peter Schmid <hape.schmid@kit.edu> - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU Affiliate: Quan Zhang <quazhang@indiana.edu> - Indiana University |
Latitude: | 39.3232 |
Longitude: | -86.4131 |
Elevation (m): | 275 |
Network | AmeriFlux, Phenocam |
IGBP: | DBF (Deciduous Broadleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Consists of broadleaf tree communities with an annual cycle of leaf-on and leaf-off periods.) |
Mean Annual Temperature (degrees C): | 10.85 |
Mean Annual Precipitation (mm): | 1032 |
Data Products: |
FLUXNET2015 Dataset FLUXNET LaThuile Dataset |
Data Availability: |
FLUXNET2015:
16 years (Duration: 1999 - 2014) FLUXNET LaThuile: 7 years (Duration: 1999 - 2005) |
Data Downloads to Date: |
FLUXNET2015:
2401 unique downloads FLUXNET LaThuile: 278 unique downloads |
Data DOIs: | FLUXNET2015 DOI: 10.18140/FLX/1440083 |
Description: | Owned by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), the Morgan Monroe State Forest, the site's namesake, is operated thanks to the long-term agreement between Indiana University and IDNR. The first settlers cleared the surrounding ridges for farming, but were largely unsuccessful. The state of Indiana purchased the land in 1929, creating the Morgan Monroe State Forest. Many of the trees in the tower footprint are 60-80 years old, surviving selective logging that ended over the past 10 years. Today, the forest is a secondary successional broadleaf forest within the maple-beech to oak hickory transition zone of the eastern deciduous forest. |
Acknowledgments: | AmeriFlux Management Project |
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