Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Half-hourly growing season, chamber-based, CO2 flux data, 2009-2017

The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C, that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool, influence ecosystem C l...

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Main Authors: Mauritz, Marguerite, Natali, Susan M.N., Schuur, Edward A.G., Ledman, Justin, Taylor, Meghan, Bonanza Creek LTER
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/2efa0e8a2c4d17563d79e4aabfa8f65f
https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.481.19
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Summary:The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C, that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool, influence ecosystem C loss?, and 3) How do winter and summer warming alone, and in combination, affect ecosystem C exchange? We are answering these questions using a combination of field and laboratory experiments to measure ecosystem carbon balance and radiocarbon isotope ratios at a warming experiment located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. This data contains CO2 fluxes measured using an automated chamber system that measures net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE). Measurements are made every ~1.5 hours and modeled half-hourly. Half hour ecosystem respiration is modeled using an exponential Q10 relationship when light conditions are low (PAR<5umol/m2/s) and using a hyperbolic light relationship when PAR>5umol/m2/s. GPP is calculated as the difference between NEE and Reco.