AmeriFlux AmeriFlux US-An1 Anaktuvuk River Severe Burn

• Main Authors: Rocha, Adrian, Shaver, Gaius, Hobbie, John
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1246142; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1246142; https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246142

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-An1 Anaktuvuk River Severe Burn. Site Description - The Anaktuvuk River fire on the North Slope of Alaska started on July 16, 2007 by lightning. It continued until the end of September when nearby lakes had already frozen over and burned >256,000 acres, creating a mosaic of patches that differed in burn severity. The Anaktuvuk River Severe Burn, Moderate Burn, and Unburned sites are 40 km to the west of the nearest road and were selected in late May 2008 to determine the effects of the fire on carbon, water, and energy exchanges during the growing season. Because the fire had burned through September of the previous year, initial deployment of flux towers occurred prior to any significant vegetative regrowth, and our sampling campaign captured the full growing season in 2008. The Severe Burn site consisted of a large area in which all of the green vegetation were consumed in the fire and some of the organic matter had burnt to the mineral soil in many places. A bear damaged the tower during the last week of August 2008, and it was repaired shortly after.