MV007

Advanced Resolution Canopy FLOw (ARCFLO) experiment employing the SUbcanopy Sonic Anemometer Network (SUSAN) in WS01 of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, July-September 2012

• Creator(s): Christoph K Thomas
• PI(s): Christoph K Thomas
• Originator(s): Christoph K Thomas
• Other researcher(s): Stephen Drake, Laura Kingzett, John McGinity
• Dates of data collection: Jul 2 2012 - Sep 17 2012
• Data collection status: Study collection is completed and no new collection is planned
• Data access: Online
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e1dcac713961e62c3aaad2816bbf7780
• Last update: Jun 29 2017 (Version 2)

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Thomas, C. 2017. Advanced Resolution Canopy FLOw (ARCFLO) experiment employing the SUbcanopy Sonic Anemometer Network (SUSAN) in WS01 of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, July-September 2012. Long-Term Ecological Research. Forest Science Data Bank, Corvallis, OR. [Database]. Available: http://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/abstract.aspx?dbcode=MV007. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e1dcac713961e62c3aaad2816bbf7780. Accessed 2024-05-07.

Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is". The Andrews LTER shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of data sets.

ABSTRACT:
	This dataset was collected during one of the ARCFLO (Advanced Resolution Canopy FLOw) experiment series’ field campaigns. This field campaign was carried out in WS1 of the HJ Andrews Experimental forest during July-September 2012 by the biomicrometeorology group, PI Christoph Thomas. The ARCFLO experiment series spanned a wide range of topographic conditions (flat, sloped, mountainous) and canopy architectures (grassland, orchard, open forest, dense forest) and was carried out between 2011 and 2014. It was funded through the NSF Career Award in Physical and Dynamical Meteorology to PI Christoph Thomas. The main goal of this project was to develop a novel improved framework to describe the airflow and its transport under weak-wind conditions for a continuous variation of overstory density and stratification. The objective is to i) identify forcing mechanisms of submeso motions, ii) evaluate the impact of plant canopies of different overstory density on the wind, temperature, and humidity fields, and iii) improve predictors for mixing in plant canopies that incorporate the important physical mechanisms. Observations were be made with a unique combination of new and standard techniques including optical fiber measurement of temperature structure, acoustic remote sensing, ultrasonic anemometers, and laser-illuminated flow visualizations.

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ENTITY TITLES:
1	Subcanopy Sonic Anemometer Network (SUSAN) (Jul 2 2012 - Sep 17 2012)	METADATA	DATA
RELATED MATERIALS:
	ARCFLO Station Map - Detailed map, including UTMs and elevation of SUSAN stations within WS01
RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
	Drake, Stephen, Kingzett, Laura, Mcginity, John , Thomas, Christoph K. 2012, ARCFLO 2012 Field Report (Pub. No: 5000)