ChEAS Long-Term Field Observations

Site descriptions and data from atmospheric-terrestrial monitoring stations in north-central Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Northern Highlands State Forest
Hay Creek-Hoffman Lake Wildlife Area
Ottawa National Forest - Sylvania Wilderness Area

EDDY COVARIANCE FLUX TOWERS

• 450 m WLEF tower (mixed landscape)
• Willow Creek (upland hardwoods)
• Lost Creek (alder-willow wetland)
• Sylvania Wilderness (old-growth hemlock)

MICROMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
(click here to compare measurements across all sites)

• Mixed upland
• Red pine upland / cedar-alder-sphagnum wetland
• Alder-sphagnum wetland
• Aspen

OTHER

• Cloud base detection and CBL depth
• Earth Observing System (EOS) land validation resources
• Oak regeneration and microclimatology (data from the USFS Willow Springs micromet stations)
• Wisconsin State Climatological Records
• Long-term water flux changes in northern WI forests
  
  Click for topographic maps showing the distribution of the micromet sites in relation to the WLEF tower and the Willow Creek station.