AmeriFlux carbon flux data for the US-MMS site at Morgan Monroe State Forest in Indiana. The data is provided by Indiana University under a long-term agreement with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The forest is a secondary successional broadleaf forest with trees 60-80 years old, located in the maple-beech to oak hickory transition zone.
Use Cases
- Modeling forest carbon sequestration based on flux tower measurements.
- Studying secondary forest succession patterns in a broadleaf deciduous forest.
- Analyzing the impact of selective logging on carbon flux over a 10-year period.
- Researching ecosystem dynamics in the maple-beech to oak hickory transition zone.
Strengths
- Data is part of the AmeriFlux network, a recognized source for ecosystem flux data.
- Site has a documented history, including state ownership since 1929 and a known forest age of 60-80 years.
- Operated under a long-term agreement between Indiana University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, suggesting institutional stability.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count, file formats, and license information are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Indiana University (author R. H. Philip) and the AmeriFlux network.
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via eddy covariance flux tower at the forest site.
- Geography
- Morgan Monroe State Forest, Indiana, USA, within the eastern deciduous forest region.