AmeriFlux US-UMB: Carbon Flux Data from a Protected Michigan Forest

AmeriFlux carbon flux data for the University of Michigan Biological Station site. The site is a protected forest of mid-aged northern hardwoods, conifer understory, aspen, and old-growth hemlock, with a history of logging and wildfires. The dataset was contributed by author Peter S. Curtis from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Use Cases

• Modeling forest carbon sequestration based on flux data from a mixed-hardwood ecosystem.
• Studying ecosystem recovery from historical logging and fire disturbances described in the site history.
• Analyzing the impact of forest composition (hardwoods, conifers, aspen, hemlock) on carbon exchange dynamics.

Strengths

• Data is part of the standardized AmeriFlux network for ecosystem-level measurements.
• Site description provides specific historical context on logging (1879-1980) and wildfires (1880-1920).
• Forest composition is detailed, including mid-aged hardwoods, conifers, aspen, and old-growth hemlock.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

AmeriFlux network, contributed by Peter S. Curtis (Virginia Commonwealth University).

Collection Method

Likely collected via eddy covariance towers at the University of Michigan Biological Station.

Geography

University of Michigan Biological Station, a protected forest in the United States.