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US-Var: Vaira Ranch- Ione

Tower_team:
PI: Dennis Baldocchi [email protected] - University of California, Berkeley
AncContact: Joe Verfaillie [email protected] - University of California, Berkeley
Technician: Daphne Szutu [email protected] - UC Berkeley
Lat, Long: 38.4133, -120.9508
Elevation(m): 129
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux, Phenocam
Vegetation IGBP: GRA (Grasslands: Lands with herbaceous types of cover. Tree and shrub cover is less than 10%. Permanent wetlands lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water.)
Climate Koeppen: Csa (Mediterranean: mild with dry, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 15.8
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 559
Years Data Collected: 2000 - Present
Years Data Available:

FLUXNET2015 2000 - 2014   Data Citation
Description:
Located in the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on privately owned land, the Vaira Ranch site is classified as a grassland dominated by C3 ...
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URL: http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/sites.php?tab=US-Var
Research Topics:
The research approach of the University of California, Berkeley Biometeorology Laboratory involves the coordinated use of experimental measurements and ...
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Acknowledgment: This research was supported in part by the Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG02-03ER63638

US-Var: Vaira Ranch- Ione

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  • Baldocchi, D. D., Ryu, Y., Dechant, B., Eichelmann, E., Hemes, K., Ma, S., Sanchez, C. R., Shortt, R., Szutu, D., Valach, A., Verfaillie, J., Badgley, G., Zeng, Y., Berry, J. A. (2020) Outgoing Near‐Infrared Radiation From Vegetation Scales With Canopy Photosynthesis Across A Spectrum Of Function, Structure, Physiological Capacity, And Weather, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(7), 108204. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005534
  • Baldocchi, D. D., Xu, L., Kiang, N. (2004) How Plant Functional-Type, Weather, Seasonal Drought, And Soil Physical Properties Alter Water And Energy Fluxes Of An Oak–Grass Savanna And An Annual Grassland, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 123(1-2), 13-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2003.11.006
  • Baldocchi, D., Ma, S., Verfaillie, J. (2021) On The Inter‐ And Intra‐Annual Variability Of Ecosystem Evapotranspiration And Water Use Efficiency Of An Oak Savanna And Annual Grassland Subjected To Booms And Busts In Rainfall, Global Change Biology, 27(2), 359-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/GCB.15414
  • Baldocchi, D., Penuelas, J. (2018) The Physics And Ecology Of Mining Carbon Dioxide From The Atmosphere By Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, 45(21), 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1111/GCB.14559
  • Baldocchi, D., Penuelas, J. (2018) The Physics And Ecology Of Mining Carbon Dioxide From The Atmosphere By Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, 45(3-4), 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1111/GCB.14559
  • Barr, A., Richardson, A., Hollinger, D., Papale, D., Arain, M., Black, T., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Fischer, M., Gu, L., Law, B., Margolis, H., McCaughey, J., Munger, J., Oechel, W., Schaeffer, K. (2013) Use Of Change-Point Detection For Friction–Velocity Threshold Evaluation In Eddy-Covariance Studies, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 171-172(7), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2012.11.023
  • Chu, H., Baldocchi, D. D., Poindexter, C., Abraha, M., Desai, A. R., Bohrer, G., Arain, M. A., Griffis, T., Blanken, P. D., O'Halloran, T. L., Thomas, R. Q., Zhang, Q., Burns, S. P., Frank, J. M., Christian, D., Brown, S., Black, T. A., Gough, C. M., Law, B. E., Lee, X., Chen, J., Reed, D. E., Massman, W. J., Clark, K., Hatfield, J., Prueger, J., Bracho, R., Baker, J. M., Martin, T. A. (2018) Temporal Dynamics Of Aerodynamic Canopy Height Derived From Eddy Covariance Momentum Flux Data Across North American Flux Networks, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079306
  • Chu, H., Baldocchi, D. D., Poindexter, C., Abraha, M., Desai, A. R., Bohrer, G., Arain, M. A., Griffis, T., Blanken, P. D., O'Halloran, T. L., Thomas, R. Q., Zhang, Q., Burns, S. P., Frank, J. M., Christian, D., Brown, S., Black, T. A., Gough, C. M., Law, B. E., Lee, X., Chen, J., Reed, D. E., Massman, W. J., Clark, K., Hatfield, J., Prueger, J., Bracho, R., Baker, J. M., Martin, T. A. (2018) Temporal Dynamics Of Aerodynamic Canopy Height Derived From Eddy Covariance Momentum Flux Data Across North American Flux Networks, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(3-4), 9275–9287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079306
  • Chu, H., Luo, X., Ouyang, Z., Chan, W. S., Dengel, S., Biraud, S. C., Torn, M. S., Metzger, S., Kumar, J., Arain, M. A., Arkebauer, T. J., Baldocchi, D., Bernacchi, C., Billesbach, D., Black, T. A., Blanken, P. D., Bohrer, G., Bracho, R., Brown, S., Brunsell, N. A., Chen, J., Chen, X., Clark, K., Desai, A. R., Duman, T., Durden, D., Fares, S., Forbrich, I., Gamon, J. A., Gough, C. M., Griffis, T., Helbig, M., Hollinger, D., Humphreys, E., Ikawa, H., Iwata, H., Ju, Y., Knowles, J. F., Knox, S. H., Kobayashi, H., Kolb, T., Law, B., Lee, X., Litvak, M., Liu, H., Munger, J. W., Noormets, A., Novick, K., Oberbauer, S. F., Oechel, W., Oikawa, P., Papuga, S. A., Pendall, E., Prajapati, P., Prueger, J., Quinton, W. L., Richardson, A. D., Russell, E. S., Scott, R. L., Starr, G., Staebler, R., Stoy, P. C., Stuart-Haëntjens, E., Sonnentag, O., Sullivan, R. C., Suyker, A., Ueyama, M., Vargas, R., Wood, J. D., Zona, D. (2021) Representativeness Of Eddy-Covariance Flux Footprints For Areas Surrounding Ameriflux Sites, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 301-302(6), 108350. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2021.108350
  • Dennis Baldocchi, Cove Sturtevant (2015) Does day and night sampling reduce spurious correlation between canopy photosynthesis and ecosystem respiration?, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 207(3-4), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2015.03.010
  • Filippa, G, Cremonesea, E, Migliavacca M., Galvagno, M., Sonnentag, O., Humphrey, E., Hufkens,K., Ryu, Y. Verfaillie, J., Morra di Cella, U., Richardson, A. (2017) NDVI derived from near-infrared-enabled digital cameras: Applicability across different plant functional types, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 207(3-4), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2017.11.003
  • Grant, R., Baldocchi, D., Ma, S. (2012) Ecological Controls On Net Ecosystem Productivity Of A Seasonally Dry Annual Grassland Under Current And Future Climates: Modelling With Ecosys, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 152(3-4), 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2011.09.012
  • Gu, L., Falge, E. M., Boden, T., Baldocchi, D. D., Black, T., Saleska, S. R., Suni, T., Verma, S. B., Vesala, T., Wofsy, S. C., Xu, L. (2005) Objective Threshold Determination For Nighttime Eddy Flux Filtering, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 128(3-4), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2004.11.006
  • Kim, J., Guo, Q., Baldocchi, D., Leclerc, M., Xu, L., Schmid, H. (2006) Upscaling Fluxes From Tower To Landscape: Overlaying Flux Footprints On High-Resolution (IKONOS) Images Of Vegetation Cover, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 136(3-4), 132-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2004.11.015
  • Liu, Y., Hill, M. J., Zhang, X., Wang, Z., Richardson, A. D., Hufkens, K., Filippa, G., Baldocchi, D. D., Ma, S., Verfaillie, J., Schaaf, C. B. (2017) Using Data From Landsat, Modis, Viirs And Phenocams To Monitor The Phenology Of California Oak/Grass Savanna And Open Grassland Across Spatial Scales, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 237-238(21), 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2017.02.026
  • Liu, Y., Hill, M. J., Zhang, X., Wang, Z., Richardson, A. D., Hufkens, K., Filippa, G., Baldocchi, D. D., Ma, S., Verfaillie, J., Schaaf, C. B. (2017) Using Data From Landsat, Modis, Viirs And Phenocams To Monitor The Phenology Of California Oak/Grass Savanna And Open Grassland Across Spatial Scales, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 237-238(3-4), 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2017.02.026
  • Ma, S, Baldocchi, D.D., Wolf, S., Verfaillie, J. (2016) Slow ecosystem responses conditionally regulate annual carbon balance over 15 years in Californian oak-grass savanna, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, (), 252-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2016.07.016
  • Ma, S., Baldocchi, D. D., Xu, L., Hehn, T. (2007) Inter-Annual Variability In Carbon Dioxide Exchange Of An Oak/Grass Savanna And Open Grassland In California, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 147(3-4), 157-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2007.07.008
  • Ma, S., Eichelmann, E., Wolf, S., Rey-Sanchez, C., Baldocchi, D. D. (2020) Transpiration And Evaporation In A Californian Oak-Grass Savanna: Field Measurements And Partitioning Model Results, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 295(2), 108204. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2020.108204
  • Matheny, A. M., Bohrer, G., Stoy, P. C., Baker, I. T., Black, A. T., Desai, A. R., Dietze, M. C., Gough, C. M., Ivanov, V. Y., Jassal, R. S., Novick, K. A., Schäfer, K. V., Verbeeck, H. (2014) Characterizing The Diurnal Patterns of Errors in The Prediction of Evapotranspiration by Several Land-Surface Models: An Nacp Analysis, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 119(7), 1458-1473. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002623
  • Novick, K. A., Ficklin, D. L., Stoy, P. C., Williams, C. A., Bohrer, G., Oishi, A., Papuga, S. A., Blanken, P. D., Noormets, A., Sulman, B. N., Scott, R. L., Wang, L., Phillips, R. P. (2016) The Increasing Importance Of Atmospheric Demand For Ecosystem Water And Carbon Fluxes, Nature Climate Change, 6(11), 1023-1027. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE3114
  • Novick, K. A., Konings, A. G., Gentine, P. (2019) Beyond Soil Water Potential: An Expanded View On Isohydricity Including Land–Atmosphere Interactions And Phenology, Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(6), 1802-1815. https://doi.org/10.1111/PCE.13517
  • Ryu, Y, Baldoicchi, D. D., Ma, S., Hehn, T. (2008) Interannual Variability Of Evapotranspiration And Energy Exchange Over An Annual Grassland In California, Journal Of Geophysical Research, 113(D09104), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009263
  • Schmidt, A., Creason, W., Law, B. E. (2018) Estimating Regional Effects Of Climate Change And Altered Land Use On Biosphere Carbon Fluxes Using Distributed Time Delay Neural Networks With Bayesian Regularized Learning, Neural Networks, 108(21), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NEUNET.2018.08.004
  • Schmidt, A., Creason, W., Law, B. E. (2018) Estimating Regional Effects Of Climate Change And Altered Land Use On Biosphere Carbon Fluxes Using Distributed Time Delay Neural Networks With Bayesian Regularized Learning, Neural Networks, 108(3-4), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NEUNET.2018.08.004
  • Sims, D. A., Rahman, A. F., Cordova, V. D., Baldocchi, D. D., Flanagan, L. B., Goldstein, A. H., Hollinger, D. Y., Misson, L., Monson, R. K., Schmid, H. P., Wofsy, S. C., Xu, L. (2005) Midday Values Of Gross CO2 Flux And Light Use Efficiency During Satellite Overpasses Can Be Used To Directly Estimate Eight-Day Mean Flux, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 131(1-2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2005.04.006
  • Sullivan, R. C., Cook, D. R., Ghate, V. P., Kotamarthi, V. R., Feng, Y. (2019) Improved Spatiotemporal Representativeness And Bias Reduction Of Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Retrievals Via Use Of In Situ Meteorology And Constrained Canopy Surface Resistance, Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(2), 342-352. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004744
  • Sullivan, R. C., Kotamarthi, V. R., Feng, Y. (2019) Recovering Evapotranspiration Trends From Biased CMIP5 Simulations And Sensitivity To Changing Climate Over North America, Journal Of Hydrometeorology, 20(8), 1619-1633. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0259.1
  • Toomey, M., Friedl, M. A., Frolking, S., Hufkens, K., Klosterman, S., Sonnentag, O., Baldocchi, D. D., Bernacchi, C. J., Biraud, S. C., Bohrer, G., Brzostek, E., Burns, S. P., Coursolle, C., Hollinger, D. Y., Margolis, H. A., McCaughey, H., Monson, R. K., Munger, J. W., Pallardy, S., Phillips, R. P., Torn, M. S., Wharton, S., Zeri, M., Richardson, A. D. (2015) Greenness Indices From Digital Cameras Predict The Timing And Seasonal Dynamics Of Canopy-Scale Photosynthesis, Ecological Applications, 25(1), 99-115. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0005.1
  • Wolf, S., Keenan, T.F., Fisher, J.B., Baldocchi, D.D., Desai, A.R., Richardson, A.D., Scott, R.L., Law, B.E., Litvak, M.E., Brunsell, N.A., Peters, W., van der Laan-Luijkx, I.T. (2016) Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(21), 5880-5885. https://doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.1519620113
  • Xu, L., Baldocchi, D. D. (2004) Seasonal Variation In Carbon Dioxide Exchange Over A Mediterranean Annual Grassland In California, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, 123(1-2), 79-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2003.10.004
  • Xu, L., Baldocchi, D. D., Tang, J. (2004) How Soil Moisture, Rain Pulses, And Growth Alter The Response Of Ecosystem Respiration To Temperature, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18(4), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GB002281
  • Zhang, Q., Ficklin, D. L., Manzoni, S., Wang, L., Way, D., Phillips, R. P., Novick, K. A. (2019) Response Of Ecosystem Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency And Gross Primary Productivity To Rising Vapor Pressure Deficit, Environmental Research Letters, 14(7), 074023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/AB2603

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