Site: Chestnut Ridge
vegetation: deciduous forest, eastern hardwood
Latitude:35.95906
Longitude:84.28744
Elevation:314.3m
Leaf Area Index: varies seasonally with a max of 4 - 5.
canopy height:24 - 26 m
Flux measurement height: 38 m

Following is a list and units of data contained in the CH06_XXX.DAT files where XXX is the calender day of year.

Column		variable 		units
1		decimal day		-
2		calender day   		-
3 		hour            	-
4		wind speed 		m/s
5		wind direction		degrees
6		air temperature		degrees C
7		relative humidity	%
8		pressure		mb
9		incoming PAR		uE/m2/s
10		outgoing PAR		uE/m2/s
11		incoming global		W/m2
12		outgoing global		W/m2
13 		incoming longwave	W/m2
14 		outgoing longwave	W/m2
15 		net radiation 		W/m2
16		ground heat flux	W/m2
17		wetness			-
18		precip 			mm
19		surface temperature	degrees C
20		soil temp (2 cm)	degrees C
21		soil temp (4 cm)	degrees C
22 		soil temp (8 cm)	degrees C
23 		soil temp (16 cm)	degrees C
24		soil temp (32 cm)	degrees C
25 		soil temp (64 cm)	degrees C
26		soil temp (128 cm)	degrees C
27 		u_bar (sonic)		m/s
28		momentum flux (u'w') 	m2/s2
29		u'2			m2/s2
30		v'2			m2/s2
31		w'2			m2/s2
32		sensible heat flux 	W/m2
33		latent heat flux	W/m2
34		CO2 flux 		mg CO2/m2/s
35 		u_bar (forest floor)	m/s
36		momentum flux (u'w') 	m2/s2
37		u'2			m2/s2
38		v'2			m2/s2
39		w'2			m2/s2
40		sensible heat flux 	W/m2
41		latent heat flux	W/m2
42		CO2 flux 		mg CO2/m2/s
43		soil moisture (5 cm)	volumetric water content
44		soil moisture (10 cm)	volumetric water content
45		soil moisture (20 cm)	volumetric water content
46		soil moisture (50 cm)	volumetric water content
47		soil moisture (1 m)	volumetric water content
48		soil moisture (5 cm)	standard deviation
49		soil moisture (10 cm)	standard deviation
50		soil moisture (20 cm)	standard deviation