Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA

Name value
Principal investigator Dennis Baldocchi
Site name Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
IGBP vegetation type Croplands
Latitude 38.1159
Longitude -121.6467
Elevation -9
crdate 29FEB2016



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
input files and their date ranges

Obs OrigFile mindate maxdate nrec
1 AMF_USTW3_2013_L1_GF_V003.csv 05/24/2013 12/31/2013 10656
2 AMF_USTW3_2013_L1_WG_V003.csv 05/24/2013 12/31/2013 10656
3 AMF_USTW3_2014_L1_GF_V003.csv 01/01/2014 12/31/2014 17520
4 AMF_USTW3_2014_L1_WG_V003.csv 01/01/2014 12/31/2014 17520
5 AMF_USTW3_2015_L1_GF_V002.csv 01/01/2015 12/31/2015 17520
6 AMF_USTW3_2015_L1_WG_V002.csv 01/01/2015 12/31/2015 17520



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
variable names and original descriptions

VarSource=AMF_USTW3_2013_L1_GF_V003.csv - 2015, USTW3_Metadata.docx

Obs col Variable Origdesc
4 5 FC_fill FC_F umolCO2 m-2 s-1 at 2.7m
5 6 RE_fill RECO umolCO2 m-2 s-1
6 7 GPP_fill GPP umolCO2 m-2 s-1
7 8 FH2O_fill FH2O_F mmolH2O m-2 s-1 at 2.7m
10 11 H_fill H_F W m-2 at 2.7m
11 12 LE_fill LE_F W m-2 at 2.7m
 
VarSource=AMF_USTW3_2013_L1_WG_V003.csv - 2015, USTW3_Metadata.docx

Obs col Variable Origdesc
41 2 CO2 CO2 umolCO2 mol-1 at 2.7m
42 3 H2O H2O mmolH2O mol-1 at 2.7m
43 4 CH4 CH4 nmolCH4 mol-1 at 2.8m
44 5 FC FC umolCO2 m-2 s-1 at 2.7m
45 6 FCssitc FC_SSITC_TEST, stationarity and ITC according to Foken et al. 2004
46 7 FH2O FH2O mmolH2O m-2 s-1 at 2.7m
47 8 FCH4 FCH4 nmolCO2 m-2 s-1 at 2.8m
48 9 FCH4ssitc FCH4_SSITC_TEST, stationarity and ITC according to Foken et al. 2004
49 10 FG G W m-2 at 3cm
50 11 H H W m-2 at 2.7m
51 12 Hssitc H_SSITC_TEST, stationarity and ITC according to Foken et al. 2004
52 13 LE LE W m-2 at 2.7m
53 14 LEssitc LE_SSITC_TEST, stationarity and ITC according to Foken et al. 2004
54 15 WD WD Decimal degrees at 2.8m
55 16 WS WS m s-1 at 2.8m
56 17 UST USTAR m s-1 at 2.8m
57 18 ZL ZL adimensional
58 19 TAU TAU kg m s-2 at 2.8m
59 20 TAUssitc TAU_SSITC_TEST, stationarity and ITC according to Foken et al. 2004
60 21 L MO_LENGTH m
61 22 Vstd SIGMA_V m s-1
62 23 Wstd SIGMA_W m s-1
63 24 PRESS PA kPa
64 25 RH RH % at 2.6m
65 26 TA TA deg C at 2.6m
66 27 VPD VPD hPa at 2.6m
67 28 DryAirDen AIR_DENSITY_DRY kg m-3
68 29 WetAirDen AIR_DENSITY_MOIST kg m-3
69 30 SWC SWC_10cm %
70 31 SWC_20 SWC_20cm %
71 32 TS TS_2cm deg C
72 33 TS_4 TS_4cm deg C
73 34 TS_8 TS_8cm deg C
74 35 TS_16 TS_16cm deg C
75 36 TS_32 TS_32cm deg C
76 37 Rn NETRAD W m-2 at 1.5m
77 38 PAR PPFD_IN umolPhoton m-2 s-1 at 1.5m
78 39 PARout PPFD_OUT umolPhoton m-2 s-1 at 1.5m
79 40 PARdif PPFD_DIFFUSE umolPhoton m-2 s-1
80 41 Rg SW_IN W m-2 at 1.5m
81 42 RgOut SW_OUT W m-2 at 1.5m
82 43 Rgl LW_IN W m-2 at 1.5m
83 44 RglOut LW_OUT W m-2 at 1.5m



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
variable edits

Obs Reset
1 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset co2 to missing if 18oct2014 <= sasdate <= 30oct2014, out-of-range values;
2 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset fch4 to missing if fch4 < -200 or fch4 > 300 nmol/m2/s;
3 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset gpp_fill to -gpp_fill, sign convention compliance;
4 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset h to missing if h < -200 or h > 700 W/m2;
5 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset h_fill to missing if h_fill < -200 or h_fill > 700 W/m2;
6 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset l to missing if l < -10000 or l > 10000 m;
7 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset le to missing if le < -200 or le > 800 W/m2;
8 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset le_fill to missing if le_fill < -200 or le_fill > 800 W/m2;
9 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset par to missing if abs(par) > 10 umol/m2/s when solar_elevation < -5 degree;
10 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset par to missing if par < -10 or par > 2500 umol/m2/s;
11 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset par to missing if par < 10 umol/m2/s when solar_elevation > 20 degree;
12 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset parout to missing if abs(parout) > 10 umol/m2/s when solar_elevation < -5 degree;
13 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset parout to missing if parout < -10 or parout > 500 umol/m2/s;
14 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset parout to missing if parout < 10 umol/m2/s when solar_elevation > 20 degree;
15 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset re_fill to missing if re_fill > 15 umol/m2/s;
16 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rg to missing if abs(rg) > 5 W/m2 when solar_elevation < -5 degree;
17 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rg to missing if rg < -5 or rg > 1200 W/m2;
18 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rg to missing if rg < 5 W/m2 when solar_elevation > 20 degree;
19 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rgout to missing if abs(rgout) > 5 W/m2 when solar_elevation < -5 degree;
20 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rgout to missing if rgout < -5 or rgout > 500 W/m2;
21 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset rgout to missing if rgout < 5 W/m2 when solar_elevation > 20 degree;
22 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset tau to missing if tau < -2 m2/s2;
23 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset ust to missing if ust > 2 m/s;
24 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA reset zl to missing if zl < -200 or zl > 200;



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
number of records reset to missing or other values

Obs variable nreset
1 co2 120
2 fch4 9
3 gpp_fill 45696
4 h 2
5 h_fill 2
6 l 122
7 le 5
8 le_fill 1
9 par 0
10 parout 285
11 re_fill 23
12 rg 277
13 rgout 34
14 tau 1
15 ust 1
16 zl 7



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
variable or unit conversions

Obs cline
1 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert ch4 from nmol/mol to umol/mol;
2 ch4 = ch4/1000;
3 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert dryairden from kg/m3 to mol/m3;
4 dryairden = dryairden / 28.97 *1000.;
5 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert wetairden from kg/m3 to mol/m3;
6 wetairden = wetairden / 28.97 *1000.;
7 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert vpd from hPa to kPa;
8 vpd = vpd/10;
9 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert swc from fraction to percent;
10 swc = swc * 100;
11 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert swc_20 from fraction to percent;
12 swc_20 = swc_20 * 100;
13 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA convert tau from kg/m/s2 to m2/s2;
14 tau = tau /(wetairden * 28.97/1000);



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
calculated or derived variables

Obs cline
1 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA calculate NEE, negligible storage term;
2 if (fc ne . ) then nee = fc; else nee = .;
3 * TWITCHELL_ALFALFA calculate NEE_fill, negligible storage term;
4 if (fc_fill ne . ) then nee_fill = fc_fill; else nee_fill = .;



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
variable statistics for L2 data

Site=Twitchell Alfalfa

Obs Variable MIN MEAN MAX N NMISS TOTAL
1 CH4 1.80 2.298 6.71 6149 39547 45696
2 CO2 314.71 408.016 812.35 38737 6959 45696
3 DryAirDen 37.93 41.704 45.63 45096 600 45696
4 FC -53.67 -2.029 29.57 34751 10945 45696
5 FCH4 -168.36 4.176 294.56 4728 40968 45696
6 FC_fill -53.67 -0.788 28.47 45696 0 45696
7 FG -44.27 2.354 152.89 43161 2535 45696
8 FH2O -4.56 1.781 13.38 38741 6955 45696
9 FH2O_fill -4.56 1.664 13.38 45696 0 45696
10 GPP_fill -22.97 6.260 60.82 45696 0 45696
11 H -159.08 11.477 362.66 43855 1841 45696
12 H2O 2.28 12.689 24.96 38857 6839 45696
13 H_fill -159.08 8.320 362.66 45694 2 45696
14 L -9528.92 34.902 9558.19 43891 1805 45696
15 LE -133.71 78.401 583.15 38740 6956 45696
16 LE_fill -133.71 73.237 583.15 45695 1 45696
17 NEE -53.67 -2.029 29.57 34751 10945 45696
18 NEE_fill -53.67 -0.788 28.47 45696 0 45696
19 PAR -0.22 443.222 2188.89 42848 2848 45696
20 PARdif -0.53 80.973 2040.49 1470 44226 45696
21 PARout -0.21 26.427 250.94 42212 3484 45696
22 PRESS 99.34 101.574 103.41 45096 600 45696
23 RE_fill 0.65 5.465 14.68 45673 23 45696
24 RH 10.34 63.884 98.00 45696 0 45696
25 Rg -4.95 227.251 1078.77 45419 277 45696
26 RgOut -4.93 53.528 271.40 42815 2881 45696
27 Rgl 206.10 313.950 437.02 42846 2850 45696
28 RglOut 269.45 393.173 624.95 42847 2849 45696
29 Rn -123.08 100.535 741.37 42846 2850 45696
30 SWC 3.56 14.663 45.03 43705 1991 45696
31 SWC_20 18.67 30.039 52.34 43705 1991 45696
32 TA -2.64 16.531 40.10 45696 0 45696
33 TAU -1.43 -0.109 0.59 43943 1753 45696
34 TS 1.20 18.020 42.43 43431 2265 45696
35 TS_16 4.27 17.862 29.08 43431 2265 45696
36 TS_32 6.94 17.970 26.31 43431 2265 45696
37 TS_4 1.62 17.942 38.43 43431 2265 45696
38 TS_8 2.40 17.879 34.42 43431 2265 45696
39 UST 0.00 0.277 1.78 44056 1640 45696
40 VPD 0.02 0.899 6.20 45696 0 45696
41 Vstd 0.05 0.688 5.17 44057 1639 45696
42 WD 0.00 235.127 359.99 44057 1639 45696
43 WS 0.02 3.108 12.29 44057 1639 45696
44 WetAirDen 38.39 42.003 45.75 45096 600 45696
45 Wstd 0.01 0.319 1.62 44057 1639 45696
46 ZL -135.48 0.082 189.94 44006 1690 45696



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
AmeriFlux L2 variable names and descriptions

Obs name label
1 BIOME BIOME class
2 CH4 Methane concentration at 2.8m (umol/mol)
3 CO2 CO2 concentration at 2.7m (umol/mol)
4 Dataname Dataset name
5 Day Day
6 DirName Directory Name
7 DryAirDen Dry air density (mol/m3)
8 Ebalance Energy balance [[LE+H+FG]/Rn]
9 Elevation Elevation (masl)
10 FC CO2 flux at 2.7m (umol/m2/s)
11 FCH4 Methane flux at 2.8m (nmol/m2/s)
12 FC_fill gap-filled CO2 flux at 2.7m (umol/m2/s)
13 FG Soil heat flux at 3cm (W/m2)
14 FH2O Water vapor flux at 2.7m (mmol/m2/s)
15 FH2O_fill gap-filled Water vapor flux at 2.7m (mmol/m2/s)
16 FluxnetID Fluxnet name
17 GMT Greenwich mean time
18 GMT_date GMT date
19 GMT_day GMT day
20 GMT_hour GMT hour
21 GMT_jd GMT Day of year
22 GMT_min GMT minute
23 GMT_month GMT month
24 GMT_year GMT year
25 GPP_fill gap-filled Gross primary production [RE-NEE] (umol/m2/s)
26 H Sensible heat flux at 2.7m (W/m2)
27 H2O Water vapor concentration at 2.7m (mmol/mol)
28 H_fill gap-filled Sensible heat flux at 2.7m (W/m2)
29 Hour Hour
30 IGBP IGBP vegetation type
31 JD Day of year
32 L Monin-Obukhov length (m)
33 LE Latent heat flux at 2.7m (W/m2)
34 LE_fill gap-filled Latent heat flux at 2.7m (W/m2)
35 Latitude Latitude (decimal degrees)
36 Longitude Longitude (decimal degrees)
37 MODIS MODIS Land Cover Type 5
38 Minute Minute
39 Month Month
40 NEE Net ecosystem exchange (umol/m2/s)
41 NEE_fill gap-filled Net ecosystem exchange (umol/m2/s)
42 OrigFile Originating filename
43 PAR Incoming photosynthetically active radiation at 1.5m (umol/m2/s)
44 PARdif Incoming diffuse PAR (umol/m2/s)
45 PARout Outgoing photosynthetically active radiation at 1.5m (umol/m2/s)
46 PI Principal investigator
47 PIemail PI email
48 PRESS Barometric pressure (kPa)
49 RE_fill gap-filled Ecosystem respiration (umol/m2/s)
50 RH Relative humidity of air at 2.6m (%)
51 Rg Incoming global solar radiation at 1.5m (W/m2)
52 RgOut Outgoing global solar radiation at 1.5m (W/m2)
53 Rgl Incoming long wave radiation at 1.5m (W/m2)
54 RglOut Outgoing long wave radiation at 1.5m (W/m2)
55 Rn Net radiation at 1.5m (W/m2)
56 SASDTime DateTime
57 SASDate Date
58 SWC Soil moisture volumetric content at 10cm (%)
59 SWC_20 Soil moisture volumetric content at 20cm (%)
60 Site Site
61 SiteDesc Site description
62 SiteName Site name
63 TA Air temperature at 2.6m (deg C)
64 TAU Momentum flux UW at 2.8m (m2/s2)
65 TS Soil temperature at 2 cm (deg C)
66 TS_16 Soil temperature at 16 cm (deg C)
67 TS_32 Soil temperature at 32 cm (deg C)
68 TS_4 Soil temperature at 4 cm (deg C)
69 TS_8 Soil temperature at 8 cm (deg C)
70 UST Friction velocity at 2.8m (m/s)
71 VPD Vapor pressure deficit at 2.6m (kPa)
72 Vstd V std dev (m/s)
73 WD Wind direction at 2.8m (deg)
74 WS Wind speed at 2.8m (m/s)
75 WetAirDen Wet air density (mol/m3)
76 Wstd W std dev (m/s)
77 Year Year
78 ZL Atmospheric stability parameter [[Z - d]/L] (unitless)



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
Ameriflux L2 variables mapped into standardized files
with gaps

Obs rec
1 /* filename twitchell_alfalfa.sas */
2 /* Modis name *** */
3 CO2top = co2; * co2 above the canopy;
4 CO2 = co2; * co2;
5 CO2height = 2.7; * co2_top height;
6 FC = fc; * fc above the canopy;
7 if fc ne . then GAP = 0; else GAP = -1;
8 FG = fg; * fg;
9 H = h; * h;
10 H2O = h2o; * h2o above the canopy;
11 LE = le; * le;
12 NEE = nee; * nee;
13 PAR = par; * par above canopy;
14 PARout = parout; * parout above canopy;
15 PARdif = pardif;
16 PREC = -6999.; * prec - not provided;
17 PRESS = press; * press;
18 RH = rh; * rh above the canopy;
19 Rg = rg; * rg above canopy;
20 RgOut = rgout; * rgout above canopy;
21 Rgl = rgl; * rgl above canopy;
22 RglOut = rglout; * rglout above canopy;
23 Rn = rn; * rn above canopy;
24 SFC = 0; * sfc = 0, short canopy;
25 SWC1 = swc; * swc at first depth;
26 SWC2 = swc_20; * swc at second depth;
27 SWCdepth1 = 10.; * first swc depth;
28 SWCdepth2 = 20; * second swc depth;
29 TA = ta; * ta above the canopy;
30 TS1 = ts; * ts at first depth;
31 TS2 = ts_4; * ts at second depth;
32 TSdepth1 = 2; * first ts depth value;
33 TSdepth2 = 4; * second ts depth value;
34 UST = ust; * ust;
35 VPD = vpd; * vpd;
36 WD = wd; * wd above the canopy;
37 WS = ws; * ws above the canopy;
38 ZL = zl;
39 APAR = -6999.; * apar;
40 APARpct = -6999.; * aparpct;
41 GPP = -6999.; * gpp;
42 Rgdif = -6999.; * diffuse radiation;
43 RE = -6999.; * re;
44 SH = -6999.; * sh;
45 SLE = -6999.; * sle;



 
Twitchell Alfalfa, California, USA
Ameriflux L2 variables mapped into standardized files
gap filled

Obs rec
1 /* filename twitchell_alfalfa_gf.sas */
2 /* Modis name *** */
3 CO2top = co2; * co2 above the canopy;
4 CO2 = co2; * co2;
5 CO2height = 2.7; * co2_top height;
6 FC = fc_fill; * fc above the canopy;
7 if fc_fill ne . then GAP = 0; else GAP = -1;
8 FG = fg; * fg;
9 GPP = gpp_fill;
10 H = h_fill; * h;
11 H2O = h2o; * h2o above the canopy;
12 LE = le_fill; * le;
13 NEE = nee_fill; * nee;
14 PAR = par; * par above canopy;
15 PARout = parout; * parout above canopy;
16 PARdif = pardif;
17 PREC = -6999.; * prec - not provided;
18 PRESS = press; * press;
19 RE = re_fill; * re;
20 RH = rh; * rh above the canopy;
21 Rg = rg; * rg above canopy;
22 RgOut = rgout; * rgout above canopy;
23 Rgl = rgl; * rgl above canopy;
24 RglOut = rglout; * rglout above canopy;
25 Rn = rn; * rn above canopy;
26 SFC = 0; * sfc negligible, short canopy;
27 SWC1 = swc; * swc at first depth;
28 SWC2 = swc_20; * swc at second depth;
29 SWCdepth1 = 10; * first swc depth;
30 SWCdepth2 = 20; * second swc depth;
31 TA = ta; * ta above the canopy;
32 TS1 = ts; * ts at first depth;
33 TS2 = ts_4; * ts at second depth;
34 TSdepth1 = 2; * first ts depth value;
35 TSdepth2 = 4; * second ts depth value;
36 UST = ust; * ust;
37 VPD = vpd; * vpd;
38 WD = wd; * wd above the canopy;
39 WS = ws; * ws above the canopy;
40 ZL = zl;
41 APAR = -6999.; * apar;
42 APARpct = -6999.; * aparpct;
43 Rgdif = -6999.; * diffuse radiation;
44 SH = -6999.; * sh;
45 SLE = -6999.; * sle;