Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

12 Feb, 02 PM - 16 Feb, 02 AM

We will be removing snow (if present) from Alden Griffith's grazing / climate change research plots. At the same time, we will be measuring various parameters of the physical environment: air temperature, vapor pressure deficit, shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, soil temperatur, soil water content, snow dpth, and soil water content. This will be correlated with our measurements of plant and soil water potential, soil gas fluxes of CO2, plant respiration, and canopy spectral reflectance. These measurements will test the hypothesis that respiration is greater for soils and plants in the absence of snow cover, comapred to plants under snow. We will also be measuring snow depth and water content for upwind, snow accumulation, and snow ablation plots at the Caltrans snow fences along US Hwy 395 near the Mammoth Lakes Aiport, Deadman Creek, and June Lake cutoff.

Visit #2361 @Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

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Under Project # 1888 | Class

University of California Santa Cruz - Environmental Studies

faculty - University of California, Santa Cruz

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Group of 3 Faculty Feb 12 - 16, 2004 (5 days)
Group of 24 Undergraduate Student Feb 12 - 16, 2004 (5 days)

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