Overview of the Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory: site description and selected science results from 2008 to 2013

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dc.contributor.authorOrtega, J.
dc.contributor.authorTurnipseed, A.
dc.contributor.authorGuenther, A. B.
dc.contributor.authorKarl, T. G
dc.contributor.authorDay, D. A.
dc.contributor.authorGochis, D.
dc.contributor.authorHuffman, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorPrenni, A. J.
dc.contributor.authorLevin, E. J. T.
dc.contributor.authorKreidenweis, S. M.
dc.contributor.authorDeMott, P. J.
dc.contributor.authorTobo, Y.
dc.contributor.authorPatton, E. G.
dc.contributor.authorHodzic, A.
dc.contributor.authorCui, Y. Y.
dc.contributor.authorHarley, P. C.
dc.contributor.authorHornbrook, R. S.
dc.contributor.authorApel, E. C.
dc.contributor.authorMonson, R. K.
dc.contributor.authorEller, A. S. D.
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, J. P.
dc.contributor.authorBarth, M. C.
dc.contributor.authorCampuzano-Jost, P.
dc.contributor.authorPalm, B. B.
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorAiken, A. C.
dc.contributor.authorDubey, M. K.
dc.contributor.authorGeron, C.
dc.contributor.authorOffenberg, J.
dc.contributor.authorRyan, M. G.
dc.contributor.authorFornwalt, P. J.
dc.contributor.authorPryor, S. C.
dc.contributor.authorKeutsch, F. N.
dc.contributor.authorDiGangi, J. P.
dc.contributor.authorChan, A. W. H.
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, A. H.
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Glenn
dc.contributor.authorKim, S.
dc.contributor.authorKaser, L.
dc.contributor.authorSchnitzhofer, R.
dc.contributor.authorHansel, A.
dc.contributor.authorCantrell, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorMauldin, R. L.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J. N.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T18:35:24Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T18:35:24Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-26
dc.description.abstractThe Bio-hydro-atmosphere interactions of Energy, Aerosols, Carbon, H2O, Organics & Nitrogen (BEACHON) project seeks to understand the feedbacks and inter-relationships between hydrology, biogenic emissions, carbon assimilation, aerosol properties, clouds and associated feedbacks within water-limited ecosystems. The Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory (MEFO) was established in 2008 by the National Center for Atmospheric Research to address many of the BEACHON research objectives, and it now provides a fixed field site with significant infrastructure. MEFO is a mountainous, semi-arid ponderosa pine-dominated forest site that is normally dominated by clean continental air but is periodically influenced by anthropogenic sources from Colorado Front Range cities. This article summarizes the past and ongoing research activities at the site, and highlights some of the significant findings that have resulted from these measurements. These activities include - soil property measurements; - hydrological studies; - measurements of high-frequency turbulence parameters; - eddy covariance flux measurements of water, energy, aerosols and carbon dioxide through the canopy; - determination of biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compound emissions and their influence on regional atmospheric chemistry; - aerosol number and mass distributions; - chemical speciation of aerosol particles; - characterization of ice and cloud condensation nuclei; - trace gas measurements; and - model simulations using coupled chemistry and meteorology. In addition to various long-term continuous measurements, three focused measurement campaigns with state-of-the-art instrumentation have taken place since the site was established, and two of these studies are the subjects of this special issue: BEACHON-ROCS (Rocky Mountain Organic Carbon Study, 2010) and BEACHON-RoMBAS (Rocky Mountain Biogenic Aerosol Study, 2011).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to acknowledge generous field support from Richard Oakes (USDA Forest Service, Manitou Experimental Forest Site Manager). Authors from Colorado State University were supported through NSF grant ATM-0919042. Authors from the University of Colorado were supported by NSF grant ATM-0919189 and United States Department of Energy grant DE-SC0006035. Authors from theNational Center for Atmospheric Research were supported by NSF grant ATM-0919317 and US Department of Energy grant DE-SC00006861. T. Karl was also supported by the EC Seventh Framework Programme (Marie Curie Reintegration program, “ALP-AIR”, grant no. 334084). S. C. Pryor (Indiana University) was supported by NSF ATM-1102309. Authors from the University of Innsbruck were supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under project number L518-N20. L. Kaser was also supported by a DOC-fFORTE fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Science. Authors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison were supported by NSF grant ATM-0852406, the BEACHON project and NASA-SBIR Phase I & II funding. Contributions from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) were funded by the United States Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research (project F265, KP1701, M. K. Dubey as principal investigator). A. C. Aiken also thanks LANL – Laboratory Directed Research and Development for a director’s postdoctoral fellowship award. The authors would also like to acknowledge substantial participation and input from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC; Mainz, Germany), which was funded by the Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Geocycles Cluster Mainz (LEC Rheinland-Pfalz). J. A. Huffman acknowledges internal faculty support from the University of Denver. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Office of Research and Development, collaborated in the research described here. The manuscript has been subjected to peer review and has been cleared for publication by the EPA. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the US Environmental Protection Agency.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://acp.copernicus.org/articles/14/6345/2014/en_US
dc.format.extent23 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2y60a-y1fl
dc.identifier.citationJ. Ortega et al., Overview of the Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory: site description and selected science results from 2008 to 2013, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6345–6367, 2014 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6345-2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6345-2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19666
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