AmeriFlux FLUXNET-1F US-KS2 Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)

This is the AmeriFlux Management Project (AMP) created FLUXNET-1F version of the carbon flux data for the site US-KS2 Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak). This is the FLUXNET version of the carbon flux data for the site US-KS2 Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak) produced by applying the standard ONEFlux (1F) software. Site Description - The Kennedy Space Center Scrub Oak site is located within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the east coast of central Florida. Situated in a 10 ha scrub oak ecosystem, the surrounding stand was completely burned by a prescribed fire in 1996. The purpose of the burn was to control understory fuel load, which has been a common practice since 1969. Within a few weeks of the 1996 burn, the stand began to naturally regenerate from roots and rhizomes. Most scrub oak stands in the region undergo a 7 to 10 year disturbance cycle, mostly related to fire or hurricane activity. A severe drought gripped most of Florida beginning in 1998 until the later half of 2001 resulting in four years of relatively low amount of annual rainfall. Exceptionally high annual rainfall amount in 2004 was the result of a pair of hurricanes that hit the area in August and September of 2004. Prevaling wind directions for the site are as follows: W to NW in the winter, afternoon E sea breeze in the summer.

这是由AmeriFlux管理项目（AmeriFlux Management Project, AMP）创建的、针对US-KS2肯尼迪航天中心（灌木橡树）站点碳通量数据的FLUXNET-1F版本。该版本是通过应用标准ONEFlux（1F）软件生成的FLUXNET格式碳通量数据。站点描述——肯尼迪航天中心灌木橡树站点位于佛罗里达州中部东海岸肯尼迪航天中心（Kennedy Space Center, KSC）境内的梅里特岛国家野生动物保护区内。该站点处于一片10公顷的灌木橡树生态系统中，其周边群落于1996年经计划性焚烧（prescribed fire）完全烧毁；此次焚烧旨在控制林下可燃物负荷（understory fuel load），这一措施自1969年起便已成为常规做法。焚烧后数周内，群落即开始从根系与根茎自然再生。该区域的大多数灌木橡树群落存在7至10年的干扰周期，且干扰因素多与火灾或飓风活动相关。1998年至2001年下半年期间，佛罗里达州大部分地区遭遇严重干旱，导致连续四年的年降雨量相对偏低。2004年的异常高降雨量则源于当年8月与9月袭击该区域的两场飓风。站点主导风向如下：冬季为西风至西北风，夏季午后则为东风海风。