Eddy Covariance

This is a meta file that consist of CO2, H2O and energy fluxes along with climate data starting in March of 2015 through 2019. The foundations for this project stem from the US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 which mandates substantial increases in biofuel production to occur over the next decade to achieve the national “renewable fuel standard”. In developing bioenergy feedstocks, the United States Departments of Agriculture and Energy have focused on cellulosic plant materials that can be converted to advanced biofuel and grown on soils and watersheds considered marginal for production of food. However, when considering the use of these cellulose based crops, there is an uncertainty regarding the quantities of water these rapidly growing products will use while sequestering carbon, and if this will have negative outcomes on water resources at local to region scales. <br> <br>