Site Descriptions of the NOAA/ATDD SEBN Flux Towers

The NOAA/ATDD Surface Energy Balance Network supports NOAA's mission of providing high-value routine measurements of surface energy, water, and carbon budgets along with other climate variables in regional vegetation systems across the continental United States. The number of flux tower sites in the SEBN program has been expanding slowly since 1997 and there are presently nine towers operating in four major vegetation types, including deciduous forests, grasslands, agricultural crops, and pine forest (Table 1). Brief descriptions of the towers and vegetation and soil characteristics found at the flux tower sites are provided below.

SEBN Sites

Audubon Ranch, AZ
Bondville, IL
Fort Peck, MT
Columbia, MO
Goodwin Creek, MS
Black Hills, SD
Brookings, SD
Cottonwood, SD
Lennox, SD
Chestnut Ridge, TN
Walker Branch, TN
Canaan Valley, WV