Title: Evolution of ecosystem-scale surface energy fluxes of a newly constructed boreal upland-fen watershed
Citation: Data will be made available on request
Study Site: Nikanotee Fen watershed, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Purpose: Obligatory mine reclamation efforts in the Athabasca oil sands region require leased land to be returned to pre-disturbance function. This entails the re-establishment of key ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and water and nutrient cycling. Surface-atmosphere exchanges of energy, heat and moisture are critical to ecohydrological processes and feedbacks that govern ecosystem functionality. Eddy covariance and remote sensing measurements were used to examine the temporal changes in energy partitioning of a reclaimed fen-upland watershed during the initial seven years post-construction (2013–2019).
Abstract: Weather, vegetation, and energy measurements for a newly constructed boreal upland-fen watershed in Nikanotee Fen watershed, Fort McMurray, Alberta, data collected from 2013 to 2019
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research: Global Water Futures Program and the Northern Science Training Program
Further Info: Nataša Popović, Richard M. Petrone, Adam Green, Myroslava Khomik, Jonathan S. Price, Evolution of ecosystem-scale surface energy fluxes of a newly constructed boreal upland-fen watershed, Ecological Engineering, Volume 194, 2023, 107059, ISSN 0925-8574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107059.
Status: Complete
Keywords:
meteorology,
vegetation,
hydrology,
reclamation/restoration,
soil carbon,
constructed fen,
Geographical coordinates: North: 56.933056, South: 56.933056 East: -111.416667 West: -111.416667
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2013-01-01, End
Date: 2019-12-31
