% Information about the Niwot Ridge (Subalpine Forest) AmeriFlux site data: % % AmeriFlux site ID: "US-NR1" % Fluxnet site ID: "LTER NWT1" % % Additional Site Information (compiled by AmeriFlux) is at: % % https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/sites/siteinfo/US-NR1 % % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The data directories are: data_30min/ % contains 30-min "climate", "flux" and "soil" data (ASCII format) data_supplemental/ % contins data which are not part of the standard AmeriFlux data files data_5min/ % contains 5-min avg and variance data (recent files, updated daily) data_archive/ % contains zip archives of past versions of the US-NR1 data docs/ % documentation about the tower instrumentation and data processing Note: Further details about the variables within the data files are in the header at the top of each data file. Additional US-NR1 data (5-min statistics), photos, videos, and the site logbook is also archived on ESS-DIVE at: https://doi.org/10.15485/1671825 A web calendar with detailed information about the activities at the site is available at: http://urquell.colorado.edu/calendar/ A photo gallery of people that have done research at the site is here: http://urquell.colorado.edu/photos/photos_niwot_people.html ======================================================================== ** Anyone using the CU Subalpine Forest AmeriFlux data is strongly encouraged ** to contact us so you can be informed of any future updates or changes ** to these data. To be added to the mailing list please send an ** e-mail to sean.burns@colorado.edu ** ======================================================================== Any other questions or comments should be sent to: Sean Burns (sean.burns@colorado.edu) or Peter Blanken (blanken@colorado.edu) ------------------------ updates: ------------------------------------------- Thu Apr 4 11:40:36 MDT 2024 * Released the 2023 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2024.04.04). -rw-r--r--. 6441428 Apr 4 09:58 /home/sburns/climate_2023_ver.2024.04.04.dat -rw-r--r--. 3023206 Apr 4 09:59 /home/sburns/climate_flags_2023_ver.2024.04.04.dat -rw-r--r--. 3460463 Apr 4 09:59 /home/sburns/flux_2023_ver.2024.04.04.dat -rw-r--r--. 2146353 Apr 4 10:00 /home/sburns/flux_flags_2023_ver.2024.04.04.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 12 12:13:53 MDT 2023 * added a new version of subcanopy radiation data: -rw-r--r--. 1380274 Apr 12 11:46 niwot_USNR1_radiation_2018_ver.2023.04.12.csv -rw-r--r--. 4429598 Apr 12 11:46 niwot_USNR1_radiation_2019_ver.2023.04.12.csv -rw-r--r--. 4636303 Apr 12 11:47 niwot_USNR1_radiation_2020_ver.2023.04.12.csv -rw-r--r--. 2694953 Apr 12 11:47 niwot_USNR1_radiation_2021_ver.2023.04.12.csv -rw-r--r--. 4615133 Apr 12 11:47 niwot_USNR1_radiation_2022_ver.2023.04.12.csv to: https://urquell.colorado.edu/data_ameriflux/data_supplemental/ Details can be found here: https://urquell.colorado.edu/data_ameriflux/data_supplemental/niwot_USNR1_radiation_readme.pdf ------------------------------------------- Wed Feb 22 13:26:17 MST 2023 * realized that the winds/ustar in ver *2022_ver.2023.02.10.dat had some issues...so, replaced those files with a new version: -rw-r--r--. 6440420 Feb 22 13:18 climate_2022_ver.2023.02.22.dat -rw-r--r--. 3022198 Feb 22 13:19 climate_flags_2022_ver.2023.02.22.dat -rw-r--r--. 3459451 Feb 22 13:19 flux_2022_ver.2023.02.22.dat -rw-r--r--. 2145345 Feb 22 13:20 flux_flags_2022_ver.2023.02.22.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu) ------------------------------------------- Wed Feb 15 16:02:35 MST 2023 * Added the soil data files for years 2020-2022: -rw-r--r--. 5626404 Feb 14 14:19 soil_2020_ver.2023.02.14.dat -rw-r--r--. 5606870 Feb 14 14:21 soil_2021_ver.2023.02.14.dat -rw-r--r--. 5607600 Feb 14 14:22 soil_2022_ver.2023.02.14.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Fri Feb 10 12:43:14 MST 2023 * Released the 2022 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2023.02.10). -rw-r--r--. 6440420 Feb 10 11:26 climate_2022_ver.2023.02.10.dat -rw-r--r--. 3022198 Feb 10 11:27 climate_flags_2022_ver.2023.02.10.dat -rw-r--r--. 3459451 Feb 10 11:27 flux_2022_ver.2023.02.10.dat -rw-r--r--. 2145345 Feb 10 11:28 flux_flags_2022_ver.2023.02.10.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Wed Feb 9 13:12:31 MST 2022 * Released the 2021 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2022.02.09). -rw-r--r-- 6439741 Feb 9 13:07 climate_2021_ver.2022.02.09.dat -rw-r--r-- 3021526 Feb 9 13:08 climate_flags_2021_ver.2022.02.09.dat -rw-r--r-- 3458783 Feb 9 13:08 flux_2021_ver.2022.02.09.dat -rw-r--r-- 2144673 Feb 9 13:09 flux_flags_2021_ver.2022.02.09.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Thu May 13 11:08:42 MDT 2021 * Released the 2020 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2021.05.13). -rw-r--r-- 6456895 May 13 10:56 climate_2020_ver.2021.05.13.dat -rw-r--r-- 3029314 May 13 10:57 climate_flags_2020_ver.2021.05.13.dat -rw-r--r-- 3467761 May 13 10:57 flux_2020_ver.2021.05.13.dat -rw-r--r-- 2150061 May 13 10:58 flux_flags_2020_ver.2021.05.13.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Wed Mar 11 13:33:37 MDT 2020 * removed the following two files from "data_30min": 5586196 Mar 23 2012 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/data_ameriflux/data_30min/soil_2010_ver.2012.03.23.dat 5586944 Mar 23 2012 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/data_ameriflux/data_30min/soil_2011_ver.2012.03.23.dat * added the following soil data files to "data_30min": -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5594453 Mar 11 13:19 soil_2010_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5590000 Mar 11 13:20 soil_2011_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5611341 Mar 11 13:20 soil_2012_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5596091 Mar 11 13:21 soil_2013_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5592063 Mar 11 13:21 soil_2014_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5588711 Mar 11 13:22 soil_2015_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5611421 Mar 11 13:22 soil_2016_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5597545 Mar 11 13:23 soil_2017_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5606215 Mar 11 13:27 soil_2018_ver.2020.03.11.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns staff 5603396 Mar 11 13:27 soil_2019_ver.2020.03.11.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Thu Mar 5 16:05:38 MST 2020 * Released the 2019 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2020.03.05). -rw-r--r-- 6438403 Mar 5 15:51 climate_2019_ver.2020.03.05.dat -rw-r--r-- 3020182 Mar 5 15:52 climate_flags_2019_ver.2020.03.05.dat -rw-r--r-- 3457429 Mar 5 15:52 flux_2019_ver.2020.03.05.dat -rw-r--r-- 2143329 Mar 5 15:53 flux_flags_2019_ver.2020.03.05.dat SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Tue Jan 15 10:50:35 MST 2019 * Released the 2018 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2019.01.15). -rw-r--r-- 6437981 Jan 15 10:47 climate_2018_ver.2019.01.15.dat -rw-r--r-- 3019762 Jan 15 10:48 climate_flags_2018_ver.2019.01.15.dat -rw-r--r-- 3457016 Jan 15 10:48 flux_2018_ver.2019.01.15.dat -rw-r--r-- 2142909 Jan 15 10:49 flux_flags_2018_ver.2019.01.15.dat * Created a new subdirectory called "data_supplemental" which contains data sets that are not part of the standard AmeriFlux data files. SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Wed Nov 28 12:13:38 MST 2018 * Released the 2015, 2016, and 2017 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2018.11.28) * Changes in ver.2018.11.28: Added additional variables to the flux data files (Strg_soil and w_co2_21m) and broke up the soil temperature and moisture into two distinct periods (prior to 2006 and after 2006) due to sensor changes. * for other details about ver.2018.11.28, please see the data file header. * created a new directory, "data_archive" which contains past versions of the US-NR1 data. The versions are saved as zip archive files, and those currently saved where the ver follows the YYMMDD format (i.e., ver030101 are the files from 1 Jan 2003): -rw-r--r-- 6693242 Nov 28 11:59 ameriflux_USNR1_archive_ver030101.zip -rw-r--r-- 19727020 Nov 28 12:01 ameriflux_USNR1_archive_ver080311.zip -rw-r--r-- 24316694 Nov 28 12:03 ameriflux_USNR1_archive_ver090811.zip -rw-r--r-- 34273597 Nov 28 12:07 ameriflux_USNR1_archive_ver110420.zip -rw-r--r-- 42100901 Nov 28 12:08 ameriflux_USNR1_archive_ver151110.zip These zip files can be found at: http://urquell.colorado.edu/data_ameriflux/data_archive/ SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Tue Nov 10 11:56:09 MST 2015 * Released the 2014 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2015.11.10). * Also, updated data from all other years. Many corrections and and updates were made (see the header of any climate* or flux* data file for details). SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Wed Jan 28 08:34:43 MST 2015 * Bai Yang and co-workers noticed two issues with the ver.2014.12.02 climate files---(1) the dD_picarro were duplicates of the d180_picarro data, and (2) the Rnet REBS data had some strange night-time values. Both these issues were fixed and a new version of the data was released, the files are: -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 6074033 Jan 28 08:24 climate_2013_ver.2015.01.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2743259 Jan 28 08:25 climate_flags_2013_ver.2015.01.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2917681 Jan 28 08:25 flux_2013_ver.2015.01.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 1866398 Jan 28 08:26 flux_flags_2013_ver.2015.01.28.dat The ver.2014.12.02 files have been removed from the archive. The flux files were not changed, but were recreated with a new version number for consistency. SpB (sean.burns@colorado.edu). ------------------------------------------- Tue Dec 2 10:25:20 MST 2014 * Released the 2013 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2014.12.02). -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 6072850 Dec 2 10:12 climate_2013_ver.2014.12.02.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2742074 Dec 2 10:12 climate_flags_2013_ver.2014.12.02.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2916498 Dec 2 10:13 flux_2013_ver.2014.12.02.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 1865213 Dec 2 10:14 flux_flags_2013_ver.2014.12.02.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- Thu Feb 28 10:36:36 MST 2013 * Released the 2012 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2013.02.28). -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 5560093 Feb 28 10:23 climate_2012_ver.2013.02.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2747664 Feb 28 10:23 climate_flags_2012_ver.2013.02.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2922572 Feb 28 10:24 flux_2012_ver.2013.02.28.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 1868405 Feb 28 10:24 flux_flags_2012_ver.2013.02.28.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- * Fri Mar 23 15:28:45 MDT 2012 - uploaded soil data files from 2010 and 2011, files are: -rw-rw-r-- 1 sburns aster 5586196 Mar 23 15:26 soil_2010_ver.2012.03.23.dat -rw-rw-r-- 1 sburns aster 5586944 Mar 23 15:27 soil_2011_ver.2012.03.23.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- Mon Mar 12 15:49:18 MDT 2012 * Released the 2011 30-min climate and flux data files (ver.2012.03.12). -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 5544780 Mar 12 15:40 climate_2011_ver.2012.03.12.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2740020 Mar 12 15:40 climate_flags_2011_ver.2012.03.12.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 2914452 Mar 12 15:41 flux_2011_ver.2012.03.12.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns aster 1863158 Mar 12 15:41 flux_flags_2011_ver.2012.03.12.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- Wed May 25 15:14:26 MDT 2011 * sent an email on how to fix the NEE flag for the 4/20/2011 data release. Details are at: http://urquell.colorado.edu/data_ameriflux/docs/email_fix_to_nee_flag_for_ver2011.04.20.txt ------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 20 17:28:18 MDT 2011 * Released the ver.2011.04.20 climate* and flux* data files. This is a MAJOR upgrade to all the data files (1998-2010). It also includes the initial release of the 2009 and 2010 data files. (see the header of any of these data files for a full list of changes, updates, etc).... SpB. ------------------------------------------- Fri Oct 15 14:18:50 MDT 2010 (SpB) * Added "soil" data files for 2009 and part of 2010. The new data files are: -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 5591008 Oct 15 14:15 data_30min/soil_2009_ver.2010.10.15.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 3717563 Oct 15 14:16 data_30min/soil_2010_ver.2010.10.15.dat ------------------------------------------- Tue Jun 8 14:09:20 MDT 2010 * Updated the sensible heat flux for Nov/Dec 2008 (re-created all files for 2008 using the new data-file naming scheme). Note, the climate data file did not change, only Qh for Nov/Dec changed. * The new data files are: -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 5560180 Jun 8 14:03 climate_2008_ver.2010.06.08.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 2835675 Jun 8 14:03 climate_flags_2008_ver.2010.06.08.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 2922655 Jun 8 14:04 flux_2008_ver.2010.06.08.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 1868474 Jun 8 14:04 flux_flags_2008_ver.2010.06.08.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- Tue Aug 11 03:15:21 MDT 2009 * Updated climate/flux data for 1998-2007 to version 3.0 (see header in data files for details) * added 2008 climate/flux data (version 1.0) SpB. ------------------------------------------- Thu Jul 9 17:21:16 MDT 2009 * Updated soil data for 2005-2007 to version 2.0 (see header for details) * Added 2008 soil data, version 1.0 * The new files are: -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 6628864 Jul 9 11:31 data_30min/soil_2005.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 4359018 Jul 9 11:33 data_30min/soil_2006.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 4180299 Jul 9 11:35 data_30min/soil_2007.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 sburns 7546749 Jul 9 17:12 data_30min/soil_2008.dat SpB. ------------------------------------------- Fri Jun 5 15:35:34 MDT 2009 Added 2008 5-min "covar" data (ver 1.0) In order to conserve disk space, moved the 5-min data off-line; added a README file for obtaining 5-min data. SpB. ------------------------------------------- Fri Apr 18 14:56:58 MDT 2008 Bai Yang noticed another typo in the header of the soil data files. Corrected the header (created ver1.2). See soil data files header for details. SpB. ------------------------------------------- Tue Mar 11 15:39:31 MDT 2008 * Added 2006/2007 30-min climate and flux data files. * Updated data files from all years (1998-2005) with new time stamp. * Updated soil temperatures in 2003/2004 climate data. * Added "biological" data and new "Readme1st.pdf" file to the "docs" directory. SpB. Thu Mar 6 09:41:11 MST 2008 Bai Yang noticed a typo in the header of the soil data files. Corrected the header (created ver1.1). See header for details. SpB. Thu Jan 31 19:16:42 MST 2008 Added the 2005/2006 5-min data (ver 1.0) Added "ReadME_notes_2006.txt" and "ReadME_notes_2007.txt" SpB. Mon Jan 28 11:14:22 MST 2008 * removed the monthly data files. Now there are only two data directories: "data_5min" and "data_30min". * added 2005-2007 soil data files to "data_30min" (ver 1.0) SpB. Sat Apr 29 14:36:00 MDT 2006 Added 2005 30-min data (ver 1.0). SpB. Mon Mar 20 15:45:42 MST 2006 Added 2003 5-min "covar" data (ver 1.0) Updated 2004 5-min "covar" data (ver 2.0, but changes are minor) SpB. Thu Mar 9 12:57:54 MST 2006 Added 2005 5-min "covar" data (ver 1.0) SpB. Tue Nov 29 13:09:37 MST 2005 Changed directory names from: data_monthly --> data_30min_monthlyfiles data_yearly --> data_30min_yearlyfiles Wed May 4 12:29:34 MDT 2005 Added 2004 30-min data files SpB. Tue Mar 8 16:00:48 MST 2005 Added data_5min directory info SpB.