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• Name: Sparkle Malone 
• Position: Assistant Professor
• Organization: Florida International University
• Address: 11200 SW 8th St
  Miami, FL 33199 
• Phone: 3053481988
• Email: smalone@fiu.edu

• Name: Tiffany Troxler 
• Organization: Florida International University
• Email: troxlert@fiu.edu

• Name: Edward Casteneda 
• Organization: Florida International University
• Email: ecastane@fiu.edu

• Name: Steven Oberbauer 
• Organization: Florida International University
• Email: oberbaue@fiu.edu

• Name: Gregory Starr 
• Organization: University of Alabama
• Email: gstarr@ua.edu

• Name: James Fourqurean 
• Organization: Florida International University
• Email: fourqure@fiu.edu

There are six eddy covariance towers that make continuous measurements of regional hydrology and carbon balance in the region. This long-term eddy covariance tower network includes 13 years of data in a freshwater marl prairie (TS/Ph-1; US-Esm) and a freshwater marsh (SRS-2; US-Elm), 5 years of data from a mangrove scrub (TS/Ph-7; TBD) and 17 years of data from a tall mangrove forest (SRS-6; US-Skr). There is also an aquatic Tower in Florida Bay (Bob Allen; TBD) and a tower at the ecotone of marl prairie and mangrove scrub (SE1; US-EvM). Everglades ecosystems occur in predictable zonal patterns, and current Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER) sites are arranged to capture the variation in hydrology, community composition, and productivity. The hydrology and disturbance regime in the Everglades region developed a rich diversity of communities that have variable capacities to capture and sequester carbon. At each site, open-path infrared gas analyzers (IRGA, LI-7500 and Li-7700, Li-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE) are used to measure CO2 (mg mol-1), water vapor molar density (mg mol-1), and CH4. A paired sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT) is employed to measure sonic temperature (Ts; K) and 3-dimensional wind speed (u, v and w, respectively; m s-1). Additional meteorological data is measured at the site to monitor conditions.

• Data Table:   Descriptions and links to data and metadata entities at the AmeriFlux repository
  Attribute Name:

  sitename

  Attribute Label:

  sitename

  Attribute Definition:

  Name of the Ameriflux site

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Name of the Ameriflux site

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  filename

  Attribute Label:

  filename

  Attribute Definition:

  Name of file downloadable at the linked repository

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Name of file downloadable at the linked repository

  Missing Value Code:

  NA (No file available yet)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  format

  Attribute Label:

  format

  Attribute Definition:

  File format of 'filename'

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  File format of 'filename'

  Missing Value Code:

  NA (No file available yet)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  title

  Attribute Label:

  title

  Attribute Definition:

  Title of 'filename'

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Title of 'filename'

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  description

  Attribute Label:

  description

  Attribute Definition:

  Description of data and/or metadata contained in 'filename'

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Description of data and/or metadata contained in 'filename'

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  entity_id

  Attribute Label:

  entity_id

  Attribute Definition:

  Identifier at linked repository

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Identifier at linked repository

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  latitude

  Attribute Label:

  latitude

  Attribute Definition:

  Latitude for data entity (flux tower)

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Latitude for data entity (flux tower)

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  longitude

  Attribute Label:

  longitude

  Attribute Definition:

  Longitude for the data entity (flux tower)

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Longitude for the data entity (flux tower)

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  start_datetime

  Attribute Label:

  start_datetime

  Attribute Definition:

  Date and time of measurement start

  Storage Type:

  dateTime

  Measurement Scale:

  Missing Value Code:

   

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  end_datetime

  Attribute Label:

  end_datetime

  Attribute Definition:

  Date and time of measurement end

  Storage Type:

  dateTime

  Measurement Scale:

  Missing Value Code:

  NA (ongoing)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  publication_DOI

  Attribute Label:

  publication_DOI

  Attribute Definition:

  DOI that the original data and metadata are published under

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  DOI that the original data and metadata are published under

  Missing Value Code:

  NA (not available yet)

  
  

  Attribute Name:

  repository_URL

  Attribute Label:

  repository_URL

  Attribute Definition:

  Web address of the repository containing the data and metadata

  Storage Type:

  string

  Measurement Scale:

  Web address of the repository containing the data and metadata

  Missing Value Code: