The
Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS-II) Project in northern
Wisconsin is examining the interacting effects of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2)
and ozone (O3) concentrations on the productivity, sustainability,
and competitive interactions in a regenerating northern hardwood
ecosystem. A key component of this
project involves an examination of the micrometeorological feedback mechanisms
that can alter atmospheric environments within and above vegetation layers
exposed to elevated CO2 and O3 concentrations. This paper provides a brief summary of some
of the observed forest micrometeorological responses to elevated CO2
and O3 concentrations at the FACTS-II study site over the 1999-2004
period.
Author: W.E. Heilman, and R.M. Teclaw (wheilman at fs dot fed dot us)
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