Loch Vale, Colorado, A water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets program site
Clow DW, Campbell DH, Mast MA, Striegl RG, Wickland KP, Ingersoll GP. 2000. Loch Vale, Colorado, A water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets program site. USGS
Alpine and subalpine ecosystems are vulnerable to impacts form acidic deposition and changes in climate because they have a short growing season, and large amounts of snowmelt are released from deep seasonal snowpacks in the spring. Research at the Loch Vale Watershed provides process-level information that augments synoptic and long-term monitoring of atmospheric deposition and water quality in other sensitive Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Together, these research and monitoring studies support policy decisions by other government agencies regarding natural resource management issues.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Clow, D; Campbell, D; Mast, M; Striegl, R; Wickland, K; Ingersoll, G
- Date of Issue
- 2000-06
- Publisher
- USGS
- Units
- ARD , ROMO
- Keywords
- Air Quantity, ARD_Park-Air-Info_Collection, Biogeochemical budgets, Climatology, Deposition, Monitoring, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Water Quality, WRBIB