Ankasa

Fluxnet Information
Site Name: Ankasa
Description: Ankasa is currently Active, core measurements presently being made. This site began collecting data in 2008 and is located in Ghana.
Status: Active, core measurements presently being made
Country: Ghana
Fluxnet Site Code: GH-Ank

Additional Information

Location

Location Information
Country: Ghana
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long)
5.268583333, -2.694033333

PI Info

Investigator Information
Investigator: Riccardo Valentini (Website)
rik@unitus.it

University of Tuscia
Dept. of Forest Science and Resources (DISAFRI)
Via San Camillo de Lellis
Viterbo, Italy I-01100
0039 0761 35 73 94

Affiliations

Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: CarboAfrica
Affiliation ID: GH-Ank
Affiliation Site Page: http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it/newtcdc2/Carboafrica_home/Sites_ca.aspx#

Data

FLUXNET Determined Variables

Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 76m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Am - Equatorial monsoon
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Tropical evergreen forest
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Trees

Repository

Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2008-2011
CarboAfrica: http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it/database/carboeuropeip/

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Investigator Information
Investigator: Riccardo Valentini (Website)
rik@unitus.it

University of Tuscia
Dept. of Forest Science and Resources (DISAFRI)
Via San Camillo de Lellis
Viterbo, Italy I-01100
0039 0761 35 73 94
Location Information
Country: Ghana
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long)
5.268583333, -2.694033333
Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: CarboAfrica
Affiliation ID: GH-Ank
Affiliation Site Page: http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it/newtcdc2/Carboafrica_home/Sites_ca.aspx#
Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 76m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Am - Equatorial monsoon
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Tropical evergreen forest
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Broadleaf Trees
Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2008-2011
CarboAfrica: http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it/database/carboeuropeip/
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Site Related Bibliography

Ciais P, Bombelli A, Williams M, PIAO SL, CHAVE J, Ryan CM, Henry M, Brender P, Valentini R.  2011.  The carbon balance of Africa: synthesis of recent research studies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 369(1943):2038-2057.