Figure 2. The flux tower at FCE-LTER SRS-6 site was reconstructed in the fall 2006. The 90-foot tower is equipped with sonic anemometers to measure atmospheric turbulence and infrared gas analyzers to measure water vapor and carbon dioxide. A second eddy covariance system is deployed just above the forest canopy to determine soil respiration rates and carbon assimilation by seedlings. These instruments allow for continuous calculations of carbon and water vapor exchanges between the mangrove forest canopy to the overlying atmosphere. This tower also serves as a platform for a series of temperature/humidity probes, a net radiometer, soil heat flux plates, and TDP sap-flow sensors.
