Site: Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites (BERMS)

Station: Old Jack Pine (53.91634, -104.69203)

Station: Fen (53.80206, -104.61798)

Type	Variable	Frequency	Period	Availability	Storage	Note
Meteo	Air temperature, RH, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, net radiation, net radiation components: down- and upwelling longwave radiation (lwd, lwu), down- and upwelling shortwave irradiance (swd, swu); soil heat flux, down- and upwelling photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD_dw, PPFD_uw), below canopy PPFD, precipitation (from weighing gauge such as a Geonor or Belfort), event rainfall (from tipping bucket-type rain gauge), snow fall	30 min	1997-2018 (OJP)	Public	Database	Different parameters have different starting and ending time but mostly start at 97, 98 or 99. Some of the radiations starting time is between 2010 and 2014. AirTemp_MeOne is between 1999-2003. Precip_Belfort end time is 2011 and Geonor data are between 2010-2017. Wind_Speed for abv/blwcanopy and IncomingPPFD_BlwCnpy_1mNE3_5min, 1mNE1, 1mNE1_5min, 1mNE2, 1mNE2_5min, 1mNE3, 1mNE3_5min, 1mNE4, 1mNE4_5min, 1mNE5, 1mNE5_5min, 1mNE6, 1mNE6_5min, 1mNE7, 1mNE7_5min, 1mNE8, 1mNE8_5min, 1mNE9, 1mNE9_5min start from 2012. OJP_DiffusePPFD_AbvCnpy29mBF3 and IncomingPPFD_AbvCnpy29mBF3 started from 2003. OJP_WindDir_atGeonor, atGEonorSD1 started from 2010.
Meteo		30 min	2002-2018 (Fen)	Public	Database
Soil moisture	Soil volumetric water content profiles	4 hr	1997-2018	Public	Database	OJP_SoilVWC_00to15cmNE1, NE2, NE3, NE4, NE5, NE6, NE7, NE8, NE9, NW start from 2012 and frequency is 30 min.
Eddy covariance flux data	Carbon fluxes: NEP, GEP, R Energy fluxes: H, LE	30 min (averaged)	1997-2013	Local	Files
Canopy profiles	CO2 and H2O mixing ratios	30 min (averaged)	2012-2018	Local	Database

Database metadata links

Stations:

http://giws.usask.ca:8080/KiWIS/KiWIS?service=kisters&type=queryServices&request=getStationList&datasource=0&format=html&site_no=S000&returnfields=station_name,station_no,station_latitude,station_longitude,site_name

Old Jack Pine tower parameters:

http://giws.usask.ca:8080/KiWIS/KiWIS?service=kisters&type=queryServices&request=getParameterList&datasource=0&format=html&station_no=BER_OJP_00

Fen tower parameters:

http://giws.usask.ca:8080/KiWIS/KiWIS?service=kisters&type=queryServices&request=getParameterList&datasource=0&format=html&station_no=BER_FEN_00

Station: Old Aspen (53.62889, - 106.19779)

Station: Old Black Spruce (53.98717, - 105.11779)

Type	Variable	Frequency	Period	Availability	Storage	Note
Meteo	Air temperature, RH, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, net radiation, net radiation components: down- and upwelling longwave radiation (lwd, lwu), down- and upwelling shortwave irradiance (swd, swu); soil heat flux, down- and upwelling photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD_dw, PPFD_uw), below canopy PPFD, precipitation (from weighing gauge such as a Geonor or Belfort), event rainfall (from tipping bucket-type rain gauge), snow depth, depth to water table	30 min	1996-2016 (OA)	Local	Database	OA ending time varies between (2003 for AT/RH_AbvCnpy36m_MetOne), (2006 for BT_18mW_2mmN), (2007 for BT_18mW_31mmN), (2008 for BT_18mW_50mmN), (2010 for InPPFD_BlwCnpy4mNE), (2011 for BT_3mN_80mmN, InPPFD_BlwCnpy4mSE, BlwUndStry20cm, 3Min_AbvCnpy37m, NR_AbvCnpy_FourWay, InLR_AbvCnpy31m_CNR1, OutLR_AbvCnpy31m_PIR, OutLR_AbvCnpy31m_CNR1, StdDevInPPFD3Min_AbvCnpy37m, StdDevWD_AbvCnpy38m, WaterTableDepth), (2015 for AT_UndStry1m, BT_3mN_2mmN, 2mmS, 40mmN, 40mmS, 80mmS, DiffusePPFD_AbvCnpy37m_BF3, InPPFD_AbvCnpy37m, NR_AbvCnpy31m_CNR1, OutPPFD_AbvCnpy31m, OutSR_AbvCnpy31m_CM11, OutSR_AbvCnpy31m_CNR1, Precip_TBRG, WD_AbvCnpy38m ) and 2016 for remains. BP_Rep2 started from 2011. OBS ending time varies between (2006 for BT_1d5mNE), (2011 for Precip_Belfort, BP_8mNE), (2013 for BT_4d5mNW), (2015 for BT_4d5mNE), (2016 for RH_AbvCnpy25mLI7000), (2017 for AT_AbvCnpy24m_MetOneTC, AT/RH_AbvCnpy25m, DiffusePPFD_AbvCnpy25m_BF3, Precip_Geonor) and 2018 for remains. AT/RH_AbvCnpy24m_MetOne data are between 1999-2003. NR_AbvCnpy_FourWay starts from 2007. WaterTableDepthRaw data are between 2017-2018. AT_AbvCnpy24m_MetOnePRT started at 1999. AirTemp_AbvCnpy25m_TC started at 1998.
Meteo		30 min	1997-2018 (OBS)	Local	Database
Soil moisture	Soil volumetric water content profiles	4 hr	OBS: 1997-2018 CCP-DIS OA: 1997-2016 CCP-DIS	Local	Database	OA the ones with TDR and TDR100 data are between 2007-2015. VWC_45cmN and 60to90cmN are between 2012-2015. OBS started time varies between (2002 for VWC_60to90cmNE/NW), (2001 for VWC_02.5cmNE, 02.5cmNW), (1998 for VWC_07.5cmNE, 07.5cmNW)
Eddy covariance flux data	Carbon fluxes: NEP, GEP, R Energy fluxes: H, LE	30 min (averaged)	1999-2012	Local	Files
Canopy profiles	CO2 and H2O mixing ratios	30 min (averaged)	2011-2015	Local	Database	OBS: 25, 22, 15, 10, 8, 3, 1, 0.3 m (Just 25mEC has data) OA: 39, 25, 22, 18, 10, 4, 2, 0.5 m (Just 39mEC has data) Both canopy profile systems were mothballed in 2011
Automated soil chamber system (ACS)	CO2 flux data		OA: 1996-2015 CCP-DIS OBS: 1999-2015 CCP-DIS	Local	Database	OA CO2StorageFlux end time is 2011. OA chamber system was removed in 2008. OBS 2010-2012 data were collected, but remain uncleaned. Mothballed at the end of 2012.
leaf area index and canopy architecture	LAI/TRAC measurements		OA: 1999-2008 on CCP-DIS OBS: 1997-2004 on the CCP-DIS	Local	Files
C biomass	Pools measured included live above ground, dead above ground, roots, LFH, mineral soil		2004	Local	Files
Snow survey	SnowDepth and Density, SWE, Sample sizes	Couple of times each year	OA: 1997-2016 OBS: 1999-2016	Local	Database
Foliar nutrients	Total_N, Total_P,[Ca],[Mg], [K]		2004-2005	Local	Files

Current status of the data and milestones

Measurement records from the Old Jack Pine and Fen towers are available online at the following url: http://giws.usask.ca/kistersweb (username: public, password: public) as well as the FluxNet web site: http://fluxnet.ornl.gov/site_list/Research_Activity/27

BERMS investigators:

Warren Helgason

Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering

University of Saskatchewan

warren.helgason@usask.ca

Andrew Ireson

Global Institute for Water Security

University of Saskatchewan

andrew.ireson@usask.ca

Colin Laroque

College of Agriculture and Bioresources

University of Saskatchewan