Climate is a basic component of LTER sites and is specifically considered in many of the principal hypotheses investigated at individual sites. Climate is not only a disturbance factor common to all sites, but is also a major driving control of the whole ecosystem of the sites. Important past and ongoing climate-related projects conducted at LTER sites include measurements of micro- or mesoscale variables and fluxes, hydrological measurements and modeling, and some atmospheric deposition measurements, as well as unique studies of carbon dioxide flux eddy-correlation (Harvard Forest), coherence among lake climate and chemistry (North Temperate Lakes), and lightning strikes (Sevilleta).For more information: David Greenland dgreenland@lternet.edu
Relevant links:
El Niño & LTER Sites (publication abstract)