Group:
Location
41° 22' 30" N, 106° 15' 29.9988" W
See map: Google Maps
Brief Site Description:
Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site (GLEES)
Detailed Site Description:
The Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site is a high elevation wilderness-like site where research is conducted to determine the effects of atmospheric change and climate change on alpine and subalpine aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the upper treeline ecotone. Long-term physical, chemical, and biological monitoring is an important component of the activities at GLEES.
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/experimentalforests/glees.html
Field Site Type:
US affiliate
Registration:
Unregistered
Network(s):
USFS
Study Start Date:
1950
Mean Annual Precipitation:
1 950 millimeters / year
Average Winter Temperature:
-1°C
Land Cover:
Perennial Ice/Snow
Barren Land
Agriculture- Pasture
Geology:
unconsolidated materials
metasediments
Soil Order:
Alfisol
Inceptisol
Hydrology: Name:
Glacier Lakes
Hydrology: Surface water stream order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:
Unknown
Hydrology: Groundwater:
Unknown
Climate:
Temperate
Sub-Climate:
Humid