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Ideas and perspectives: Sensing energy and matter fluxes in a biota-dominated Patagonian landscape through environmental seismology – introducing the Pumalín Critical Zone Observatory
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Michael Dietze
Department of Physical Geography, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
Section 4.6 Geomorphology, GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Violeta Tolorza
Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
Erwin Gonzalez
Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park, Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Amarillo, Chile
Benjamin Sotomayor
Dron Aerogeomática SpA, Spatial Data and Analysis in Aysén, Coyhaique, Chile
Andres Iroume
Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Sten Gilfert
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Frieder Tautz
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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This paper describes an extensive Critical Zone Observatory in a unique Patagonian Coastal Rainforest. The authors make a compelling argument for studying the ecological, biogeological, and hydrological value of this Rainforest type and present a comprehensive measurement approach for quantifying water and trace gas fluxes and the environmental drivers to which they respond including disturbance regimes as measured in part by seismology.
This paper describes an extensive Critical Zone Observatory in a unique Patagonian Coastal...
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Coastal temperate rainforests, among Earth’s carbon richest biomes, are systematically underrepresented in the global network of critical zone observatories (CZOs). Introducing here a first CZO in the heart of the Patagonian rainforest, Chile, we investigate carbon sink functioning, biota-driven landscape evolution, fluxes of matter and energy, and disturbance regimes. We invite the community to join us in cross-disciplinary collaboration to advance science in this particular environment.
Coastal temperate rainforests, among Earth’s carbon richest biomes, are systematically...
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