Candle Lake

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Station Characteristics Name : Candle Lake Country : CANADA GAW Category : Platform : Ground base Location : 53.87ºN   104.65ºW   489m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : Address : Organization : Environment Canada Description : In 1994 and 1996 Canadian and US government agencies headed up the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere study (BOREAS). BOREAS was a large-scale international interdisciplinary experiment in the northern boreal forests of Canada. The BOREAS program was completed in November 1996, however, several sites continued, including the sites in Saskatchewan, under the new study heading of the Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites (BERMs). There currently are three main study sites in the southern boreal forest of Saskatchewan, each representing a different forest type. In June 2002, continuous measurements of CO2, CH4, CO begun at the BERMs old black spruce (OBS) forest site, to compliment the ongoing CO2 and water flux measurments. The OBS site is located approximately 100km NE of Prince Albert and within 2 Km of the resort town of Candle Lake. The vegetation in the regions is mostly black spruce, but approximately 15% of the forest consists of deciduous-type larch.