Add to ORKGWork at Utah State University\u27s T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest (TWDEF) has been helpful in increasing understanding of the fate of water in native ecosystems. TWDEF is at an elevation of 2600m, and is a montane forest-meadow mosaic of conifers, aspen, sagebrush and grass-forb communities; providing an ideal setting for comparison of how different vegetation and soil properties affect snowmelt infiltration and soil water storage. At the core of the research site are twelve instrument clusters (3 in each vegetation type) that continuously monitor above ground meteorological and below ground soil conditions at each location. Complementing these stations are 1) a tower mounted eddy covariance system to quantify the surface fluxes of heat, w...
