Bartlett Experimental Forest NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Bartlett Experimental Forest NEON
Short name
BART
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/BART
Site Manager
Kristin Godfrey
Site Description
The Bartlett Experimental Forest is relocateable site in Domain 01 Northeast and the site is part of NEON's sampling design. The site is located in New Hampshire. BART extends from the village of Bartlett in the Saco River valley at 680 ft to about 3,000 ft at its upper reaches. Aspects across the forest are primarily north and east. This particular site was chosen because it represented conditions (soils, elevation, climate, tree species composition) typical of many forested areas throughout New England and northern New York. An actively managed forest: manged protions (30% reflect a range of forest patch sizes and structural distrubutions. Sampling area is 15.66 km^2. . Airborne remote sensing surveys of this field site ...
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2021-03-03 11:03:18

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
chemical parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameterecosystem parametercarbondioxideconcentrationcarbondioxidefluxpersoilhorizonsoilcarbondioxydefluxheatfluxabovegroundbiomassleafareaindex
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (BART)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
BART tower from a drone
BART tower from a drone
Geographic
1 km
3000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 44.06388 Longitude: -71.28731

Size
ca. 1566.00ha
Elevation (average)
232.00msl
Elevation (min)
230.00msl
Elevation (max)
655.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Deciduous Forest
Air Temperature: Average Annual
8.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1056.00mm
Geology
White mountain plutonic-volcanic succession, conway granite.  Middle to late Jurassic. USGS HUC: h01060002
Vegetation
The Bartlett site is primarily Eastern Deciduous, boreal ecotone. Nearly all of the Bartlett Experimental Forest is now covered by high forest. The primary forest cover type is the sugar maple-beech-yellow birch type. The upper elevations support stands of spruce and fir. Softwoods such as hemlock, balsam fir and spruce are commonly mixed with hardwoods, especially on cool steep slopes or on the poorly drained soils at lower elevations. Although white pine occurs mostly in stands at lower elevations, scattered specimens can be found over a large part of the forest. The site provides the deciduous-to-boreal forest transitional ecotone towards the ecosystems in the North.
Soils
Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid. Aquic Haplorthods.

Site Type
Non-stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
No