Smithsonian Environmental Research Center NEON - United States of America

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is a relocatable terrestrial site and part of NEON's Mid-Altantic Domain 2 sites. SERC is located in Anne Arundel county, Maryland and managed by the Smithsonian Institute. Located along the Rhode River, the location has diverse habitats ranging from decidous forests, wetlands, and estuaries. Remote sensing surveys of this field site collect lidar, spectrometer and high-resolution RGB camera data. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 204ft with 6 measurement levels. The tower top extends above the vegetation canopy to allow sensors mounted at the top and along the tower to capture the full profile of atmospheric conditions from the top of the vegetation canopy to the ...