Onaqui NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Onaqui NEON
Short name
ONAQ
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/ONAQ
Site Manager
Amy Jacobs
Site Description
The Onaqui (ONAQ) field site is a core terrestrial site within NEON's Domain 15: Great Basin. The Onaqui site is located approximately 80km southwest of Salt Lake City. It is characterized by the sagebrush and western juniper community that dominates the Great Basin. The Great Basin Domain is bordered by the Sierra Nevada to the west, the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau to the east, the Mojave Desert to the south, and the Columbia Plateau to the north. Remote sensing surveys of this field site collect lidar, spectrometer and high-resolution RGB camera data. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 26ft with 4 measurement levels.The tower top extends above the vegetation canopy to allow sensors mounted at the top and ...
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Last modified
2020-07-27 10:07:03

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2014
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterchemical parametergenetic parameterlandscape parametersoil parameterairtemperatureheatfluxozoneconcentrationprecipitationintensitylatentheatleafareaindexplantdiversityspeciesabundanceabovegroundbiomasssoilcarbondioxydefluxDNAsequencelandcoversoilmoisturecontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (ONAQ)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
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ONAQ
ONAQ
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.17759 Longitude: -112

Size
ca. 6777.00ha
Elevation (average)
1685.00msl
Elevation (min)
1662.00msl
Elevation (max)
3947.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Air Temperature: Average Annual
9.00°C
Precipitation Annual
388.00mm
Geology
Alluvium and colluvium. Quaternary.
Vegetation
The eastern half of the site is dominated by Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). Along the base of the Onaqui Mountains the vegetation transitions into Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) and Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis) woodland.
Soils
The parent materials at the ONAQ site are alluvium, colluvium, and slope alluvium derived from Paleozoic age limestone and quartzite. Major soil components on the site include Taylorsflat, Onaqui, Onaqui taxadjunct, Sterling, Sevy, Strevell, Benning taxad
Hydrology
Onaqui is situated in the Rush-Toeele Valleys Watershed. The site is immediately east of Faust Creek. Faust Creek has a drainage area of 145mi 2, an annual discharge of 7606 cfs, and peak stream flow of 22 cfs.
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes