North Sterling NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
North Sterling NEON
Short name
STER
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/STER
Site Manager
Chau Tran
Site Description
North Sterling (STER) is a relocatable terrestrial site is part of NEON's Central Plains Domain 10. STER is 100 miles to the east of CPER, is hosted by a private landowner with a strong interest in soil science and sustainable agriculture. The family farm has been in operation for nearly 100 years. Currently, the farm supports a mix of cattle grazing and field crops, primarily wheat, millet and hay. 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 along the tower to capture the full profile of atmospheric ...
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2021-03-03 11:03:30

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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✔ (STER)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
NEON meteorological/flux tower at North Sterling, CO NEON
NEON meteorological/flux tower at North Sterling, CO NEON
Geographic
300 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.4619 Longitude: -103.0293

Size
ca. 258.00ha
Elevation (average)
1364.00msl
Elevation (min)
1352.00msl
Elevation (max)
1371.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Air Temperature: Average Annual
8.00°C
Precipitation Annual
370.00mm
Geology
Ogallala Formation, alternating conglomerates and sandstones. Cenozoic.
Vegetation
Before establishment of the no-till cropping systems, the site was under conventional tillage since it was taken from native sod in about 1910. Conventional tillage from 1910 to 1985 ranged from moldboard plowing in the early years to sweep tillage in the later years. The primary crop was winter wheat grown in a wheat-fallow rotation. Proso millet also had been grown occasionally during a few years before 1985. Cropping systems under no-till management were initiated in 1985. These systems included:
Soils
Fine, silty, mixed, superactive, mesic. Pachic Argiustolls.
Site Type
Non-stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes