Moab NEON - United States of America

The Moab Canyonlands Ecological Research site (MOAB) is a relocatable terrestrial site within NEON's Domain 13: Southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau. The MOAB site is located approximately 40 km south of the town of Moab and is characteristic of the Colorado Plateau. MOAB was selected with other sites that share a similar latitude in domains 10, 13, and 15, to assess dust generation, nutrient transport, and nutrient deposition. The western half of the site, including the tower airshed, is a grazed shrub land, often with pockets of barren soil. To the east, in the higher elevations, evergreen forests sit atop the mesas. Biological soil crust, dominated by cyanobacteria, is a living groundcover across the area. Remote sensing ...