Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NEON
Short name
NOGP
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/NOGP
Site Manager
Andrea Anteau
Site Description
Established in the second largest domain within NEON, the Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory (NOGP) is a relocatable terrestrial research site located 6 miles west of Bismarck North Dakota. The site is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agriculture Research Service for over 100 years . The site is full of sprawling grassland vegetation which represent much of the 770,995 square kilometers. Remote sensing surveys of this field site collect lidar, spectrometer and high-resolution RGB camera data. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 26' 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 ...
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Last modified
2021-03-03 11:03:05

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
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✔ (NOGP)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
NOGP tower and landscape
NOGP tower and landscape
Geographic
100 m
500 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.76972 Longitude: -100.91535

Size
ca. 558.00ha
Elevation (average)
578.00msl
Elevation (min)
517.00msl
Elevation (max)
592.00msl
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Site information [.json]

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Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.00°C
Precipitation Annual
400.00mm
Geology
Oahe formation, wind-blown silt. Pleistocene and Holocene.
Vegetation
The Great Plains region of Domain 09 are dominated by native grasslands, tame grasses, legumes and many species of wildflowers. Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis L) and Kentucky blue grass (Poa pretensis (L)) dominate the tower area along with various crop species planted depending on type of research being conducted in the field site. The five most common species within NOGP include: Silverberry (Elaeagnus angusfolia L), Kentucky Bluegrass(Poa pratensis L), Snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.) and Smooth Brome (Bromus inemis Leyss.) NEON.DOC.003893vB
Soils
Fine, loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid. Typic Argiustolls.
Site Type
Non-stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
No