Walker Branch NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Walker Branch NEON
Short name
WALK
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
Walker Branch is a core wadeable stream site located in the deciduous forest of the Oak Ridge Reservation in eastern Tennessee. This site is part of NEON's Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau Domain 7. Remote sensing surveys of this site collect lidar, spectrometer and high resolution RGB camera data. This site has one meteorological station located in the riparian area. The met station is outfitted with a subset of the same sensors used at terrestrial sites. Measurements include wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, shortwave radiation, and PAR. This site has one upstream sensor station and one downstream sensor station. Measurements include PAR, temperature, water quality [specific ...
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Last modified
2020-07-27 10:07:45

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterchemical parametergenetic parametersoil parameterwater parameterbacteriaabundancebacteriapresencefungispeciespresencecarbontonitrogenratiosoilalkalinityDNAsequencesoilnutrientwaterquality
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON (WALK)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
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Stream at WALK
Stream at WALK
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.95947 Longitude: -84.28041

Size
ca. 183.00ha
Elevation (average)
334.00msl
Elevation (min)
230.00msl
Elevation (max)
356.00msl
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