Santa Rita Experimental Range NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Santa Rita Experimental Range NEON
Short name
SRER
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/SRER
Site Manager
Abraham Karam
Site Description
Santa Rite Experimental Range (SRER) is the core terrestrial field site for NEON's Domain 14: Desert Southwest and is located in the Santa Rita Experimental Range which encompasses 21,000 hectares of upland Sonoran Desert, approximately 32 km south of Tucson, Arizona. 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 of atmospheric conditions from the top of the vegetation canopy to the ground. The tower collects physical and chemical properties of ...
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2020-07-27 10:07:33

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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✔ (SRER)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
ecoforecasting Workshop 2019 at SRER, photo by Abe Karam
ecoforecasting Workshop 2019 at SRER, photo by Abe Karam
Geographic
5 km
3 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 31.91068 Longitude: -110.83549

Elevation (average)
983.00msl
Elevation (min)
897.00msl
Elevation (max)
1461.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Desert
Ecosystem Type
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
20.00°C
Precipitation Annual
290.00mm
Geology
Undivided sand and gravels. Quaternary.

Vegetation
The current vegetation at Santa Rita Experimental Range is a mix of short trees, shrubs, cacti and other succulents, perennial grasses, and other herbaceous species. Over the last 100 years, mesquite tree abundance has steadily increased across the range (McClaran 2003).
Soils
Three soil orders (Aridosols, Entisols, and Mollisols) consist of, or developed from, recent alluvial deposits.

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