Dakota Coteau Field Site NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Dakota Coteau Field Site NEON
Short name
DCFS
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/DCFS
Site Manager
Andrea Anteau
Site Description
The Dakota Coteau Field School (DCFS) terrestrial field site is located in Stuntsman County, North Dakota, approximately 100 miles northeast of Bismarck, in an area known as the "Prairie Pothole Region." It is encompassed in the Northern Plains Domain, which includes a patchwork of grasslands, agricultural, and wetland/aquatic communities embedded in a matrix of small agrarian communities. This site is managed by the State of North Dakota Land Trust and is moderately grazed throughout the year. NEON sampling at DCFS occurs across nonadjacent land parcels interspersed by private land. Remote sensing surveys of this field site collect lidar, spectrometer and high-resolution RGB camera data. The flux/meteorological tower at this ...
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2020-07-27 10:07:37

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2017
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✔ (DCFS)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
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Cows at Dakota Coteau Field School Site
Cows at Dakota Coteau Field School Site
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.16165 Longitude: -99.10656

Elevation (average)
559.00msl
Elevation (min)
494.00msl
Elevation (max)
592.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.00°C
Precipitation Annual
490.00mm
Geology
Glacial sediments of mud, clay, and silt.  Holocene.
Vegetation
DCFS is dominated by grassland, rolling hills, rocky soils, and prairie potholes. The five most abudnant plant species at the site include: silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata), Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis), fireberry hawthorn (Crataegus chrysocarpa), western snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis), and smooth brome (Bromus inermis).
Soils
Fine, loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid. Typic Haplustolls.
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
No
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
No