Marvin Klemme Range Research Station NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Marvin Klemme Range Research Station NEON
Short name
OAES
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/OAES
Site Manager
Rajit Patankar
Site Description
Klemme Range Research Station is a relocatable field site and part of NEON's Southern Plains Domain 11. The 1,560-acre Klemme Range Research Station is a grassland site managed for livestock grazing and pasture, located in the middle of the Rolling Red Plains Resource Area. The Rolling Red Plains extends from south of the Red River to north of the Oklahoma/Kansas border consisting of approximately 9.4 million acres, which occupies a significant portion of Western Oklahoma excluding the Oklahoma Panhandle. NEON collects the standard suite of data at OAES, flux tower measurements and organismal data; however, data from this particular location supports greater understanding of land use change, climate change (particularly its role ...
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Last modified
2021-03-03 11:03:20

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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✔ (OAES)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
OAES Tower, Photo By: Allison Holdorf
OAES Tower, Photo By: Allison Holdorf
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.41059 Longitude: -99.05879

Elevation (average)
516.00msl
Elevation (min)
487.00msl
Elevation (max)
513.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
15.00°C
Precipitation Annual
670.00mm
Geology
Doxey shale. Permian.

Vegetation
Burns Flat, Oklahaoma is part of the Mixedgrass Eroded Plains region which occupies a large portion of western Oklahoma. Vegetation in this region has been eliminated for the purpose of farming cotton and wheat. Soils here tend to be shallow, overlying red sandstone and shale or granite further south towards the Wichita Mountains. Dominant species include little bluestem, dropseeds, and sideoats grama. Grasses found in this region include hairy grama and indiangrass.
Soils
Washita County, Okalahoma is considered to be part of the rolling red plains region of the state, hosting deep, silty, humus-rich soils on very gentle slopes (3%). The soils in this region are considered Mollisols. This is a rolling upland prairie site co
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