Yellowstone National Park NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Yellowstone National Park NEON
Short name
YELL
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/YELL
Site Manager
Amy Jacobs
Site Description
Yellowstone Northern Range (Frog Rock) is a core terrestrial site within NEON's Domain 12: Northern Rockies. Located 100 kilometers southeast of Bozeman, the YELL site is within the northern reaches of Yellowstone National Park. The terrain consists of rolling hills with small wetlands in the bottom of the depressions. The field site is a mosaic of pine-dominated forest mixed with open swaths of sage and grass. This site is also within one of the Park's bear management areas which includes seasonal closure (early March to early June) to minimize bear-human interactions. Remote sensing surveys of this field site collect lidar, spectrometer and high-resolution RGB camera data. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 59ft with ...
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Last modified
2020-07-27 10:07:24

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2018
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (YELL)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
YELL tower in the snow
YELL tower in the snow
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 44.95348 Longitude: -110.53914

Elevation (average)
2116.00msl
Elevation (min)
1847.00msl
Elevation (max)
2244.00msl
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Site information [.json]

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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
0.00°C
Precipitation Annual
509.00mm
Geology
Absaroka volcanic supergroup and sunlight group, basalt and intermediate composition volcanic rocks. Pliestocene to Eocene.

Vegetation
Grasslands, shrublands, and forests are the predominate features within the NEON sites at Yellowstone National Park. With over 1,200 species of native plants, Yellowstone National Park features vegetation varieties across grasslands, shrubland, and forested areas. Abundant plant species within the NEON site include: mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and a wide variety of grass species
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly 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