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
Site Manager
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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2020-07-27 10:07:24

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2018
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterchemical parametergenetic parameterlandscape parametersoil parameterairtemperatureheatfluxozoneconcentrationprecipitationintensitylatentheatleafareaindexplantdiversityspeciesabundanceabovegroundbiomasssoilcarbondioxydefluxDNAsequencelandcoversoilmoisturecontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis 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
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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