Jornada Experimental Range NEON - United States of America

The Jornada Experimental Range (JORN) is a relocatable terrestrial site in NEON's Domain 14: Desert Southwest. JORN is located approximately 250 miles east of Tucson, in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico. JORN consists of relatively flat, sandy terrain (approximately 4,500' elevation). Vegetation is dominated by native grasses and interspersed with large stands of yucca and mesquite. 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 ...