Posey Creek NEON - United States of America

The Posey Creek (POSE) core aquatic site is part of NEON's Mid-Altantic Domain 2 sites. POSEY is a wadeable stream near Front Royal, VA and is located on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute land. It is a shallow stream (<40 cm at average flow) and 3 - 5 m wide (6 meters wide during high flows). This site has one meteorological station located in the riparian area. The met station is outfitted with a subset of the same sensors used at terrestrial sites. Measurements include wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, shortwave radiation, and PAR. This site has one upstream sensor station and one downstream sensor station. Measurements include PAR, temperature, water quality ...