Pringle Creek NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Pringle Creek NEON
Short name
PRIN
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/PRIN
Site Manager
Rajit Patankar
Site Description
Pringle Creek is a core aquatic field site within NEON's Domain 7: Southern Plains. Pringle Creek is a low gradient, small wadeable stream in Wise County, TX, that drains a watershed of 18.1 km2 of mixed oak forest, savanna, and riparian woodland with portions protected by the Caddo-LBJ National Grassland. It is located 12 miles west of CLBJ, a terrestrial field site. This site has one meteorological station located in the riparian area and one meteorological station above water on a buoy. The met stations are outfitted with the 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.Remote sensing ...
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2020-07-27 10:07:15

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2016
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (PRIN)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
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equipment at Pringle Creek
equipment at Pringle Creek
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 33.37859 Longitude: -97.78226

Size
ca. 4910.00ha
Elevation (average)
274.00msl
Elevation (min)
258.00msl
Elevation (max)
334.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
18.00°C
Precipitation Annual
840.00mm
Geology
Pringle Creek is a low gradient sandy-bottomed stream. Due to this sandy substrate the stream banks are highly erodible. The primary soils of the Wise County area surrounding Pringle Creek are comprised of gently sloping neutral to slightly acidic soils f
Vegetation
The dense riparian canopy surrounding Pringle Creek is a mixed oak forest. Dominant species of the mixed oak forest area include post oak and black-jack oak. However, the savannah portions of watershed are dominated by little blue stem co-associated with big blue stem and Indiangrass (USDA, 2009).
Soils
The surface water flow regime of Pringle Creek has similar attributes that that of semi-arid waterways. Stream discharge exhibits strong seasonal patterns, with the greatest base and pulse flows observed in mid to late spring (May through June). Throughou
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes