Oksrukuyik Creek NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Oksrukuyik Creek NEON
Short name
OKSR
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
Oksrukuyik Creek is a wadeable stream located a short drive from the Toolik Field Station, an environmental science facility operated by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Teams working out of Toolik have studied the biological and biogeochemical attributes of Oksrukuyik Creek for decades. NEON data will contribute to these studies to help better understand tundra streams, which are rapidly changing along with the Arctic climate. Remote sensing surveys of this site collect lidar, spectrometer and high resolution RGB camera data. 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 ...
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Last modified
2020-11-27 14:11:46

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2016
Observed properties
genetic parameterlandscape parameterwater parameterDNAsequencelandcoverwaterquality
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON (OKSR)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
OKSR Field Technician Collecting Discharge Data
OKSR Field Technician Collecting Discharge Data
Geographic
Marker
100 km
100 mi
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 68.66975 Longitude: -149.14302

Size
ca. 800.00ha
Elevation (average)
836.00msl
Elevation (min)
750.00msl
Elevation (max)
1100.00msl
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