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KONZA_EDC (Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas)

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Image 1 - A view of the sunphotometer Image 2 - Another view of the sunphotometer Image 1 Image 2   Site Coodinates and Elevation: Latitude: 39.10233° North Longitude: 96.60960° West Elevation: 341.0 Meters Site Description: The Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS) is a 3,487 ha tallgrass prairie preserved located in the Flint Hills region of northeastern Kansas (39005? N, 96035? W). The site is owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University and is managed for ecological research by the KSU Division of Biology. The Flint Hills region encompasses over 1.6 million ha extending throughout much of eastern Kansas from near the Kansas-Nebraska border south into northeastern Oklahoma, and contains the largest remaining area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America. Principal Investigator(s) Information: David Meyer E-mail: dmeyer@usgs.gov David Meyer Raytheon, EROS Data Center Sioux Falls, SD Phone: 605-594-6046 E-mail: dmeyer@usgs.gov Site Manager(s) Information: Patrick O'Neal Email: poneal@ksu.edu Patrick O'Neal Research Assistant Division of Biology Kansas State University 104 Ackert Hall Manhattan, KS 66506 (785)532-7762 Email: poneal@ksu.edu Responsible Institution(s): U.S. Geological Survey, Land Remote Sensing Program http://mapping.usgs.gov/lrs.html

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