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NEON_DEJU (Delta Junction, AK)
Coordinates:
63.88112° N,
145.75136° W
Elevation: 529.0 m
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Site Description
Photometer is mounted on the SW Corner of the NEON observation tower. Tower is metal frame, 72' tall. NOTE: the tower height is NOT included in the elevation stated above in part d. (DEJU - Delta Junction - Bureau of Land Management) The representative ecosystem around NEON site is black spruce on well drained non-permafrost. This ecosystem is semi-open forest. Canopy height is ~ 10 m (mean), and max at 14 m around tower site and in airshed. Stem diameter is ~ 10 cm. Black spruce canopy has nice, healthy cone-shape looking at this site than the one found on permafrost. Recruit black spruce and birch form an understory with height ~ 1.5 m. Moss and lichen form another understory at ground level with height ~ 20 cm. Moss and lichen layer is thick (>20 cm without compression). Terrain is flat and ecosystem is homogenous.
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Contact Information |
Principal Investigator(s):
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- Janae Csavina
- E-mail: jcsavina@battelleecology.org
Janae Csavina
1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder CO 80301 Email: jcsavina@battelleecology.org Tel: (720) 330-1549, (720) 330-1526
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Site Manager(s):
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Responsible
Institution(s):
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National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) http://www.neonscience.org/
NEON is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated under cooperative agreement by Battelle
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Email Amy Scully
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Last Generated: 18 MAY 2024
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