AmeriFlux US-xSL NEON North Sterling, CO (STER)

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-xSL NEON North Sterling, CO (STER). Site Description - The North Sterling site, located outside of Sterling in Northeastern Colorado, is characterized by flat terrain and represents an agronomic site within urban and formerly urban areas.
The site is at the edge of a non-tilled experimental field that is used for the long-term sustainable Dryland Agroecosystems Project (DAP), which was initiated in 1985 at three sites in eastern Colorado (Sterling, Stratton, and Walsh) to evaluate the effects of cropping intensity on production, water use efficiency and selected soil chemical and physical properties. The DAP site was established in 1985 and was chosen because of representative soils present in the catena.

本数据集为站点US-xSL NEON 科罗拉多州北斯特林（STER）的美国通量网（AmeriFlux）版碳通量数据。
站点描述：北斯特林站点位于科罗拉多州东北部斯特林市郊外，地形平坦，属于城市及原城市区域内的农艺观测站点。该站点坐落于一块免耕试验田的边缘，该试验田用于长期可持续旱地农业生态系统项目（Dryland Agroecosystems Project, DAP）。该项目于1985年在科罗拉多州东部的三个站点（斯特林、斯特拉顿和沃尔什）启动，旨在评估种植强度对作物产量、水分利用效率以及特定土壤理化性质的影响。该DAP试验田始建于1985年，其选址依据为该区域土壤链（catena）中的典型土壤类型。