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Event - Workshop

Explore NEON Workshop - University of Florida

Jun 29, 2020 - Jul 3, 2020

This workshop introduces participants to NEON, teaches them how to access and work with NEON data, and allows them to interact with NEON science staff to get assistance working on the specific data products they are interested in using. The workshop includes hands-on, interactive instruction on how to access and work with NEON data, both through the NEON data portal and programmatically. This workshop will also feature one or more presentations by scientists who work with NEON data within their area of expertise.

Required Prior Knowledge

All coding instruction will be conducted in R and participants will be able to complete the workshop best if they have at least an introduction to coding. Participants without past experience working in a programming environment are encouraged to complete a basic introduction to R to understand the basics -- training options can be found on the Resources for Learning R page. Participants using other programming languages are welcome to attend, however, instruction and assistance in the programming language of preference may not be available.

Workshop Schedule

Schedule subject to change.

Location: Online. Virtual meeting link will be sent to registered participants.

Times: As the workshop is being held in Gainesville, Florida, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4).

Pre-Workshop

All participants will be asked to complete self-paced online tutorials/videos before the workshop to have their laptops set up for the workshop and to learn some initial information about NEON. 

PDF of Presentation Slides Here

Day 1: Monday 29 June: Accessing & Understanding NEON data

Block 1- Group Activities

Time Topic
14:00 Welcome & introductions
14:20 Intro to NEON
14:50 Break
15:00 Spatiotemporal Design
15:45 Questions and Discussion
15:55 Computer Setup for Analysis in R
16:00 End of Day

Optional Day 1: Monday 29 June: Troubleshooting R and Rstudio Setup

Time Topic
16:00-16:30 Open 'Office Hours' for Computer Setup - R and Rstudio

Day 2: Tuesday 30 June: Using NEON Data

Block 2- Group Activities

Time Topic
14:00 Review and Questions from Day 1
14:10 NEON Data Portal
14:50 Break
15:00 Downloading Data using neonUtilities API
  Optional: Using an API Token for faster downloads
15:45 Questions and Discussion
16:00 End of Day

Day 3: Wednesday 1 July: Terrestrial Systems

Block 3 - Group Activities

Time Topic
12:00 Review and Questions from Day 2
12:05 Youssef Kaddoura presents his work "Georeferencing PhenoCam Imagery"
12:20 Vegetation Structure Data
  Click here for R-based script
12:50 Break
13:00 Plant Phenology and Temperature
13:50 Break - transfer to Breakout Rooms

Block 4 - Concurrent Sessions

Time Topic
14:00 Geraldine Klarenberg presents her work Modeling Tick Dynamics in Florida
14:15 Danielle Lacouture describes her work with Plant Presence Data
14:20 Session A: Working with NEON Small Mammal Data
  Link to R script for Small Mammal tutorial
14:20 Session B: Explore and Discuss NEON Soils Data
  View Megapit Info
14:50 Break
15:00 Resume Sessions A and B
15:45 Return to Common Session, Discuss Findings
16:00 End of Day

Day 4: Thursday 2 July: Remote Sensing, Aquatic Systems, and Surface-Atmosphere Exchange

Block 5 - Group Activities

Time Topic
12:00 Guest Speaker: Stephanie Bohlman talks IDTReeS.org
12:15 Q&A
12:20 NEON Hyperspectral Data
  Optional YouTube Video - Intro to NEON Hyperspectral Sensing
13:00 Break
13:10 NEON LiDAR Data - Intro Series
  Optional YouTube Video - Intro to NEON LiDAR
  Calculating Forest Structural Diversity Metrics from LiDAR
  In Development: Combine LiDAR and Veg Structure Data
13:50 Break - transfer to Breakout Rooms

Block 6 - Concurrent Sessions

Time Topic
14:00 Session A: NEON Water Quality Data
14:00 Session B: Using eddy4r to study NEON Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Data
14:50 Break
15:00 Resume Sessions A and B
15:50 Break

Block 7 - Group Activities

Time Topic
16:00 Open Discussion
16:40 Wrap-up
16:45 Post-workshop Evaluation

Workshop Host

  • Geraldine Klarenberg, Lecturer, Quantitative Data Science, University of Florida

Workshop Instructors

  • Donal O'Leary; Research Scientist, Science Education; NEON program, Battelle
  • Felipe Sanchez; Field Scientist - Aquatics; NEON program, Battelle
  • Claire Lunch; Research Scientist, Data Science; NEON program, Battelle

Please get in touch with the instructors prior to the workshop with any questions.

Accessibility

If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of the workshop format, please contact Donal O'Leary.

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Please tweet at @NEON_Sci and using the hashtag using #NEONData during this workshop!

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