This 1.5-hour webinar will provide an introduction to accessing and working with NEON soil sensor data, using the neonUtilities package in the R programming language.
The Ecological Society of America and Florida A&M University will be holding the 8th Life Discovery Conference in March. This conference highlights the leading science, curriculum design and implementation and data exploration in a research-rich biology education for high school and undergraduate students. The 2023 theme is "Variants in Biology Education: What can we learn from pandemics?" Where: Florida A&M University When: Mar 23 - 25, 2023 NEON staff will be attending this event from the Southeast Domain. Also, attend the session by NEON's Rhea Esposito on Friday March 24 (Round 2):...
The 2023 International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) - North American chapter Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, March 19 - Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Riverside, California. NEON remote sensing scientist, Dr. Shashi Konduri, will be attending and is co-convening a special symposium, Remote Sensing of Landscape Change and Disturbance. Visit the meeting website here.
The Fiscal Year 2024 Call for FICUS Program Research with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL and the Joint Genome Institute is open and accepting letters of intent through March 15, 2023. This call enables researchers in the biological and environmental sciences to access instrumentation and resources at multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, user facilities. Capabilities also are available through DOE-supported user facilities, which include Bio-SANS beamline through the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...
Join the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Pacific daylight time on March 14, 2023 for the live launch of the national Molecular Observation Network (MONet) initiative. Hear from the Department of Energy, Office of Science Director Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, EMSL researchers, and initiative collaborators who will talk about how MONet will advance climate science research and how to get involved. EMSL is accepting soil samples to collect data on the composition and structure of soil, water, and resident microbial communities from across the U.S. This data...
Join Erin Rooney, University of Tennessee Knoxville on Mar 14, 2023 for her talk: "Using NEON soil and site properties to evaluate cross-scale freeze-thaw disturbance" The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All talks are 12-1...
Join a new NSF-funded Research Coordination Network, Macrosystems Ecology For All (MEFA) for their launch event. At a 90-minute opening event, hear four macrosystems ecologists share their projects and stories, engage in thinking about what it might take for you to shift towards or build your existing macrosystems research, and learn all about the MEFA RCN and upcoming events. MEFA Launch Event: Introduction to Macrosystems Ecology Friday, March 3, 10 - 11:30 am EST REGISTER by February 27 Event info: https://erenweb.org/mefa-events/ The Macrosystems Ecology for All (MEFA) Research...
This 1.5-hour webinar will provide an introduction to the structure and use of APIs in general, and the NEON API in particular. Access to the API will be via Python, but the general principles are applicable to any coding language.
Join Stephanie Russo Carroll, University of Arizona and Global Indigenous Data Alliance on Feb 14, 2023 for her talk: "Implementing the CARE Principles in open data repositories" The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All...
Applications are closed for this event This Summit aims to bring together all types of environmental data scientists to lay the foundation for a more cohesive and collaborative transdisciplinary community. The goals of the Summit are to build community and foster collaboration within the Environmental Data Science community. This year’s theme is Harnessing Diversity in Environmental Data Science. Several NEON scientists are participating in this event. Visit the meeting website to learn more.
Join the Ecological Forecasting Initiative for a participant-driven meeting in Boulder, CO, June 21 - 23. The goal of the 2023 Unconference is for participants to work together on products such as developing forecasts, automating forecasts, developing teaching materials/tutorials, refining or creating software tools, analyzing forecasts for a manuscript, developing visualizations, or working on other activities proposed by the participants. Space is limited. Apply by February 1. View the meeting webpage.
Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Studies
The original date of the iLEAPS - OzFlux Joint Conference was February 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference has moved to 2023. The conference will be hybrid virtual and in Auckland, New Zealand. AUT is proud to host the 6th iLEAPS Science Conference in 2023, in the vibrant city of Auckland and online, in conjunction with the yearly conference of the Australian/New Zealand Network for eddy covariance measurements (OzFlux). The research platform ‘iLEAPS’ (Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Studies) is one of several Future Earth research initiatives, with the critical...
Join Roland Kays, North Carolina State University and Arielle Parsons, Lincoln Park Zoo on Jan 10, 2023 for their talk: "NEON mammals large and small" The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All talks are 12-1 pm MT. Find the...
This is an in-person workshop at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference in Austin, TX. Join Sara Paull for a 1.5hr workshop on January 5, 2023 at SICB: Accessing and Working with NEON Small Mammal Data View the SICB program here Workshop Description This workshop will provide an introduction to discovering, accessing and preparing NEON data using R. The workshop will include an introduction to the NEON program and data collection procedures followed by a guided data access tutorial for the small mammal dataset. NEON provides a diversity of open access ecological data...
Students and Educators! You are invited to join Future Engineers, and Battelle for a live virtual chat with climate expert Mike SanClements the Research Initiatives Lead at Battelle-National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Learn about climate change, climate resilience, and the new Battelle Climate Challenge open to 9-12th grade students in the U.S. Bring your curiosity and questions and participate in a Q&A! We recommend that students individually RSVP, but educators are also welcome to display the webinar to their entire class. To learn more about the Battelle Climate Challenge, visit...
We're excited to join you at this year's American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, which will be held both in person in Chicago, IL and online. There will be several NEON-related sessions, talks, and other events at AGU 2022. Please continue to check this space with more updates. Visit the conference website here, and view the full program here. NEON Staff Authored/Coauthored/Organized Events at AGU As events are rescheduled to the online platform and more NEON-related events are announced we will update this list. This list was last updated on December 1, 2022. All times are Central...
In this private online workshop, NEON scientists will lead participants through the NEON data portal and teach them how to access and work with NEON data in R. This is a closed workshop for graduate students participating in the Graduate Student Seminar Series at the Jornada LTER.
A Fall meeting will be held at Haskell Indian Nations University as a follow up from the Sensing The Earth: Tribal Climate Science Partnership Summit held June 15-17, 2022 in Boulder, CO. TCU Faculty will have funding to support in-person attendance and will gain hands-on experience with LiDAR, accessing local climate and geospatial data, and more and also contribute to strategy sessions to identify pathways for continued faculty training, resources for climate resilience, and revitalizing the Indigenous Peoples’ Climate Change Working Group (IPCCWG) and more. The latest iteration of the Red...
Join Theresa Crimmins and Alyssa Rosemartin on Nov 8, 2022 for their talk: "NEON and USA-NPN. Partnering to grow phenology collection, use, and understanding." The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All talks are 12-1 pm MT...
In this private online workshop, NEON scientists will lead participants through the NEON data portal and teach them how to access and work with NEON data in R. This is a closed workshop for students participating in the Community College Field Biology Alliance program.
Learn how to download and work with NEON LiDAR data using Python! In this 1.5-hour online workshop, NEON scientist Bridget Hass will lead participants through programmatically downloading NEON LiDAR data using functions in Python. Then, participants will use Python packages and functions to explore some of NEON's Discrete LiDAR data products, including the Level-1 classified point cloud (Discrete return LiDAR point cloud), and Level-3 raster data products including the Digital Terrain Model and Digital Surface Model (DTM/DSM, Elevation - LiDAR), and Canopy Height Model (CHM, Ecosystem...
NEON Outreach Coordinator, Marie Faust, will be giving a presentation on NEON outreach and engagement for the CZNet Education and Outreach group's seminar series.
Join Elizabeth LaRue on Oct 11, 2022 for her talk: "Structural diversity as a predictor of ecosystem function across scales and ecoclimatic domains." The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All talks are 12-1 pm MT. Find the...
The NEON Great Lakes User Group will have a site tour of NEON's UNDE site in Domain 05 on October 6! Participants will have the chance to: Join a D05 botanist on all or part of a phenology bout. Tour the aquatic instrumentation at Crampton Lake, take a few boats to the instrumentation buoy See the UNDERC tower and soil instruments, with opportunity to climb the ~120 ft tower and get a tour of soil area and instrument hut. View the NEON Lab Space where soils lab work occurs ...and more! Visit the groups page for questions!
Join a NEON Technical Working Group! NEON relies upon input from more than 20 TWGs, comprised of science, education, and engineering experts. These groups play an important role by providing input to NEON’s data collection and processing methods; they also help ensure that NEON infrastructure, data, and programs are a valuable community resource. Nominate yourself or a colleague today! Applications due September 30 for the 2023 cohorts. Nomination form: https://buff.ly/3QuUPWp Learn more about TWGs: https://www.neonscience.org/about/advisory-groups/twgs
The National Ecological Observatory Network cordially invites the Allenspark, Colorado community to join our field staff for a meet and greet and presentation and forum. Where: "The Old Gallery" at Allenspark, Colorado When: Sept 27, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Learn more about the National Ecological Observatory Program (NEON) field site at the Leiffer Propery in Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest and enjoy complimentary snacks and refreshments with your community! Since 2012, the NEON team has been monitoring and sampling environmental data in Allenspark. Data on climate and...
Join Sydne Record on Sep 13, 2022 for her talk: "Past and current land use of NEON sites." The goal of the NEON monthly science seminar series is to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, presentations will: Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science Build a diverse and inclusive researcher community Showcase and catalyze partnerships Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research All talks are 12-1 pm MT. Find the schedule of speakers for 2022-23 on our webpage Science...
