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Spotlight

Women in Ecology – Nidhi Vinod

March 29, 2023

Plant scientist Nidhi Vinod, Ph.D. student at UCLA, is an incredible example of what it means to be a successful scientist who has overcome barriers in her field. In interviewing her, we learned of the societal and financial pressure she faced in paving her path forward in the field of ecology, how intertwined her relationship with her ancestors and spirituality is with her love for ecology, and the work she is doing – some utilizing NEON data – to contribute to ecology worldwide.

Nidhi Vinod headshot
Case Study

A Test Bed for Digital Agriculture Technology

March 28, 2023

High-tech sensors and monitors are transforming agriculture, enabling farmers to optimize yields and improve efficiency. Arable, a provider of smart digital agriculture solutions, is using the NEON program infrastructure through a NEON Assignable Assets project to calibrate and validate their sensor technology in various climate zones and ecosystems across the U.S.

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Observatory Status

March 27, 2023

Status of operations across the Observatory, updated each week.

We are committed

Meet the new TEX Cohort!

March 22, 2023

AGU's Thriving Earth Exchange Program (AGU-TEX) has welcomed a new group of Community Science Fellows in partnership with NEON! This cohort is comprised of field staff across 4 of NEON's Domains. Beginning in this year, they will be conducting community outreach, and ultimately working with AGU-TEX to launch collaborative, co-developed community science projects that produce on-the-ground impact through application of NEON's data and resources.

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Celebrating Phenology Week with Our Friends at USA-NPN

March 21, 2023

It's Phenology Week at the National Phenology Network! USA-NPN tracks the status of spring each year with maps generated by data from citizen scientists via Nature's Notebook along with data from scientific organizations like the NEON program. Signs of spring progress are also seen across our field site phenocams!

usanpn_spring_leaf_index_map_mar21
Data Notification

Water quality chlorophyll measurements assigned incorrect units

March 15, 2023

Chlorophyll-a measurements in the Water quality data product (DP1.20288.001) are being reported in the wrong units starting in late 2021 or early 2022

Spotlight

Battelle Research Scientist Eric Sokol Studies Antarctica in Cross-Disciplinary Fashion

March 14, 2023

Battelle Senior Ecologist Eric Sokol with the NEON Program works with the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (MCM LTER) Project to gather and produce ecological data and resources, in one of the most remote locations in the world.

Eric Sokol in Antarctica
Data Notification

New version of neonUtilities (2.2.1)

March 13, 2023

neonUtilities 2.2.1 is now available on CRAN! Updates in this new version: stackEddy() outputs now include the Science Review Flag table Sensor

Data Notification

Update to variable names in sensor positions files

March 13, 2023

Sensor positions files published with instrument data provide spatial information about the physical locations of sensors. The variable names in these

Data Notification

Río Guilarte (GUIL) site name corrected to Río Yahuecas

March 2, 2023

It was determined that the NEON stream site in Domain 04 which was being called Río Guilarte is actually located in the Río Yahuecas. This happened

Dive into Aquatic Ecology with NEON

February 28, 2023

The NEON program supports 34 aquatic field sites, including lakes, wadeable streams, and non-wadeable rivers. These sites—many of them colocated with NEON terrestrial field sites—provide a deluge of data for ecologists interested in aquatic ecology and limnology.

McRae Creek flows through the lush and mossy HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in central Oregon.
Spotlight

Women in Ecology – Kyla Dahlin

February 7, 2023

Dr. Kyla Dahlin of Michigan State University says support networks and mentors have helped her pursue a career researching landscape and plant ecology, remote sensing, and Earth system modeling. From making management plans for city parks, to thinking globally about ecology, she has seen a lot in her STEM journey.

Kyla Dahlin headshot

NEON Spotlight: The Best of 2022

January 28, 2023

Here are some of the most exciting news items involving the NEON program in 2022.

CI Compass links atmospheric and ecological science communities

January 27, 2023

The National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR), NEON, and CI Compass have worked to bring about the NCAR-NEON-Community Collaborations. Their efforts now link atmospheric and ecological science communities to begin seeking meaningful data together.

Wind River Tower in D16
Data Notification

NEON Data Release 2023 is available

January 27, 2023

NEON's third data release, RELEASE-2023, is now available for download!

Spotlight

NEON Remembers Jianwu (Jim) Tang

January 19, 2023

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Jianwu (Jim) Tang this January. He was a respected senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Ecosystems Center (University of Chicago), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, who made many contributions to making NEON what it is today.

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Science Summits Spur Innovation and Collaboration

January 18, 2023

When researchers come together, good things happen—especially when they have access to open data. The connections made at the 2019 NEON Science Summit led to a number of new studies and published papers. Now, we're looking forward to the 2023 ESIIL Innovation Summit - applications to attend the Summit are due January 22!

ESIIL logo
Data Notification

AOP Lidar Data Quality Notification - Update

January 13, 2023

This is an update to the earlier data notification, "AOP Lidar Data Quality Notification" in September 2022, which notified users of high noise levels

Spotlight

AGU-TEX Project Update: Monitoring Blue Oaks in the Sierra Foothills

January 11, 2023

Blue oaks are a keystone species in the woodlands of central California; however, climate change and land management practices have threatened populations in many areas. NEON's Sokaina Alkhafaji partnered with the Sierra Foothill Conservancy and the University of California Cooperative Extension to develop blue oak monitoring protocols that could be used by landowners and conservation organizations across the state.

large blue oak

Domain Digest No. 8: A Look Back on Snowy Favorites

December 28, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back to share some of our favorite snowy scenes from across years and across the continent.

WOOD frost
Spotlight

Women in Ecology - Lori Petrauski

December 15, 2022

For the latest post in this series, we feature Lori Petrauski, a NEON Senior Field Ecologist for Domains 18 and 19 (Tundra and Taiga) in Alaska. Inclusivity, appreciation for nature, and critical thinking about how ecology can help to understand future impacts are at the forefront of her approach to science.

Lori Petrauski headshot
Data Notification

AOP Data Availability Notification – Release 2023

December 13, 2022

As part of the 2023 annual NEON Release, AOP will be updating data products with known data quality issues and fixing filenames that do not match the

A Drone of Our Own: NEON Adds Drone-Based Leaf Sampling Protocol

December 8, 2022

Treetop leaf sampling at forested NEON field sites just got a whole lot easier. We've added a new tool to our kit: an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone. Drone-based foliar sampling has been added as an official NEON protocol for forested sites. The UAV will also be available for use in the Assignable Assets program.

Drone takeoff

Domain Digest No. 7 – Getting Students and Partners into the Field

November 22, 2022

In this 7th Domain Digest, hear from two Domains about their collaborations with student programs designed to give the next generation of scientists experience with hands-on ecology.

SJER field sampling crew.
Data Notification

New version of neonUtilities (2.2.0)

November 18, 2022

neonUtilities 2.2.0 is now available on CRAN! Updates in this new version: stackByTable() and loadByProduct() correctly handle new Science Review Flag

Google Public Sector and Battelle NEON expand data access to advance ecological research

November 15, 2022

Battelle NEON is working with Google Public Sector to leverage the speed and power of Google Cloud's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to accelerate discovery and get ecological data into the hands of scientists, educators, and decision makers.

Wind River Tower in D16
Case Study

Investigating the Diversity-Stability Relationship on a Grand Scale

November 10, 2022

Exactly how does biodiversity impact the stability of communities over time and across scales? A recent paper uses NEON data to explore the relationship between plant biodiversity and temporal stability at both local and regional scales.

Plant Phenology training at TALL
Case Study

Scaling Models of Biodiversity

November 3, 2022

A new paper in Journal of Animal Ecology uses NEON lidar data plus observational data to explore relationships between animal species richness and various local and regional variables. The goal? To determine which variables have the best predictive power for species richness at different scales.

AIO twin otter over a NEON field site
Data Notification

Uncertainty in pH measurements

November 2, 2022

Data quality checks have revealed that grab sample pH measurements in Chemical properties of surface water (DP1.20093.001) do not always align with

Case Study

Combining Lidar and Hyperspectral Data to Understand Plant Biodiversity

October 19, 2022

A recent study published in Global Ecology and Biogeography explores how lidar and hyperspectral remote sensing data could be fused to improve estimates of plant biodiversity in temperate forests.

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