Observatory Status
February 24, 2026
Week of 24 February 2026
Operations Status
Work at some field sites may be suspended due to major impacts including but not limited to natural disasters, severe weather, and extenuating circumstances.
Current restrictions to operations:
- D11 (TX) temporarily suspended site activities at the PRIN field site due to an identified safety issue. Resolution is in progress.
- D17 (CA) field sites SOAP, BIGC, and TECR are inaccessible due to high levels of snow on access roads.
- D02 (VA) field sites SCBI and POSE site power was impacted by winter storms.
Airborne Operations
The 2026 campaign season is scheduled as follows. It will commence in March with calibration flights and two aircraft payloads. For more information, you can find the daily flight reports here. Learn more about the schedule and view a more detailed version here.
2026 AOP Deployment Schedule
| Payload 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Sched Start Date | Sched End Date | Completed as scheduled |
| 13 & 15 | 13 May | 29 May | |
| 10 | 31 May | 07 Jun | |
| 09 | 09 Jun | 03 Jul | |
| 15 | 05 Jul | 05 Jul | |
| 17 | 06 Jul | 14 Jul | |
| 10/13 | 16 Jul | 16 Aug | |
| 14 | 18 Aug | 31 Aug |
| Payload 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Sched Start Date | Sched End Date | Completed as scheduled |
| 17 | 5 Apr | 8 Apr | |
| 03 | 14 Apr | 1 May | |
| 08 | 3 May | 18 May | |
| 07 | 20 May | 3 Jul | |
| 02 | 5 Jul | 8 Aug | |
| 01 | 10 Aug | 3 Sep |
Data Products Status
Observation System (OS) Products
- The collection of OS data and samples are dependent on human operators being in the field. Thus, collections at sites where conditions result in restricted access will be impacted.
- Includes DP IDs: DP1.1XXXX, subset of DP1.2XXXX, DP4.00131, DP4.00132
Airborne Observation Products
- Airborne Observation data collection for 2025 season is commencing in April 2025 with calibration flights.
- Airborne products are collected according to the schedule above; these data are all dependent on human operators traveling extensively and being in the field.
- Includes DP IDs: DPX.3XXXX
Instrumented System Products
- Most sensors continually collect and communicate data to the centralized NEON database. Regular on-site maintenance may be impacted at sites where conditions result in restricted access.
- Includes DP IDs: DPX.0XXXX (except for DP4.00131, DP4.00132), subset of DP1.2XXXX.
- Unplanned power and/or communications outages occur as a normal part of operations. Please note that communications outages typically result in delayed delivery of data rather than data loss.
- Sites currently experiencing power outages or site-wide data loss:
- D10 RMNP - Power down since 2025/02/24
- D02 POSE - Power down since 2026/02/22
- D17 TECR - Power down since 2025/08/30
- Sites currently experiencing communication outages:
- D08 MAYF - Communication down since 2025/02/19
