Observatory Status
March 27, 2023
Week of 27 Mar 2023
Operations Status
Work at some field sites may be suspended due to COVID-19 or other major impacts.
Table 1: NEON field sites that have suspended operations given current safety metrics.
| NEON Domain | Sites with restrictions | Sites with normal operations |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
Airborne Operations
The 2023 campaign season will commence in March with 2 aircraft payloads. 2023 AOP data collection schedule is scheduled as below. Data collected in 2022 is currently being processed and will be published. The 2024 schedule will be published no later than January 1, 2024. For more information, you can find the daily flight reports here.
2023 AOP Deployment Schedule
| Payload 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Sched Start Date | Sched End Date | Completed as scheduled |
| 17 SJER | 01 Apr | 04 Apr | |
| 03 | 18 Apr | 11 May | |
| 08 | 13 May | 29 May | |
| 07 MLBS | 31 May | 21 Jun | |
| 16 | 27 Jun | 08 July | |
| 19 | 13 Jul | 21 Aug |
| Payload 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Sched Start Date | Sched End Date | Completed as scheduled |
| 15/13 (MOAB) | 20 Apr | 04 May | |
| 11 | 06 May | 20 May | |
| 06 | 22 May | 02 Jun | |
| 17 SOAP | 07 Jun | 12 Jun | |
| 09 | 16 Jun | 03 Jul | |
| 12 | 05 Jul | 15 Jul | |
| 17 TEAK | 17 Jul | 20 Jul | |
| 10/13 | 22 Jul | 26 Aug |
Not flown in 2023: Domain 1, Domain 2, Domain 4, Domain 5 , Domain 7 ORNL & GRSM, Domain 10 CPER & STER, Domain 14, Domain 18 and Domain 20
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 2023 is scheduled to begin 2023/03/20.
- 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.
- D18 OKSR - AIS infrastructure will remain offline until spring 2023 for planned winter seasonal closure.
- 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:
- D16 MCRA - Power shut down manually since 2023/03/16
- Sites currently experiencing communications outages:
- D13 NIWO - Communication down since 2023/03/21
- D13 COMO - Communication down since 2023/03/08
- D17 TECR - Communication down since 2023/02/28
- D17 BIGC - Communication down since 2023/02/24
Assignable Asset Status
Battelle staff are continuing to work remotely and the Assignable Asset team will continue to process all current requests and any new requests submitted during this time. PIs with specific questions or concerns about current or planned projects, please contact the Assignable Assets team.