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Apply now for NEON’s Data Institute: Remote Sensing and Reproducible Workflows

February 23, 2017

Applications are due March 10, 2017 for the 2017 Data Institute: Remote Sensing with Reproducible Workflows provides a unique opportunity for participants to gain hands-on experience working with open data using well-documented, reproducible methods.

The Catch: NEON Goes Fishing

February 16, 2017

Why sample fish? Not only do fish play a major role in our recreation and food industries, but they are a key part of freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Learn how NEON is collecting fish diversity and population data so researchers can gain a complete picture of the food chain in aquatic ecosystems across the United States.

photo of a fish

NEON’s Great Smoky Mountains data will capture Tennessee fire impacts on local ecology

December 20, 2016

In mid-November a forest fire started in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sparking several wildfires that spread uncontrollably. Last week, a safety team ventured out to two impacted field sites to assess the damage.

Photos of wildfire damage at GRSM. Associated article "NEON's Great Smoky Mountains Data will capture Tennessee fire impacts on local ecology"

New teaching module for using data to understand ecological disturbances

November 18, 2016

NEON has published its first undergraduate teaching module aimed specifically at faculty wanting to use data in undergraduate classrooms. The free module, available online, allows students to use real-world ecological data to better understand the causes and effects of natural disturbance events like floods.

Flux tower at LENO and TOMB sites

NEON infrastructure now available for research

October 28, 2016

Did you know that in addition to free data, NEON also provides access to its infrastructure for research? Announcing the Assignable Assets program.

Tower at NEON HEAL field site

API and data availability viewer now live on the NEON data portal

October 20, 2016

In response to suggestions from the scientific community, we’ve expedited the production of some new features to the data portal to help you better navigate the data NEON provides! Test out our newly launched prototype Application Programming Interface (API) as well as the compact view data availability page.

Tower with ones and zeros overlaying it

Ameriflux PI meeting: an opportunity for collaboration and engagement

October 11, 2016

Five Battelle scientists, Stefan Metzger, Cove Sturtevant, Hongyan Luo, Natchaya Pingintha-Durden and David Durden along with software engineering manager Greg Holling recently attended the annual Ameriflux PI meeting to present on NEON project progress and talk shop.

Hongyan Luo and Natchaya Pingintha-Durda present on NEON Project progress at Ameriflux PI meeting. Associated article "Ameriflux PI meeting: an opportunity for collaboration and engagement"

Four aquatic sites fully operational with data available

September 29, 2016

In recent months, NEON has successfully outfitted four aquatic sites with a complete suite of sensors including in-stream sensors, groundwater well sensors and meteorological sensors. Observational samples are also being collected by field staff, making these four sites the Observatory’s first fully operational aquatic sites.

Fish sample

Another summer of interns has come and gone

September 27, 2016

Earlier this summer, we bid farewell to six dynamic and brilliant undergraduate interns who worked at NEON for eleven weeks on a variety of cross-disciplinary projects that ranged from data visualization to analysis of different soil sampling methods.

2016 Interns

NSF announces Early NEON Science awards

September 23, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences has awarded $15.9 million for 12 new MacroSystems Biology and Early NEON Science projects.

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Inaugural Data Institute: reproducible remote sensing science using NEON data

September 15, 2016

In mid-June, 23 early career scientists from far and wide descended upon NEON headquarters for a week-long Data Institute. The inaugural Institute featured NEON remote sensing data and focused on...

Data Carpentry Workshop

NSF approves transition to operations of field sampling at 13 more sites

August 4, 2016

In early August, the National Science Foundation (NSF) gave its approval to transition observational sampling to operations at 13 terrestrial field sites bringing the total number of terrestrial sites with observational sampling to 27, representing over 50% of planned sites.

Domain 08 field technician doing observational sampling

Catch up with the NEON project at #ESA2016!

August 3, 2016

This weekend, thousands of scientists will journey to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the 101 st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (#ESA2016) . The theme is“Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene,” and the NEON team will be there to talk with scientists about how they plan to use NEON project data in their research and teaching.

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Construction Contractor Earns National Award for NEON flux tower

July 25, 2016

A NEON contractor earned a National Excellence in Construction Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) earlier this year for constructing a NEON tower at the Lenoir Landing (AL) field site.

The tower at LENO

Fluxcourse Students visit NEON Headquarters

July 20, 2016

One of our summer highlights is the opportunity to host an array of graduate students, postdocs and early career scientists participating in the Fluxcourse for a day at NEON headquarters.

graduate students, postdocs and early career scientists participating in the Fluxcourse. Accompanying article, "Fluxcourse Students visit NEON Headquarters"

NEON partners with DataONE to enhance data discoverability

July 13, 2016

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), operated by Battelle, has joined the Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) Federation , another NSF-sponsored program to provide more exposure for the research community to NEON data.

50% of NEON’s remote sensing data products now available

July 1, 2016

Two new products have recently been added to NEON’s available suite of airborne remote sensing data: fPAR (fractional Photosynthetically Active Radiation) and LAI (Leaf Area Index) bringing the total count of remote sensing data products to sixteen.

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4th NEON undergraduate internship program starts off strong

June 16, 2016

Six enthusiastic undergraduate interns arrived at NEON headquarters in May to participate in NEON’s fourth annual undergraduate internship program . Learn more about who they are and what they are working on.

2016 Interns

Apply now for two NSF/NEON remote sensing data workshops

June 14, 2016

Applications are due on June 24 for two upcoming remote sensing data workshops that have been funded through an NSF Macrosystems Biology grant.

Workshop at NEON HQ

Research study of forest restoration will use NEON’s Project BudBurst

May 24, 2016

Researcher Kim Novick will use a $750,000 NSF grant to implement a network-enabled research project that will incorporate and leverage NEON’s Project BudBurst.

Photo of Kimberly Novick from article "Research study of forest restoration will use NEON's Project Budburst"

Learning to train the next generation of data scientists

April 21, 2016

In late January 2016, Megan Jones , a NEON staff scientist and science educator, participated in a Software Carpentry & Data Carpentry Instructor Training Workshop.

Megan Jones in the field

Monitoring ecological change with a growing network of phenocams

April 12, 2016

Phenology—the study of how nature changes seasonally—is a core focus of NEON science. Studying how plants, insects and animals respond to seasonal changes is central to increasing scientists’ understanding of how variations in climate impact life cycle patterns of plant, insect and animal communities.

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Gaining a Clearer Picture of Phenology and Snow Depth Dynamics with NEON Phenocam Data

March 31, 2016

In a collaboration with the PhenoCam Network, NEON now streams phenocam image data to the Phenocam Gallery - including tower top images and ground level images.

phenocam tree data through the lens

NEON's 2016 remote sensing flight schedule now available

February 19, 2016

The 2016 Airborne Observation Platform flight campaign will run from April to October, covering 25 terrestrial field sites and 17 aquatic field sites across nine NEON domains.

AIO twin otter over a NEON field site

Seeking grad students and early career scientists for NEON's first Data Institute

February 12, 2016

NEON is now accepting applications for its inaugural Data Institute. This unique opportunity will give participants hands-on experience with open data using well-documented reproducible methods.

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NEON airborne data to help estimate and map vegetation health now available

January 22, 2016

Learn more about how some of these data can be used to help estimate and map relative vegetation health, biomass and plant productivity in detail across the greater areas around NEON sites. We'll also tell you how to get the data.

Plant diversity sampling at ABBY

NSF Announces Macrosystems Biology and Early NEON Science research funding opportunities

January 11, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the MacroSystems Biology and Early NEON Science: Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program with a fast approaching proposal deadline of March 15.

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2015 NEON Intern Wins Second Place in AGU’s Virtual Poster Showcase

December 7, 2015

Hitomi Okada, who interned with NEON this past summer, recently came in second place in the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Virtual Poster Showcase . Read on to see how an undergraduate internship with NEON helped Hitomi prepare for this competition.

2015 Intern Hitomi Okada

Meet Katherine McCarter, NEON Board Member and ESA Executive Director

December 2, 2015

Learn about Katherine McCarter and her perspective on the importance of NEON for the field of ecology. Katherine is the Executive Director of the Ecological Society of America (ESA); she has served in this leadership role since 1997. Over the last decade, Katherine has remained committed to supporting NEON: she joined the Board of Directors in January, 2011 and even served on the Consortium Design Committee during NEON’s inception.

The power of measuring vertical wind profiles using NEON towers

November 19, 2015

Did you know that NEON uses sonic anemometers mounted at the top of NEON flux towers and at lower levels of the towers to measure wind speed? Measurements are collected in the same fashion across all NEON towers allowing for comparisons between sites, and preliminary wind speed data are currently available from many field sites.

CPER Tower

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