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Dr. Bartuska of the USDA on the importance of long-term ecological datasets
Dr. Bartuska of the USDA on the importance of long-term ecological datasets Dr. Ann Bartuska, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), highlights the importance of long-term ecological datasets ��
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From the field: winter 2015 aquatic sampling
From the field: winter 2015 aquatic sampling A few of the technicians from D09 and D02 share their experience collecting samples during the dead of winter: D09 field technicians, often accompanied by domain manager Andrea Andeau, collect lake water ��
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AOP crew takes flight with new LiDAR system
AOP crew takes flight with new LiDAR system Signaling the imminent start of a new field and flight season, a Twin Otter airplane to be used by NEON’s Airborne Observation Platform (AOP), arrived at NEON’s Payload Installation Facility located at Boulder ��
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Frontiers in Ensemble Data Assimilation for Geoscience Applications Workshop
Frontiers in Ensemble Data Assimilation for Geoscience Applications Workshop The workshop will run from August 4 - 7 and will focus on: Ensemble assimilation for atmosphere, ocean, land and coupled earth system models. Hybrid ensemble variational ��
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A comparison of baited traps for mosquito and tick collections
A comparison of baited traps for mosquito and tick collections Carbon dioxide traps are frequently used to bait mosquitoes during field sampling. Since NEON monitors naturally occurring CO 2 in the atmosphere, sampling designs must test how mosquito traps ��
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NSF Dear Colleague Letter - Stimulating research using NEON data
NSF Dear Colleague Letter - Stimulating research using NEON data The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Biological Sciences will consider requests for funding to support conferences (including symposia and workshops) for bringing together a ��
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NSF announces Dear Colleague Letter for research using NEON data
NSF announces Dear Colleague Letter for research using NEON data The National Science Foundation announced its first funding opportunity for utilizing NEON data and resources through a Dear Colleague Letter on April 1, 2015. The Directorate for Biological ��
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Work with data series: NEON and Data Carpentry collaborate to support open science skill-building
Work with data series: NEON and Data Carpentry collaborate to support open science skill-building Open science is a movement to make scientific research and data accessible to broader audiences. Some fundamental goals of open science include transparency ��
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NEON releases first protocols
NEON releases first protocols The NEON Observatory is excited to announce the first of several protocol releases that will take place over the next several months. The first release includes 11 terrestrial protocols as well as our terrestrial science ��
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2015 NEON Science Capability Assessment: A focus on near-term research opportunities
2015 NEON Science Capability Assessment: A focus on near-term research opportunities The NEON Science Capability Assessment (SCA) report suggests a framework for researchers to advance near-term research opportunities using NEON data . As the ��
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NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop
NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop This science team meeting for Principal Investigators, Co-Investigators, Collaborators and Students funded through NASA’s Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Focus Area programs provides an opportunity to ��
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Get involved in citizen science this Earth Day
Get involved in citizen science this Earth Day Wondering how to celebrate Earth Day this year? How about giving a little of your time to further ecological research? We invite you to join thousands of others in making simple plant observations through ��
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Women in STEM: Tracey Baldwin
Women in STEM: Tracey Baldwin By Leslie Goldman According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, women in fields commonly referred to as STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) made up only 25 percent of the STEM workforce in 2011. However, women ��
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More terrestrial and aquatic observational protocols now available
More terrestrial and aquatic observational protocols now available NEON released a second suite of protocols and science designs, which are now available in the NEON Data Portal Document Library . This release includes nine new terrestrial and aquatic ��
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Testing muddy waters: protocol performance in Alabama wetlands
Testing muddy waters: protocol performance in Alabama wetlands By Stephen Craft My colleague April Evans and I recently traveled to Mayfield Creek, the core aquatic NEON site for the Ozarks Complex (Domain 08). The site is gorgeous, embedded in dense ��
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Answer big ecological questions using big data skills
Answer big ecological questions using big data skills Interested in learning how to work with big data in R? Sign up for A Hands-On Primer for Working with Big Data in R: Introduction to Hierarchical Data Formats, LiDAR Data & Efficient Data ��
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Explore the new NEON Data Portal
Explore the new NEON Data Portal Searching for NEON data? Explore the new portal! Based on user testing and discussions with the scientific community, NEON redesigned the data portal to improve overall usability and accessibility. New data portal ��
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Neon the sled puppy: how a washed out road led to a new friendship
Neon the sled puppy: how a washed out road led to a new friendship Early this spring, NEON construction manager Frank Ginnie found himself at a crossroads. Well, actually, it was a washed-out road, but it was a pivotal point for Frank: He was tasked with ��
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Caren Scott
Caren Scott Caren has always had a deep appreciation for lakes, growing up in Michigan where every summer activity revolved around lakes. Two summer field positions in Alaska (Redoubt Lake near Sitka, then the Toolik Lake Field Station) during her B.S. ��
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Building Global Ecological Understanding Workshop
Building Global Ecological Understanding Workshop As a member of the organizing committee, Hank Loescher of the National Ecological Observatory Network will leading several sessions at the community-driven Building Global Ecological Understanding (BGEU) ��
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Hackathon: spatio-temporal data lesson-building
Hackathon: spatio-temporal data lesson-building The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is hosting a 3-day lesson-building hackathon to develop a suite of NEON/ Data Carpentry data tutorials and corresponding assessment instruments. The ��
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Got spatio-temporal data skillz? Join NEON’s data skills hackathon
Got spatio-temporal data skillz? Join NEON’s data skills hackathon The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is hosting a 3-day lesson-building hackathon to develop a suite of NEON/ Data Carpentry data tutorials and corresponding assessment ��
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Dr. Eugene Kelly appointed NEON visiting head scientist
Dr. Eugene Kelly appointed NEON visiting head scientist We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Eugene Kelly as NEON’s Visiting Head Scientist. Gene, as he likes to be known, brings a deep level of experience and reputation as a well-respected ��
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ESA 2015: Plugging into NEON: Resources Available From the National Ecological Observatory Network
ESA 2015: Plugging into NEON: Resources Available From the National Ecological Observatory Network This session, held at the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) Annual Meeting , highlights current and future opportunities for utilizing the data and ��
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First buoy sensors installed at core aquatic sites
First buoy sensors installed at core aquatic sites By Leslie Goldman Last month, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in coordination with staff from Ordway-Swisher Biological Station installed in-situ aquatic sensors on to buoys at the core ��