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The National Ecological Observatory Network is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and managed under cooperative agreement by NEON Inc.
Thanks to Tony Beasley for the NEON slides
Roger BalesProfessor & DirectorSierra Nevada Research InstituteUC Merced
–Ecosystem services & water–Changes in native biodiversity & invasive species. –Designed with climate change as the driver
Three broad west-east transects & paired north-south transects down the coast ranges &Sierra, joining at the transverse ranges &extending to the peninsular ranges
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NEON in California & the CalEON network
NRS sites
Ameriflux sites
Jasper ridge
UC campuses.
San Joaquin Experimental Range
San Joaquin Experimental Range, proposed NEON core site for California
NEON: National overview
• NEON: A continental-scale ecological observatory• Four fundamental science subsystems sampling the
drivers/responses of ecological change on spatial scales from microbes to land-masses
• Enable forecasting the impacts of climate change, land use change & invasive species on continental-scale ecology
• Infrastructure backbone for other experiments in NEON domains… GCE, STREON
• Design & development phase, construction 2010
NEON Fundamental Science Systems
FSU: Fundamental Sentinel Unit Human Observers/Samplers
FIU: Fundamental Instrument Unit Automated Instrumentation
AOP: Airborne Observation Package Aircraft Remote Sensing
LUAP: Land Use Analysis Package Satellite Remote Sensing +
+ Education: Prepare society & the scientific community to use NEON data, information, forecasts.
NEON scientific deployment
20 Domains in U.S.– 20 Core sites– 40 Relocatable sites– 18 Mobile laboratories
2 Airborne observing packages
Land use analysis package
NEON Domains20 = Science + pragmatism….
Downed Woody Debris (7.32 m)
Herb cover (1 m2)
Sapling/shrub biomass (2.07 m radius)
Annular plot (17.95 m radius)Soil Sampling (point sample)
Biomass plot (1 m2)Litterfall plot (1 m2)
Litter decomposition plot (1 m2)
Vegetation plot design 168 m2 plot
National Forest Service Inventory and Analysis Program (Frayer and Furnival 1999)
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Towers
Supporting facilities for science & education
– Chemical analysis facility– Isotopic analysis facility– Genomic analysis facility– BioArchive collections and curation– Calibration/Validation (cal/val) Laboratory– Training manuals and courses, colloquia– Digital field guides, keys, & manuals– Information for decision support– (longer term) Data and forecast production facility
NEON aquatic experiment: STREON
STREON Experiment– Stream manipulation– 10 locations in U.S.– Low-order streams– Nutrient additions (5x
ambient)– Top consumer removals– Conceptual design ready
Stream packages planned for KREW & Teakettle
Ongoing national activities
– Program & preliminary design reviews ongoing– Arch/Eng – designs for 20 core sites, 40 relocatable
sites, associated cost estimates– Environmental review underway, site permitting late
2009– Construction… 2010, 5-yrs, early science ops 2012– Aircraft evaluation program & instrument design
studies underway– Prototyping of key technical systems, construction +
M&O procedures, underway – Table Mountain
SJER
SoaprootKREW
Teakettle
Wishon
NEON Transect
Current domain activities–Respond to information needs for design & NEPA–Forming Domain Science & Education Committee
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