National Ecological Observatory Network

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The National Ecological Observatory Network or NEON is planned to be a network of observation stations that will cover the United States, in order to collect ecological data in unprecedented detail.

It is funded by the National Science Foundation, which envisions NEON as,

"a continental scale research instrument consisting of geographically distributed infrastructure, networked via state-of-the-art communications. Cutting-edge lab and field instrumentation, site-based experimental infrastructure, natural history archive facilities and/or computational, analytical and modeling capabilities, linked via a computational network will comprise NEON. NEON will transform ecological research by enabling studies on major environmental challenges at regional to continental scales. Scientists and engineers will use NEON to conduct real-time ecological studies spanning all levels of biological organization and temporal and geographical scales. NSF disciplinary and multi-disciplinary programs will support NEON research projects and educational activities. Data from standard measurements made using NEON will be publicly available.” (NSF 04549, 2004)^[1]

According to the journal Nature, NEON is expected to begin operation in 2013.^[2]

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NEON official website
Report in the journal Nature on NEON status and planning. (purchase required)
Free summary of the above Nature report.

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