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National Ecological Observatory NetworkA project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated under cooperative agreement by Battelle.
Abraham KaramField Operations ManagerDomain 14
The NEON Project in the Desert Southwest: 2017 Status Update
What is NEON?
National Ecological Observatory Network• A large science facility funded by the National Science
Foundation and operated by Battelle• NEON provides open, continental-scale data that characterize
and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales
• Can be used stand-alone, or as a standardized framework for additional research and experiments to leverage data
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81 field sites • 47 terrestrial• 34 aquatic
24STATES
(plus Puerto Rico)
Located in
180DATA
PRODUCTS
Approximately
Where is NEON?
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How does NEON collect data?• Automated instruments
• Observational sampling
• Airborne remote sensing
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What happens at a NEON site?
Obtaining Automated Instrument and Observational Data
• NEON provides free and open-access data via our data portal.Once downloaded, the data are saved as .csv files in a
packaged single .zip file. Sampling protocols available for download.
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neondata.org
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View all data products
Search by location list or map
Find protocols & maintenance docs
Search by product
Obtaining Automated Instrument and Observational Data
Obtaining Airborne Remote Sensing Data
• AOP data from around the observatory are available; users will have to request access
• Alternatively, users can purchase and mail in a hard drive to AOP
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neonscience.org/request-airborne-data
2017 Field Operations Highlights
• Transitioned from paper data sheets to field tablets Improved data upload times
• Commissioning• Established contracts with external processing labs• Retention of field technicians within and among domains
around the NEON network
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Domain 14 Status Update
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• Airborne Sampling Coordination with TUS, Fort
Huachuca and Air Force
Flight window at peak green (22 Aug – 3 Sept)
Goal is to map the entire watershed
Domain 14 Status Update
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P1 P2
P3
P1 P2
P3
• Airborne Sampling Priority 1 (P1) flight box
captures the tower airshed and most of the NEON site.
Priority 2 and 3 boxes capture the remainder the watershed not covered by P1
Domain 14 Status Update
P1 area collected under nominal conditions (less than 10% cloud cover and within 40 degree solar angle). P2 and 3 areas collected under various conditions.
SRER data have been processed except for the digital camera data (estimate 1 month) and higher level Spectrometer mosaics (mid Dec-Jan).
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Domain 14 Status Update
• Instrumented Systems: All Phase 3 (eddy covariance)
instrumentation completed at Jornada and Santa Rita; most data products streaming
All infrastructure and instruments installed at Sycamore Creek; data expected early 2018
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Phenology Cam• Located on the NEON SRER tower
• Photos taken at 15 minute intervals
• https://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/
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July 9, 2017 Aug 1, 2017
Domain 14 Status Update
• Organismal Sampling: Terrestrial sampling ongoing at
Jornada and Santa Rita
Aquatics sampling began in June at Sycamore Creek
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2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Velvet mesquite
• Creosote
• Desert Zinnia
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
Tower Plot
Distributed Plot
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Grazing clip harvest (1x/month) if cattle preset during growing season
• 2019 Below Ground Biomass and Canopy Foliar Chemistry sampling
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Over 200 plant species representing 35+ families
• 60+ species in one plot
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Pathogen results in Jan.
• Taxonomic identification
11 species identified from SRER
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year Aedes purpureipes
Aedes papago
Photos: Kelsey Renfro
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• External lab identification results in Fall 2017
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Highest small mammal capture rates at NEON
• Disease and population data
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Successful first year partnering with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Nitrogen Transformation sampling in 2019
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
• Baseline mapping and tagging of woody vegetation
• Over 1,100 technician hours to complete
2017 Terrestrial Sampling at SRER
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Protocol FrequencyPlant Phenology Yearly (weekly)
Leaf Area Index Yearly (bi-weekly) + 3 year
Leaf Litter Yearly (1x/month)
Herbaceous Clip Yearly (Spring & Summer PG) + 3 year
Plant Diversity Yearly (Spring & Summer PG)
Mosquitoes Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ground Beetles Yearly (bi-weekly)
Ticks Yearly (6 weeks)
Small Mammals Yearly (6x)
Birds Yearly (1x)
Soil Microbes Yearly (3x)
Vegetation Structure 3 year
Course Downed Wood 3 year
Thank You!• Domain14 staff and NEON HQ support
• Mitch McClaran and Mark Heitlinger (assistance and support)
• Cheryl McIntyre (bio-crust guidance)
• Martha Gebhardt (outreach opportunities)
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720.746.4844 | [email protected] | www.battelle.org/neon
National Ecological Observatory Network is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated under cooperative agreement by Battelle.
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