Project Office News: August 2007

ESA Presentations Available Online

Slide shows from the August 6, 2007 NEON presentations at the ESA/SER International Conference in San Jose, California, are now a click away. Follow the links below to see the four presentations:

NEON CEO Dr. David Schimel: NEON: A Continental-Scale Ecological Observation Platform

Dr. Melinda Smith (Yale University): NEON Science: The Role of Experiments

Dr. Charlene D’Avanzo (Hampshire College): NEON Education and Outreach

Dr. James P. Collins, NSF Assistant Director, Directorate of Biological Sciences: NSF Vision for NEON

Posted by djohnson on Monday August 13, at 2PM

Boulder Hosts Concurrent NEON Meetings

On August 13-14, the NEON Experiment “tiger team,” chaired by Dr. Melinda Smith (Yale University), will meet in Boulder, Colorado. The group will design an experiment based on two Global Change Experiments submitted in response to the NEON Request for Information. It will also propose objective criteria for deploying a nationwide experiment.

Concurrently, on August 13-15, the NEON FIU tiger team will reconvene to further develop the detailed sensor and tower layouts for two NEON domains. The group will focus on the Southern Rockies-Colorado Plateau site at Niwot Ridge and the Central Plains site at the Central Plains Experimental Range in Colorado. Dr. Hank Loescher (Oregon State University) will run the meeting, which will be chaired by the NEON Director of Science. The goal of the FIU team is to refine the number of measurements needed and the number, type, and placement of sensors. Details of both meetings will be posted at www.neoninc.org as they become available.

Posted by djohnson on Thursday August 2, at 11AM