edu.ucar.opensky::articles:24972 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T22:57:11.025998 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d72j6gdq https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1rj https Related Dataset #1 Data from: Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d72j6gdq https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833 Nagy, R. C. author Balch, J. K. author Bissell, E. K. author Cattau, M. E. author Glenn, N. F. author Halpern, B. S. author Ilangakoon, N. author Johnson, B. author Joseph, M. B. author Marconi, S. author O'Riordan, C. author Sanovia, J. author Swetnam, T. L. author Travis, W. R. author Wasser, L. A. author Woolner, E. author Zarnetske, P. author Abdulrahim, M. author Adler, J. author Barnes, G. author Bartowitz, K. J. author Blake, R. E. author Bombaci, S. P. author Brun, J. author Buchanan, J. D. author Chadwick, K. D. author Chapman, M. S. author Chong, S. S. author Chung, Y. A. author Corman, J. R. author Couret, J. author Crispo, E. author Doak, T. G. author Donnelly, A. author Duffy, K. A. author Dunning, K. H. author Duran, S. M. author Edmonds, J. W. author Fairbanks, D. E. author Felton, A. J. author Florian, C. R. author Gann, D. author Gebhardt, M. author Gill, N. S. author Gram, Wendy author Guo, J. S. author Harvey, B. J. author Hayes, K. R. author Helmus, M. R. author Hensley, R. T. author Hondula, K. L. author Huang, T. author Hundertmark, W. J. author Iglesias, V. author Jacinthe, P. author Jansen, L. S. author Jarzyna, M. A. author Johnson, T. M. author Jones, K. D. author Jones, M. A. author Just, M. G. author Kaddoura, Y. O. author Kagawa-Vivani, A. K. author Kaushik, A. author Keller, A. B. author King, K. B. S. author Kitzes, J. author Koontz, M. J. author Kouba, P. V. author Kwan, W. author LaMontagne, J. M. author LaRue, E. A. author Li, D. author Li, B. author Lin, Y. author Liptzin, D. author Long, W. A. author Mahood, A. L. author Malloy, S. S. author Malone, S. L. author McGlinchy, J. M. author Meier, C. L. author Melbourne, B. A. author Mietkiewicz, N. author Morisette, J. T. author Moustapha, M. author Muscarella, C. author Musinsky, J. author Muthukrishnan, R. author Naithani, K. author Neely, M. author Norman, K. author Parker, S. M. author Perez Rocha, M. author Petri, L. author Ramey, C. A. author Record, S. author Rossi, M. W. author SanClements, M. author Scholl, V. M. author Schweiger, A. K. author Seyednasrollah, B. author Sihi, D. author Smith, K. R. author Sokol, E. R. author Spaulding, S. A. author Spiers, A. I. author St. Denis, L. A. author Staccone, A. P. author Stack Whitney, K. author Stanitski, D. M. author Stricker, E. author Surasinghe, T. D. author Thomsen, S. K. author Vasek, P. M. author Xiaolu, L. author Yang, D. author Yu, R. author Yule, K. M. author Zhu, K. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher It is a critical time to reflect on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science to date as well as envision what research can be done right now with NEON (and other) data and what training is needed to enable a diverse user community. NEON became fully operational in May 2019 and has pivoted from planning and construction to operation and maintenance. In this overview, the history of and foundational thinking around NEON are discussed. A framework of open science is described with a discussion of how NEON can be situated as part of a larger data constellation-across existing networks and different suites of ecological measurements and sensors. Next, a synthesis of early NEON science, based on >100 existing publications, funded proposal efforts, and emergent science at the very first NEON Science Summit (hosted by Earth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder in October 2019) is provided. Key questions that the ecology community will address with NEON data in the next 10 yr are outlined, from understanding drivers of biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales to defining complex feedback mechanisms in human-environmental systems. Last, the essential elements needed to engage and support a diverse and inclusive NEON user community are highlighted: training resources and tools that are openly available, funding for broad community engagement initiatives, and a mechanism to share and advertise those opportunities. NEON users require both the skills to work with NEON data and the ecological or environmental science domain knowledge to understand and interpret them. This paper synthesizes early directions in the community's use of NEON data, and opportunities for the next 10 yr of NEON operations in emergent science themes, open science best practices, education and training, and community building. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 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