Repository details
National Ecological Observatory Network
Name of repository
National Ecological Observatory Network
Additional name(s)
- NEON
Repository URL
Subject(s)
- Life Sciences
- Biology
- Plant Sciences
- Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
- Zoology
- Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
- Medicine
- Microbiology, Virology and Immunology
- Natural Sciences
- Geosciences
- Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Climate Research
- Atmospheric Science
- Water Research
- Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management
Description
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and proudly operated by Battelle, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) program provides open, continental-scale data across the United States that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological processes. The Observatory’s comprehensive design supports greater understanding of ecological change and enables forecasting of future ecological conditions. NEON collects and processes data from field sites located across the continental U.S., Puerto Rico, and Hawaii over a 30-year timeframe. NEON provides free and open data that characterize plants, animals, soil, nutrients, freshwater, and the atmosphere. These data may be combined with external datasets or data collected by individual researchers to support the study of continental-scale ecological change.
Keyword(s)
- DNA barcoding
- FAIR data principles
- agriculture systems
- biogeochemistry
- carbon cycling
- climate change
- ecological data
- ecological informatics
- ecology
- environmental sensors
- forest management
- freshwater ecosystems
- instrumented systems
- invasion biology
- metagenomes
- meteorology
- remote sensing
- soil
- specimens
- terrestrial ecosystems
- urban ecosystems
- water quality
Repository size
More than 180 data products and 500,000 samples and specimens
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (2)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2016
Additional name(s)
- NSF
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database License
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- other
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Data upload restriction type(s)
- other
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- other
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
no
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (2)
Type
other
Url
Type
REST
Url
Metadata standards (2)
Metadata standard
Metadata standard
Remarks
Entry date
2013-05-28
Last update
2024-01-29
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