National Ecological Observatory Network: Operations Activities

国家生态观测站网络（NEON）提供了一个标准化的仪器和观测平台，能够测量从地方到大陆尺度的生物圈的结构、组成、过程和动态。NEON是第一个大陆规模的设施，旨在对环境变化的原因和响应进行生态研究。它通过原位传感能力、生物测量、机载遥感和通过网络基础设施主干交付的数据产品提供这种能力，确保社区访问这些资源。NEON支持一个庞大而多样化的利益相关者群体——生态学家、教育工作者、政策制定者和工程师——他们在研究、管理和培训项目中使用NEON的基础设施和数据。NEON提供的数据有助于采用协作、创新、多学科的方法来教育本科生和研究生。教育和培训计划包括工作坊、研讨会、教程和数据木工课程。NEON通过一个利用NEON的分布式特性和当地生态领域的专业知识来促进更广泛的社区参与的项目，从服务不足的社区和少数民族社区招募个人。该奖项授予巴特尔纪念研究所（BMI/Battelle），将运营NEON三年（2018 - 2020财年）。第一年的业务是在施工完成后进行的，而第二年和第三年是在施工完成后进行的。该奖项支持NEON运作的科学、技术和人力资源需求。在这个运营阶段，BMI正在探索整个天文台网络的效率，这将为全面运营提供信息，同时保持向科学界提供的数据产品的科学完整性。BMI也在加强与科学界的接触，通过咨询小组的利用、研讨会的推广和其他方法来提高认识和使用。初始作业期间的活动为处理压力源（如土地利用变化和入侵物种等环境因素）对区域和大陆尺度生态过程的影响提供了必要的数据。NEON首次提供了一个高度协调的国家基础设施，用于在多个空间和时间尺度上监测关键生态特性。NEON基础设施部署在横跨美国大陆、阿拉斯加、夏威夷和波多黎各的20个生态域。包括81个观测点（47个陆地观测点，34个水上观测点），以及互补的空中遥感活动。预计操作计划将摄取数据，监控数据质量，并将数据处理为涉众可以广泛访问的可用产品。此外，NEON还以可转让资产的形式提供研究基础设施，以支持社区驱动的研究和教育活动。

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides a standardized instrumentation and observational platform with the capability to measure the structure, composition, processes, and dynamics of the biosphere from local to continental scales. NEON is the first continental-scale facility designed to enable ecological research on the causes of and responses to environmental change. It provides this capability through in situ sensing capabilities, biological measurements, airborne remote sensing, and data products delivered through a cyberinfrastructure backbone that ensures community access to these resources. NEON supports a large and diverse group of stakeholders - ecologists, educators, policy makers, and engineers - who use the NEON infrastructure and data in their research, management and training programs. Data provided by NEON contributes to collaborative, innovative, multi-disciplinary approaches to educate undergraduate and graduate students. Education and training initiatives include workshops, seminars, tutorials, and data carpentry courses. NEON recruits individuals from underserved and minority communities, through a program that capitalizes on the distributed nature of NEON and the expertise at localized ecological domains to promote broader community engagement.This award to the Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI/Battelle) is to operate the NEON for three years (FY 2018 - 20). The first year of operations is being performed as construction is finalized, while the second and third years occur after construction is complete. The award supports the scientific, technical and human resource requirements of NEON operations. During this operations phase, BMI is exploring efficiencies across the observatory network that will inform full operations, while maintaining the scientific integrity of the data products being provided to the scientific community. BMI is also ramping up engagement with the scientific community to increase awareness and use through the utilization of advisory groups, outreach through workshops, and other approaches. Activities during initial operations provide data essential for addressing the effect of stressors, such as land use change and invasive species, among other environmental factors, on regional and continental scale ecological processes. NEON provides, for the first time, a highly coordinated national infrastructure for monitoring critical ecological properties at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The NEON infrastructure is deployed across 20 ecological domains that span the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Included are 81 observation sites (47 terrestrial, 34 aquatic), along with complementary remote sensing airborne activities. The operations plan is expected to ingest data, monitor data quality, and process data into useable products that are broadly accessible to stakeholders. Additionally, NEON provides research infrastructure in the form of assignable assets to support community-driven research and educational activities.