Sustaining the USA National Phenology Network

事件的时间，如叶子，开花，迁移和孵化是植物，动物和生态系统对快速变化的气候条件的反应的一个强有力的指标。 美国国家物候学网络（USA-NPN）的主要目的是记录植物和动物的季节性生命周期事件的时间。USA-NPN的一项主要活动是维护自然笔记本，这是一个物候观测计划，由数千名公民和专业科学家用于收集和维护物候信息，同时又足够平易近人，可以由全国数千名志愿者数据收集者每天使用。此外，全国数百所高等教育机构和K-12教室使用Nature's Notebook和随之而来的数据进行基于探究的学习和对物候学和大型数据集的实践探索。通过《自然笔记本》产生的观察结果定期被纳入科学研究和出版物。该奖项将为USA-NPN团队活动提供短期的部分支持。该奖项使USA-NPN能够继续提供广泛的实时物候图和短期预测，维护Nature's Notebook计划和基础设施，支持现有的Nature's Notebook参与者和小组领导人，并在未来一年继续与科学，研究，教育，媒体和其他最终用户社区合作。USA-NPN还提供越来越多的地图和短期预报，以支持生物研究、规划和管理决策。USA-NPN的地图和预测产品也被广泛应用于林业、城市林业、农业和入侵物种管理。 在为期一年的奖励过程中，我们预计自然笔记本数据库将增加400万条记录，达到3000多万条物候记录，同时努力获得长期和可持续的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The timing of events such as leaf-out, flowering, migration, and hatch are a strong indicator of plant, animal, and ecosystem response to rapidly changing climate conditions. The USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) was established with the primary aim of documenting the timing of such seasonal life cycle events in plants and animals. A primary activity of the USA-NPN is to maintain Nature’s Notebook, a phenology observing program used by thousands of citizen- and professional-scientists for collecting and maintaining phenology information, while approachable enough to be used daily by thousands of volunteer data collectors nationwide. Further, hundreds of higher education institutions and K-12 classrooms nationwide use Nature’s Notebook and consequent data in inquiry-based learning and hands-on exploration of phenology and large datasets. The observations generated through Nature’s Notebook are regularly incorporated into scientific research and publications. This award will provide short-term, partial support for USA-NPN team activities. This award enables the USA-NPN to continue to offer a wide range of real-time phenology maps and short-term forecasts, maintain the Nature’s Notebook program and infrastructure, support existing Nature’s Notebook participants and group leaders, and continue to engage with science, research, educator, media, and other end-user communities over the next year. The USA-NPN also offers a growing roster of maps and short-term forecasts to support biological research, planning and management decisions. USA-NPN map and forecast products are also widely referenced in forestry, urban forestry, agriculture, and invasive species management applications. Over the course of the one-year award, we anticipate growing the Nature’s Notebook database by 4M records, to a total of over 30M phenology records while working to secure long-term and sustainable support.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.