News @NEON – New Observatory Director, new airborne data, and more

Fall 2014

In this issue

Observatory Director
New airborne data available
New higher education video on LiDAR data
Construction updates
Fall into Phenology
2014 NEON summer intern blogs
Call for papers: Understanding uncertainty in remotely sensed vegetation data products
New jobs in NEON science

NEON hires new Observatory Director

Christopher J. (CJ) Loria will join NEON, Inc. as its next Observatory Director in early October 2014, where he will be responsible for leading the Observatory through its transition to full operations.

“We are excited to have someone with such profound leadership skills, technical experience and a commitment to getting the science right as we’re getting in CJ. He is the right candidate to be in this position at such a critical juncture for NEON,” said NEON, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Russ Lea.

Read more about CJ Loria’s appointment

2013 airborne LiDAR and Hyperspectral data from four sites in the Pacific Southwest now available

In June 2013, NEON conducted a series of airborne remote sensing surveys at three NEON terrestrial sites and one aquatic site located in central California. These NEON Domain 17 sites represent diverse ecosystems ranging from open woodland dominated by oaks and digger pine, mixed conifer/deciduous forest, and red fir forest. The remote sensing data collected during these flights have been processed and several first-level engineering data products are available for distribution.

NEON presents its first higher education video

NEON is excited to present its first video in a series of multimedia resources. The Story of LiDAR Data provides a general overview of LiDAR data and highlights how LiDAR data is used to measure structural characteristics of trees.

Watch the video

Construction update

Civil construction is complete on 31 terrestrial and aquatic sites. Sensor installation is underway at 10 sites and NEON successfully completed field sampling at 16 sites this year.

For all sites under construction and the latest updates

Join the 4th annual Fall into Phenology campaign

Celebrate the beginning of fall with Project BudBurst’s 4th Annual Fall into Phenology campaign. Fall is a great time to observe leaves changing color and falling, fruits ripening, and flowers blooming. Grab a Single Report form and tell us what the plants around you are doing this fall. Together, we can learn more about how plants respond to changes in their environment.