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AGENDA • Introductions – Rissler • NEON Science Overview – Loescher • Infrastructure review - Thompson • Operations/Decommission – Bolyard • Open Discussion Monday, August 13, 2012 2
• NEON Introductions – Erik Rissler: Permitting and Safety Coordinator – Jody Bolyard: Director, Permitting and Central Operations – Hank Loescher: Assistant Director, Biometeorology – David Tazik: Director, Science – Chris Thompson: Facilities and Civil Construction Monday, August 13, 2012 3
Monday, August 13, 2012 4
Desi sign C gn Consi onside derations ons • Minimize footprint • Reduce impact to science • Ensure environmental protection • Infrastructure required – Power – Communications – Access Monday, August 13, 2012 5
SCIENCE O OVERVIEW Dr. Hank Loescher
(a ¡brief) ¡ Introduction to NEON ¡ Hank ¡Loescher ¡ Assistant ¡Director ¡-‑ ¡NEON ¡ Ins2tute ¡for ¡Alpine ¡and ¡Arc2c ¡Research, ¡ ¡ University ¡of ¡Colorado ¡ ¡ Healy ¡Community, ¡Healy, ¡Alaska ¡ August 11,2012 1
TALK OUTLINE • Design ¡history ¡ • How ¡did ¡we ¡get ¡here?, ¡Requirements ¡framework ¡ • Scien2fic ¡Crea2vely ¡verses ¡Baseline ¡Infrastructure ¡ • Scien2fic ¡scope ¡and ¡design ¡ • Sub-‑system ¡designs, ¡FSU, ¡FIU, ¡AOP, ¡AQU, ¡LUAP ¡ 2
NEON DESIGN Grand ¡Challenges ¡in ¡ Environmental ¡Sciences ¡ 1. Biodiversity 2. Biogeochemical cycles 3. Climate change 4. Ecohydrology 5. Infectious disease 6. Invasive species 7. Land use NRC (National Research Council). 2001. Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences. Washington DC: National Academies Press. NRC (National Research Council). 2003. NEON: Addressing the Nation's Environmental Challenges. Washington DC: National Academies Press . J.A. Klein 3
NEON’s Scientific Approach The ¡goal ¡of ¡NEON ¡is ¡to ¡ enable ¡ understanding ¡and ¡ forecas0ng ¡ of ¡ the ¡ impacts ¡of ¡ climate ¡change , ¡ land ¡use ¡change ¡ and ¡ invasive ¡ species ¡ on ¡ con0nental-‑scale ¡ ecology ¡ by ¡providing ¡infrastructure ¡to ¡ support ¡research, ¡educa2on ¡and ¡environmental ¡management ¡in ¡ these ¡areas. ¡ !>/3:3(?@(!A>BC: D:3E?B3:3(F?(!A>BC: !"#$%&'(!)%*+',( Understanding and 6#7+'75)'$#0&89,( Understanding and predicting climate variability, including predicting the impacts of human activities on directional climate change and its impacts on the E arth’s major biogeochemical cycles. natural and human systems 6#7.#2'80#&9,( Understanding the regulation Interactions -%*.(/0',( Understanding and predicting of biological diversity and its functional and Feedbacks changes in land use and land cover that are consequences for ecosystems. critical to biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem :57)9.87"7+9,( Understanding and functioning and services, and human welfare. predicting changes in freshwater resources 1*2%0#2'(34'5#'0,( Understanding and and the environment. forecasting the distribution of biological 1*;'5<0(=#0'%0'0,( Understanding and invasions and their impacts on ecological processes and ecosystem services. predicting the ecological and evolutionary aspects of infectious diseases and of the interactions among pathogens, hosts/receptors, and ecosystems. 4
NEON GOALS The overarching goal of NEON is to enable understanding and forecasting of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on continental-scale ecology by providing infrastructure to support research in these areas. • Information infrastructure: Consistent, continental, long- term, multi-scaled data-sets and data products that serve as a context for research and education. • Physical Infrastructure: A research platform for investigator- initiated sensors, observations, and experiments providing physical infrastructure, cyberinfrastructure, human resources, and expertise, and program management and coordination. 5
A National Observatory: 20 Eco-climatic Domains 6
Mapping the Questions to Specific Sites !"#$%&'(&#)*+,-().- 7'$.2()*7823")*0#*!(.0-98)#$%*:#23-90#( /0#)-(*1232").)3( ;3<2-$03*=$0'0", 4#523*6%0-,-().- !>&2($% 7
How will NEON observe? 8
NEON Deployment • Headquarters (incl. CI, labs, etc.) - Boulder • 20 Domains (labs and other facilities) • 20 Core sites (wildland) • 40 Relocatable sites (land-use sites) • 10 Mobile laboratories (AK, HI, CONUS+PR) • Human-based observations • 3 Airborne Observation Platforms • Land Use Analysis Package • STREON Experiment (green = taskable) 9
NEON Science Facilities (subsystems) (alphabet soup) FSU Fundamental ¡Sen2nel ¡Unit Human ¡Obs. ¡Bioarchive Fundamental ¡Instrument ¡ Automated ¡ FIU Unit Instrumenta2on Airborne ¡Observa2on ¡ AOP AircraR ¡Remote ¡Sensing ¡ Package Human ¡Obs/automated ¡ AQU ¡ Aqua2c/STREON ¡ instrumenta2on ¡ LUAP Land ¡Use ¡Analysis ¡Package Satellite ¡Remote ¡Sensing ¡+ ¡ 10
Fundamental Sentinel Unit • Biodiversity • Population Dynamics • Productivity • Phenology • Infectious Disease • Biogeochemistry • Microbial Function and Diversity • Ecohydrology 11
Sentinel Organisms (FSU) Microbes Mosquitoes Aquatic Invertebrates Beetles Small Mammals Genera2on ¡Time ¡ Fish Birds Plants 12 12
Fundamental Instrument Unit FIU ¡working ¡group, ¡NEON ¡HQ ¡ 13
Fundamental Instrument Unit • Physical and chemical climate forcing (incl wet dep, AOD) • Micrometeorological scalars and fluxes • CO 2 , δ C 13 , H 2 O, δ O 18 , DH, CH 4 , O 3 , NO y • Soil Array • Over 2000 measurements per core site at frequencies of • Daily, and ~0.1 to 20 Hz • Generating > 800 Tb y-1 or raw data, and more at higher level data products 14
Mobile Deployment Platform • Mobile (formally Continental Toolbox and the Rapid Deployment System) • Cam paign based m easurem ents • < 1 year • Observational • Cal/ Val support Mobile Platform s, ( 1 0 ) perm anent for the life of NEON, ~ 0 .5 per Dom ain • (1) Truck, (1) mobile, trailer-able Tower, (1) mobile, trailer-able Lab, • Core suite of instrumentation (Basic micromet, EC package) • Independent power and internet communications (housekeeping data minimum) Applied Modules, ( various # ’s) to be deployed according to observatory needs, m ix and m atch • Micrometeorology • Organismal Ecology • Atmospheric Chemistry • Education and Outreach • Ecohydrology • NEON training 15
Mapping Ecosystems from the Air 16
Airborne Remote Sensing (AOP) • Spectroscopy – Vegetation biochemical & biophysical properties – Cover type & fraction • LiDAR altimetry – Vegetation Structure – Sub-canopy topography – biomass • High resolution imagery – Land use & land cover 17
AOP Imaging Spectrometer 18
Airborne Remote Sensing (AOP) 19
Spatial Scaling Strategy LUAP AOP Ecological Forecast models FIU Mobile Labs FSU+ AQS 20
Supporting Facilities • Chemical analysis resources • Isotopic analysis resources • Genetic analysis resources • Disease facility • BioArchive collections • HQ - Boulder • Civil Construction (FCC) • Permitting (EHS) • CyberInfrastructure (CI) • Engineering labs (ENG) • Calibration/Validation Laboratory (CAL/VAL) • Advanced Technology labs 21
NE ON Data T r ac k to F our Major De sign E le me nts • Scientific Requirements • Measurement Traceability • Procedures and Protocols • Data Product Algorithms 22
NEON Near Death Experience • Late 90’s – concept of standardized ecological observatory • 2000-2005 – community workshops, establish boundary conditions. Shopping list/Christmas tree approach (diag). • (~2005) NSF began to push in key directions. Replaced mgt. • 2006 … Integrated Science and Education Plan (ISEP). • 2007 … PDR1: NEON needs further D&D, Mgt. • 2008 … new D&D phase: flowdown & deliverables, site design contract underway, project office ramp-up (6-50 staff). • 2009 … PDR/FDR, (+65 staff), successfully completed FDR • 2010… Prototyping and business operations (+135 staff) • 2011 late… Began construction (+190 staff) Research / Research Activities MREFC - Construction Operations 2006 2011 2012 2017 23
Why/How did we design Alaska sites? Request for information (public announcement) • Oct 2006 • 2008-2010 meetings took pace in Fairbanks and Anchorage • NSF run EA NEPA • Rigorous review cycle • NEON had limited resources for community engagement 24
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