National Ecological Observatory Network

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.

由国家科学基金会（NSF）资助并由巴特尔公司自豪地运营的全国生态观测网络（NEON）项目，为美国大陆尺度提供开放的数据，这些数据描绘并量化了复杂且快速变化的生态过程。观测站的全面设计有助于加深对生态变化的了解，并能够预测未来的生态状况。NEON收集并处理来自美国大陆、波多黎各和夏威夷的实地站点数据，时间跨度为30年。NEON提供免费且开放的数据，这些数据表征植物、动物、土壤、营养素、淡水和大气。这些数据可与外部数据集或个别研究人员收集的数据相结合，以支持对大陆尺度生态变化的学研究。