| Final Design Review Completed |
NEON has just completed a Final Design Review (FDR) of the plan for a continental-scale observatory, the final major planning milestone in the design and execution of the project. The FDR is a follow-up to NEON's Preliminary Design Review (PDR) held in June 2009.
Similar to the PDR, NEON, Inc. teams presented detailed project scope, budgets, designs, risks, and project management strategies for construction and operations of the NEON project to a panel of reviewers convened by NSF. FDR sessions focused most strongly on project management strategies and budgets for the project.
NEON's achievements are due to the time, hard work and support of scientists, educators and officials who participated on committees and review teams over the past several years. NEON used hundreds of comments and suggestions from these individuals and groups to develop the plans by which it is now operating.
The project now awaits formal approval from the FDR review panel. |
| NEON at AGU Fall Meeting |
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NEON will be at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco from Dec 14-18. Come visit us!
Scheduled events include:
1. NEON Town Hall: "The Role of NSF's Environmental Observatories in Ecology and Earth Systems Science." Thursday Dec. 17, 7:30-8:30pm, Moscone West Room 2002. Will feature opening remarks from Dr. Timothy Killeen (NSF Assistant Director for Geosciences) and speakers from OOI, NCAR, CUAHSI, and NEON, and additional panelists from AON, GEON, and GLEON.
2. Poster presentations by NEON staff: Staff will be presenting Dec 14-16. See NEON's web site for more details.
3. NEON exhibit booth: All week at the exhibit hall. We're booth #335.
4. Career networking events: (1) Short presentation by NEON staff and question and answer session on Wed Dec 16 from 10-11am in the Student Lounge. (2) NEON staff will attend the Career Networking Event on Wednesday Dec 16 from 12:30-1:30pm in the Grand Ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel. |
| Stimulus Money Helps NEON Research Take to the Air |
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NEON's Airborne Observation team will receive stimulus money to develop a new imaging spectrometer to study ecosystems from aircraft, a significant advancement for the field of ecological research.
The team will receive an award totaling almost $10 million from the National Science Foundation, which is supported via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to develop airborne technology that will provide opportunities for research previously unavailable to the general U.S. science community.
The airborne imaging spectrometer will be used to study vegetation growth, land use and invasive species across the U.S., providing a clearer picture of the state of the continent's ecosystems to scientists.
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