| Limited Data Portal Release |
An early version of the NEON data portal with limited data is now live. At present, available data are limited, and we are eager to receive constructive feedback from our user community.
NEON data products undergo an iterative quality assurance program, and we want to make these products available as soon as feasible. Initially, in order to get data to our users quickly, "preliminary" data products will be released in the run-up to "provisional" and eventually "science grade" data. At the "preliminary" stage, data has undergone largely automated and possibly rudimentary quality control procedures, such as range checking or spike identification. See the related article in this update on "Paper on NEON Methodology for Sensor Data Quality Control".
This version of the NEON data portal gives you the option of including documentation about the data product that you download, including the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) that describes how the quantities are calculated, the QA/QC measures applied, the uncertainty estimates around the quantities, and other information. This type of documentation allows the user to assess the quality of the data, and ultimately facilitates reproducability and repurposing of the data. To see the documentation, make sure to check the "Include relevant documents with any data download" when that option is provided to you.
Please note that this is an early version of the portal. We will collate, assess, and prioritize your feedback (accessible via the data portal). Future versions of the portal are released under a controlled schedule. Planned changes may therefore not be immediately apparent, even in a subsequent release of the portal. |
