Update on the USA National Phenology Network · Update on the USA National Phenology Network Data,...

Jake F. Weltzin

US Geological Survey

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Update on the USA National

Phenology Network

Data, Visualizations, Monitoring and

Partnerships (and Beyond)

Outline

• Introduction to USA-NPN

• Web-based tools and services

• Phenology monitoring: Nature's Notebook

• Partnerships

• Future directions

• A national ecological science and monitoring program

• Agencies, NGOs, academia, the public

• Standard protocols for plants, animals & landscapes

• Facilitate scaling from 'leaf to globe'

• Integrate with other monitoring networks

• Business to Business and Business to Customer

USA-NPN in a nutshell

• Develop a national phenology information management

system

• Develop partnerships for implementation

• Facilitate phenology science and research

• Facilitate development of decision support tools

• Conduct and facilitate education and outreach

• Develop a national phenology monitoring system

Core functions

Outline

• Introduction to USA-NPN

• Web-based tools and services

• Phenology monitoring: Nature's Notebook

• Partnerships

• Future directions

A national phenology monitoring system

www.usanpn.org/how-observe

www.usanpn.org/node/add/ct-dataset

Data set

registry tool

www.usanpn.org/results/dataset-list

Phenology dataset search tool

Educator’s Clearinghouse

www.usanpn.org/education/clearinghouse

Phenology publications

www.usanpn.org/resources/biblio

Training resources

www.usanpn.org/resources/resources

Learn about other phenology programs

www.usanpn.org/participate/other-programs

Partnership tool

www.usanpn.org/participate/new-partners

Affiliates tools

Outline

• Introduction to USA-NPN

• Web-based tools and services

• Phenology monitoring: Nature's Notebook

• Partnerships

• Future directions

Event

Activity Reproduction Development

Day of year

Phenology Monitoring Methods

Status & Abundance

Status

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∙ 258 plant species

∙ 58 animal species

∙ Status monitoring

∙ Core protocols

• 98 animal + 300 plant species

• User profiles

• Shared sites

a project of the USA-NPN

Coming soon

Metadata: method used, effort reporting, condition of site & organism

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Real-time data now available

http://www.usanpn.org/visualizations

Real-time visualization tools

Nationally distributed observation sites

3160 observers at 4412 sites observing 5459 organisms

418731 records from 76304 observations 2/11

Integration with climatological data

Species-specific queries and animations

Data exploration and comparison

Outline

• Introduction to USA-NPN

• Web-based tools and services

• Phenology monitoring: Nature's Notebook

• Partnerships

• Future directions

Key sponsors and collaborators…

The Great Sunflower Project

John Gross

DOI Conf. on the Environ. 2010

• Link I & M, Research Learning Centers,

staff and volunteers

• Monitor phenology at 13 NPS units

• Test and evaluate multiple methods

• Develop SOPs and full NPS Protocol

• Expand to include regional partners

• Develop framework for network

• Monitoring at all 19 NPS units

• Formalize species selection process

• Education and outreach tools

• Engage citizens in data collection

• Ensure data stewardship

• Document legacy phenology datasets

• Expand to include regional partners

Outline

• Introduction to USA-NPN

• Web-based tools and services

• Phenology monitoring: Nature's Notebook

• Partnerships

• Future directions

• Scientific and applied use of data

• Increase quality of data and participants

• Quality assurance and control

• Implement web services: data input and output

• Data integration (biological and physical)

• Increase quantity of participants & records

• Enhanced data analysis and visualization tools

• Outreach and training campaigns

• Identify and remove barriers to participation

• Identification and 'rescue' of historic datasets

Future directions I

Future directions II

• Strategic partnership development

• Strategic planning based on stakeholder needs

• Regional collaborative projects

• Applied campaigns/projects

• Major national and international assessments

- NCA, IPCC

• International community of practice

• Working across scales: remote sensing phenology

• Sustainability planning

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