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Jake F. Weltzin
US Geological Survey
www.usanpn.org
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
• Go to www.usanpn.org
∙ 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
www.usanpn.org/results/data
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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