Print PageThe Cyberinfrastructure (CI) group of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is responsible for providing computational and technical support for the curation, management, and dissemination of all data and data products the Observatory will provide. The CI expects to collect a wide variety of data types, including time series, spectra and LIDAR data, genomics, biological observations, chemical analyses, as well as existing data sets such as MODIS data, just to name a few.
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The difficulties imposed by such a heterogeneous set of data include defining a data model and data discovery and retrieval mechanisms that can accommodate all the data types. We discuss the CI design, its central role in integrating NEON’s multiple spatiotemporal domains of observation, current prototyping efforts, and plans for the upcoming construction period.
