Explore NEON Workshop - University of Florida

This page currently provides details on the content that are expected. Linked and downloadable resources will be added closer to the workshop dates.

Computer Set Up Instructions

These computer workshop instructions must be completed before starting the Exploring & Downloading NEON Data portion of the Pre-workshop Introductory Materials.

R & RStudio

To participant in this workshop, you will need a computer with the most current version of R, and preferably RStudio, loaded on your computer. Prior to the workshop you should have R and, preferably, RStudio installed on your computer.

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Install R Packages

Please have these packages installed and updated prior to the start of the workshop.

 install.packages("devtools")
 install.packages("neonUtilities")
 install.packages("raster")
 install.packages("sp")
 install.packages("tidyverse")
 install.packages("plyr")
 install.packages("lubridate")
 install.packages("scales")
 install.packages("gridExtra")
 install.packages('rgdal')
 install.packages('maps')
 install.packages('reshape2')
 devtools::install_github("NEONScience/NEON-geolocation/geoNEON")
 install.packages("BiocManager")
 BiocManager::install("rhdf5")
 ### Additional packages for LiDAR analysis:
 install.packages("lidR")
 install.packages("downloader")
 install.packages("httr")
 install.packages("jsonlite")

Update R Packages

In RStudio, you can go to Tools --> Check for package updates to update previously installed packages on your computer. Or you can use update.packages() to update all packages that are installed in R automatically. More on Packages in R

Monitors

To allow for participants to view the workshop instructors (including screensharing) and to follow along with the activities on their own computer, we recommend participants have two screens to view the workshop. If you do not have access to dual monitors, alternatives include calling into the virtual meeting on a tablet or extra-large cell phone (smaller cell phone screens will make it challenging to see the presentation materials). In these are not options, the workshop can still be completed with a single monitor/screen.

Pre-workshop Materials

Please complete all materials prior to the start of the workshop. The workshop will start with time for asking questions based on these introductory materials. Please keep a list of questions or concepts you need clarified.

1. The Future of Science is Open ( Video (6 mins))
2. Introduction to NEON (Video (4 mins) )
3. Navigating the resources from NEON (Tutorial , Video (7 mins). The tutorial covers more material than the video includes).
4. NEON Spatial Design & Geospatial Data ( Video (6 mins))

Day 1: Monday 29 June: Accessing & Understanding NEON data

Block 1- Group Activities

Optional Day 1: Monday 29 June: Troubleshooting R and Rstudio Setup

Day 2: Tuesday 30 June: Using NEON Data

Block 2- Group Activities

Day 3: Wednesday 1 July: Terrestrial Systems

Block 3 - Group Activities

Block 4 - Concurrent Sessions

Day 4: Thursday 2 July: Remote Sensing, Aquatic Systems, and Surface-Atmosphere Exchange

Block 5 - Group Activities

Block 6 - Concurrent Sessions

Block 7 - Group Activities