Water Center Seminar: The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
January 20, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Anderson Hall, room 223, UW Seattle campus; http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/?AND
The Water Center presents a seminar with Jerry Franklin on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), a major initiative of the Biological Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation providing 21st century environmental scientists with the research platforms, infrastructure, and data sets that are needed to scientifically explore the impacts of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on ecosystems and ecological processes.
About Jerry Franklin
Jerry Franklin is a professor of ecosystem analysis at the UW College of Forest Resources and director of the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility. In 2004, he was appointed co-principal investigator in charge of planning the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) through a two-year $6 million National Science Foundation grant.
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