1. NEON Prototype Debuts.
- Author
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ZELKOWlTZ, RACHEL
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ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring , *HYDROGEN-ion concentration measurement , *SOIL acidity - Abstract
The article discusses the debut of the U.S. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) prototype. Former director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Rita Colwell, proposed the idea during her tenure. Topics include a description of the first prototype site which will be opened on Table Mountain in Colorado and what NEON's objectives will be including environmental monitoring of soil hydrogen-ion (pH) contentration.
- Published
- 2008