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- "text": "This page visualizes the forecasts and forecast performance for the focal target variables. Only forecasts from a subset of NEON sites are shown. If you want to see your forecasts or scores, the links can be found in our forecast catalog and scores catalog"
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- "text": "Most recent forecasts\nOnly the top-performing models from the last 30 days are shown.\nForecasts submitted on 2024-05-13\n\nTerrestrial: net ecosystem exchangeTerrestrial: latent heat fluxPhenology: greennessPhenology: rednessAquatics: water temperatureAquatics: dissolved oxygenAquatics: chlorophyll-aBeetle community richnessBeetle community abundanceTicks: Amblyomma americanum\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecast summaries are available here"
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- "text": "Forecast analysis\nBelow are forecasts submitted 30 days ago and include the observations used to evaluate them. Mouse over to see the team id, scroll to zoom. Only the top five performing models are shown. Information on how to access the scores can be found in our catalog\n\nTerrestrial: net ecosystem exchangeTerrestrial: latent heat fluxPhenology: greennessPhenology: rednessAquatics: water temperatureAquatics: dissolved oxygenAquatics: chlorophyll-aBeetle community richnessBeetle community abundanceTicks: Amblyomma americanum\n\n\n\n\nNULL\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNULL\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNULL\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNULL\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNULL\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNULL"
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- "text": "Aggregated scores\nAverage skill scores of each model across all sites.\n\nScores are shown by reference date and forecast horizon (in days).\n\nScores are averaged across all submissions of the model with a given horizon or a given reference_datetime using submissions made since in the last 30 days for the daily or sub-daily variables and the past year for the weekly variables\n\nLearn about the continuous ranked probability score here\n\nTerrestrial: Net Ecosystem ExchangeTerrestrial: Latent Heat FluxPhenology: GreenessPhenology: RednessAquatics: water temperatureAquatics: dissolved oxygenAquatics: chrophyll-aBeetle community richnessBeetle community abundanceTicks: Amblyomma americanum"
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- "text": "The “targets” are time-series of National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) data for use in model development and forecast evaluation.\nThe targets are updated as new NEON data is made available.\nThe 10 targets were specifically chosen to include ecosystem, community, and population dynamics and are represented by five “themes”. The themes and links to targets files are included below."
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- "text": "The “targets” are time-series of National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) data for use in model development and forecast evaluation.\nThe targets are updated as new NEON data is made available.\nThe 10 targets were specifically chosen to include ecosystem, community, and population dynamics and are represented by five “themes”. The themes and links to targets files are included below."
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- "text": "Where to start\nIf are you are getting started, we recommend the following focal sites for each of the five “themes”. The first site in the list is the recommended starting site.\n\nTerrestrial: BART, OSBS, KONZ, SRER\nAquatics: BARC, CRAM\nPhenology: HARV, BART, STEI, UKFS, GRSM, DELA, CLBJ\nBeetles: BLAN, OSBS\nTicks: BLAN, TALL\n\nAs you develop your forecasting skills and want to expand to more sites, the targets are available at all 81 NEON sites. You may also consider submitting forecasts to sites that match your interests. For example, a class being taught in the winter may be more interested in forecasting southern sites while a summer class may focus on more northern sites.\nMore information about NEON sites can be found in the site metadata and on NEON’s website"
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- "text": "Explore the targets and themes\nInformation on the targets files for the five “themes” is below. In the tables,\n\n“duration” is the time-step of the variable where PT30M is a 30-minute mean, P1D is a daily mean, and P1W is a weekly total.\nThe “forecast horizon” is the number of days-ahead that we want you to forecast.\nThe “latency” is the time between data collection and data availability in the targets file\n\n\nTerrestrial fluxesAquaticsPhenologyBeetle communitiesTick populations\n\n\n\nThe exchange of water and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the land is akin to earth’s terrestrial ecosystems breathing rate and lung capacity. \nThe terrestrial flux theme challenges you to forecast the gas exchange at up to 47 sites across the U.S.\nThere are two variables and two time-steps (or duration) that you can forecast.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nforecast horizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nle\nP1D\ndaily mean latent heat flux (W/m2)\n30 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nnee\nP1D\ndaily mean Net ecosystem exchange (gC/m2/day)\n30 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nle\nPT30M\n30 minute mean latent heat flux (W/m2)\n10 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nnee\nPT30M\n30 minute mean net ecosystem exchange (umol/m2/s)\n10 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaily mean\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl_P1D <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/terrestrial_daily-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nterrestrial_targets <- read_csv(url_P1D, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-06\nP1D\nle\n11.5794551\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-07\nP1D\nle\n4.8951620\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-09\nP1D\nle\n7.5281656\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-11\nP1D\nle\n1.1577581\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-12\nP1D\nle\n0.1999174\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-13\nP1D\nle\n10.9325370\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nterrestrial_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% terrestrial_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 minute\nThe 30 minute duration targets are designed for forecasting sub-daily carbon and water dynamics. The URL is found at:\n\nurl_PT30M <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=PT30M/terrestrial_30min-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Terrestrial.html\n\n\n\n\nFreshwater surface water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a all influence drinking water quality, are critical for life in aquatic environments, and can represent the health of the ecosystem.\nThe aquatics theme challenges you to forecast daily mean water quality variables at up-to 7 lakes and 27 river/stream NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nchla\nP1D\ndaily mean Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\noxygen\nP1D\nSurface Mean Daily Dissolved Oxygen Concentration (mgL)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\ntemperature\nP1D\nSurface Mean Daily Water Temperature (Celsius)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/aquatics-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\naquatics_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-12\nP1D\noxygen\n3.402153\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-13\nP1D\noxygen\n4.156236\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-14\nP1D\noxygen\n4.071263\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-15\nP1D\noxygen\n3.909114\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-16\nP1D\noxygen\n3.862653\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-17\nP1D\noxygen\n4.354618\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\naquatics_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% aquatics_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\nWarning: Removed 859 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range\n(`geom_point()`).\n\n\n\n\n\nWater temperature at multiple depths measured at the UTC 00 hour are available for the 7 NEON lake sites. These data can be used for model development but will not be used for forecast evaluation.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/supporting_data/project_id=neon4cast/aquatics-expanded-observations.csv.gz\"\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Aquatics.html\n\n\n\nPhenology (the changes in plant canopies over the year) has been identified as one of the primary ecological fingerprints of global climate change.\nThe greenness and redness, as measured by a camera looking down at the top of vegetation are a quantitative measure of phenology. The phenology theme challenges you to forecast daily mean greeness and/or redness at up-to 47 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/phenology-targets.csv.gz\"\nread_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE) |> \n distinct(variable, duration) |> \n left_join(target_metadata, by = c(\"variable\",\"duration\")) |> \n filter(variable %in% c(\"gcc_90\",\"rcc_90\")) |> \n select(-class) |> \n knitr::kable()\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\ngcc_90\nP1D\nGreen chromatic coordinate is the ratio of the green digital number to the sum of the red, green, blue digital numbers from a digital camera.\n30 days\n~ 2 days\n\n\nrcc_90\nP1D\nRed chromatic coordinate is the ratio of the Red digital number to the sum of the red, green, blue digital numbers from a digital camera.\n30 days\n~ 2 days\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/phenology-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nphenology_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-30\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41659\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-31\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41570\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-01\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41780\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-02\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41539\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-03\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.42216\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-04\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41659\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nphenology_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% phenology_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\nWarning: Removed 8186 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range\n(`geom_point()`).\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Phenology.html\n\n\n\nSentinel species (such as beetles) can give forewarning of environmental risk to humans, so are particularly useful for such monitoring and forecasting efforts because they can provide surrogates for other co-located components of biodiversity.\nThe beetles theme challenges you to forecast weekly ground beetles (Family: Carabidae) abundance and richness (two measures of biodiversity) at up-to 47 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nabundance\nP1W\nTotal number of carabid individuals per trap-night, estimated each week of the year at each NEON site\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\nrichness\nP1W\nTotal number of unique ‘species’ in a sampling bout for each NEON site each week.\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/beetles-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nbeetles_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-12\nP1W\nabundance\n1.0489796\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-12\nP1W\nrichness\n14.0000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-26\nP1W\nabundance\n4.4535714\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-26\nP1W\nrichness\n13.0000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-01\nP1W\nabundance\n0.0553571\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-01\nP1W\nrichness\n10.0000000\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nbeetles_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% beetles_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Beetles.html\n\n\n\nTarget species for the tick population forecasts are Amblyomma americanum nymphal ticks. A. americanum is a vector of ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and southern tick-associated rash illness. The species is present in the eastern United States, and their populations are expanding. There is a correlation between tick population abundance and disease incidence, meaning forecasts for tick abundance have the potential to aid in our understanding of disease risk through time and space.\nThe beetles theme challenges you to forecast weekly Amblyomma americanum nymphal tick abundance at up-to 9 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\namblyomma_americanum\nP1W\nThe density of Amblyomma americanum nymphs per week (ticks per 1600m^2)\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\n\n\n\nThe weekly target file is located at the following URL.\n\n\"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/ticks-targets.csv.gz\"\n\n[1] \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/ticks-targets.csv.gz\"\n\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nticks_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-04-20\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n0.000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-05-11\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n9.815951\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-01\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n10.000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-08\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n19.393939\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-22\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n3.137255\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-07-13\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n3.661327\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nticks_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% ticks_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Ticks.html"
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In the tables,\n\n“duration” is the time-step of the variable where PT30M is a 30-minute mean, P1D is a daily mean, and P1W is a weekly total.\nThe “forecast horizon” is the number of days-ahead that we want you to forecast.\nThe “latency” is the time between data collection and data availability in the targets file\n\n\nTerrestrial fluxesAquaticsPhenologyBeetle communitiesTick populations\n\n\n\nThe exchange of water and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the land is akin to earth’s terrestrial ecosystems breathing rate and lung capacity. \nThe terrestrial flux theme challenges you to forecast the gas exchange at up to 47 sites across the U.S.\nThere are two variables and two time-steps (or duration) that you can forecast.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nforecast horizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nle\nP1D\ndaily mean latent heat flux (W/m2)\n30 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nnee\nP1D\ndaily mean Net ecosystem exchange (gC/m2/day)\n30 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nle\nPT30M\n30 minute mean latent heat flux (W/m2)\n10 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\nnee\nPT30M\n30 minute mean net ecosystem exchange (umol/m2/s)\n10 days\n~ 5 days\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaily mean\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl_P1D <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/terrestrial_daily-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nterrestrial_targets <- read_csv(url_P1D, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-06\nP1D\nle\n11.5794551\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-07\nP1D\nle\n4.8951620\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-09\nP1D\nle\n7.5281656\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-11\nP1D\nle\n1.1577581\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-12\nP1D\nle\n0.1999174\n\n\nneon4cast\nBART\n2017-02-13\nP1D\nle\n10.9325370\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nterrestrial_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% terrestrial_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 minute\nThe 30 minute duration targets are designed for forecasting sub-daily carbon and water dynamics. The URL is found at:\n\nurl_PT30M <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=PT30M/terrestrial_30min-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Terrestrial.html\n\n\n\n\nFreshwater surface water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a all influence drinking water quality, are critical for life in aquatic environments, and can represent the health of the ecosystem.\nThe aquatics theme challenges you to forecast daily mean water quality variables at up-to 7 lakes and 27 river/stream NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nchla\nP1D\ndaily mean Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\noxygen\nP1D\nSurface Mean Daily Dissolved Oxygen Concentration (mgL)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\ntemperature\nP1D\nSurface Mean Daily Water Temperature (Celsius)\n30 days\n~ 3 days\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/aquatics-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\naquatics_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-12\nP1D\noxygen\n3.402153\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-13\nP1D\noxygen\n4.156236\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-14\nP1D\noxygen\n4.071263\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-15\nP1D\noxygen\n3.909114\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-16\nP1D\noxygen\n3.862653\n\n\nneon4cast\nARIK\n2016-08-17\nP1D\noxygen\n4.354618\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\naquatics_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% aquatics_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\nWarning: Removed 859 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range\n(`geom_point()`).\n\n\n\n\n\nWater temperature at multiple depths measured at the UTC 00 hour are available for the 7 NEON lake sites. These data can be used for model development but will not be used for forecast evaluation.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/supporting_data/project_id=neon4cast/aquatics-expanded-observations.csv.gz\"\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Aquatics.html\n\n\n\nPhenology (the changes in plant canopies over the year) has been identified as one of the primary ecological fingerprints of global climate change.\nThe greenness and redness, as measured by a camera looking down at the top of vegetation are a quantitative measure of phenology. The phenology theme challenges you to forecast daily mean greeness and/or redness at up-to 47 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/phenology-targets.csv.gz\"\nread_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE) |> \n distinct(variable, duration) |> \n left_join(target_metadata, by = c(\"variable\",\"duration\")) |> \n filter(variable %in% c(\"gcc_90\",\"rcc_90\")) |> \n select(-class) |> \n knitr::kable()\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\ngcc_90\nP1D\nGreen chromatic coordinate is the ratio of the green digital number to the sum of the red, green, blue digital numbers from a digital camera.\n30 days\n~ 2 days\n\n\nrcc_90\nP1D\nRed chromatic coordinate is the ratio of the Red digital number to the sum of the red, green, blue digital numbers from a digital camera.\n30 days\n~ 2 days\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1D/phenology-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nphenology_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-30\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41659\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-31\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41570\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-01\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41780\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-02\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41539\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-03\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.42216\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-06-04\nP1D\ngcc_90\n0.41659\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nphenology_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% phenology_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\nWarning: Removed 8186 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range\n(`geom_point()`).\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Phenology.html\n\n\n\nSentinel species (such as beetles) can give forewarning of environmental risk to humans, so are particularly useful for such monitoring and forecasting efforts because they can provide surrogates for other co-located components of biodiversity.\nThe beetles theme challenges you to forecast weekly ground beetles (Family: Carabidae) abundance and richness (two measures of biodiversity) at up-to 47 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\nabundance\nP1W\nTotal number of carabid individuals per trap-night, estimated each week of the year at each NEON site\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\nrichness\nP1W\nTotal number of unique ‘species’ in a sampling bout for each NEON site each week.\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily mean target file is located at the following URL.\n\nurl <- \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/beetles-targets.csv.gz\"\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nbeetles_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-12\nP1W\nabundance\n1.0489796\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-12\nP1W\nrichness\n14.0000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-26\nP1W\nabundance\n4.4535714\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2016-09-26\nP1W\nrichness\n13.0000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-01\nP1W\nabundance\n0.0553571\n\n\nneon4cast\nABBY\n2017-05-01\nP1W\nrichness\n10.0000000\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nbeetles_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% beetles_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Beetles.html\n\n\n\nTarget species for the tick population forecasts are Amblyomma americanum nymphal ticks. 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There is a correlation between tick population abundance and disease incidence, meaning forecasts for tick abundance have the potential to aid in our understanding of disease risk through time and space.\nThe beetles theme challenges you to forecast weekly Amblyomma americanum nymphal tick abundance at up-to 9 terrestrial NEON sites.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvariable\nduration\nDescription\nhorizon\nLatency\n\n\n\n\namblyomma_americanum\nP1W\nThe density of Amblyomma americanum nymphs per week (ticks per 1600m^2)\n1 year\n~ 6 months\n\n\n\n\n\nThe weekly target file is located at the following URL.\n\n\"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/ticks-targets.csv.gz\"\n\n[1] \"https://sdsc.osn.xsede.org/bio230014-bucket01/challenges/targets/project_id=neon4cast/duration=P1W/ticks-targets.csv.gz\"\n\n\nYou can directly load it into R using the following\n\nticks_targets <- read_csv(url, show_col_types = FALSE)\n\nThe file contains the following columns\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproject_id\nsite_id\ndatetime\nduration\nvariable\nobservation\n\n\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-04-20\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n0.000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-05-11\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n9.815951\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-01\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n10.000000\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-08\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n19.393939\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-06-22\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n3.137255\n\n\nneon4cast\nBLAN\n2015-07-13\nP1W\namblyomma_americanum\n3.661327\n\n\n\n\n\nand the time series for the focal sites\n\nticks_targets |> \n filter(site_id %in% ticks_focal_sites) |> \n ggplot(aes(x = datetime, y = observation)) +\n geom_point() +\n facet_grid(variable~site_id, scales = \"free_y\") +\n theme_bw()\n\n\n\n\nLearn more at: https://projects.ecoforecast.org/neon4cast-docs/Ticks.html"
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