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April 11, 2013
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Like an EKG, NEON gathers data from strategic locations.
NEON is an ecological sensing instrument. It's infrastructure includes 106 nationwide data collection locations that were strategically selected to represent the full diversity of U.S. ecosystems. Additional data collection locations will be added to represent extreme conditions, such as droughts, fires and floods.
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