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Aeroecology focuses "on the planetary boundary layer, or aerosphere, and the myriad of organisms that, in large part, depend upon this environment for their existence" (Kunz et al. 2008). The primary mission of the Aeroecology Community is to act as a clearing house for remotely sensed data related to biological use of the aerosphere. This community aims to provide biological data collected from weather radar, portable radar, thermal imaging, and other applicable and emerging technologies.
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In this observational pilot study, we worked at the largest existing solar tower facility in the world (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System - ISEGS) to assess the efficacy of using radar, surveillance video, and insect trapping to monitor animals flying near the towers. During week-long site visits in May and September, we monitored the airspace surrounding towers and observed insects, occasional birds, and bats under a variety of environmental and operational conditions. This dataset consists of raster portable network graphics (png) images of the planned position indicator (ppi) display from a Furuno FR2127 portable radar unit to a maximum range of 1.5 km. A new image is written with each rotation of the...
Types: Citation;
Tags: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System,
Ivanpah Valley,
Mojave Desert,
Monitoring and Evaluation,
Solar Energy, All tags...
Solar power towers,
Wildlife and Fisheries,
animal movement,
bats,
birds,
infrared,
insects,
migration,
power generation sites,
solar flux,
solar power,
video monitoring,
videography,
videos,
wildlife, Fewer tags
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This WSR-88D weather radar dataset includes different types of scatterers hand-screened and identified based on a combination of scientific literature and media reports of biological events, knowledge of animal natural history in confirming radar sweeps characterized by a given type, and a re-evaluation and subsampling process to avoid inclusion of non-focal types. The dataset is comprised of eight scatterers, seven biological and one meteorological: trans-gulf migrants, purple martins (Progne subis), waterfowl and sandhill cranes, black-necked grebes (i.e., eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis), Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis), diurnal insects, mayflies and midges, and precipitation. This dataset...
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The U.S. network of 160 weather radars known as NEXRAD (NEXt generation RADar) is one of the largest and most comprehensive terrestrial sensor networks in the world. To date, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has archived about 2 petabytes data from this system. Although designed for meteorological applications, these radars readily detect the movements of birds, bats, and insects. Many of these movements are continental in scope, spanning the entire range of the network. It is unclear whether biological or meteorological data comprise the bulk of the archive. Regardless, the biological portion is sufficiently large that it likely represents one of the largest biological data archives in the world, perhaps...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: 2014,
All Funded Projects,
Best Practices,
Completed,
Data Release, All tags...
Data and Information Assets, Fewer tags
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Yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis; clover hereafter) is a biennial legume native to Eurasia that is now present in all 50 states. Clover can grow 2 m tall and achieve high densities across large areas in the Northern Great Plains when conditions are conducive, such as in 2019. Clover is highly efficient at fixing nitrogen in soils which reduces the abundance of native grasses, while simultaneously facilitating invasion of non-native grasses, which may alter fire regimes. In contrast, clover provides considerable forage for ungulates, attracts a wide variety of insects that, along with clover seeds, are important to waterfowl, gamebirds, and songbirds, and supports numerous pollinators. Little is known about...
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