Authors
Topics
- Camera images (49)
- Citizen science (6)
- Conferences (3)
- Field work (7)
- Guest post (1)
- History (4)
- Introductions (8)
- Project report (11)
- Research (24)
- Science (18)
- Travel (1)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Why do we ask that? (5)
Archives
- September 2016 (1)
- June 2016 (1)
- May 2016 (4)
- April 2016 (7)
- March 2016 (8)
- February 2016 (7)
- January 2016 (9)
- December 2015 (11)
- November 2015 (13)
- October 2015 (13)
- September 2015 (13)
- August 2015 (12)
- July 2015 (10)
Category Archives: Research
Season Spotter Major News
Sorry that it’s been so quiet on the blog this summer. We’ve been busy analyzing all the data you have helped produce and we’ve written and published the first Season Spotter paper! In the paper, which was published in the … Continue reading
Season Spotter Jornada
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I have been intensely working on all the data you all have generated in Season Spotter and putting together a scientific paper. Thanks so much for helping out to get those fall … Continue reading
Posted in Field work, Project report, Research
Tagged flowers, grass, Jornada Experimental Range, mesquite, New Mexico
Leave a comment
Results from tree outlining
In Season Spotter Image Marking, one of the tasks we ask you to do is to outline individual trees and tell us if they are broadleaf trees or needle-leaf ones. It’s easier to see different trees at different times of … Continue reading
Posted in Camera images, Project report, Research
Tagged Arbutus Lake, Huntington Forest, New York, outlines, trees
Leave a comment
Spring Challenge more results
Last week I described some initial results from the Spring Challenge. I showed how we used individual classifications to build a dataset for a single site in a a single year. And we discovered that using paired images 7 days … Continue reading
Posted in Project report, Research
Tagged analysis, Canada, data processing, GCC, paired images, Prince Albert National Park, results, Saskatchewan, spring
Leave a comment
Spring Challenge first results
Having all the pairs of spring images classified means I can now analyze them! In particular, I’m using these images to get a best estimate for the “start of spring” and the “end of spring”. These are metrics that are … Continue reading
Posted in Project report, Research
Tagged analysis, Canada, data processing, paired images, Prince Albert National Park, results, Saskatchewan, spring
1 Comment
Pairs of spring images
Spring is in the air. And for deciduous trees, spring means putting out new green leaves. Scientists still can’t predict with absolute accuracy the date that little green buds appear on trees, but they’ve figured out some of the things … Continue reading
Using nature journals to study phenology
Over time, many amateur and professional naturalists have kept journals to record their observations in nature. As observations are made at the same location over time, patterns of change begin to emerge. Records of these changes can provide evidence of … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Aldo Leopold, Henry David Thoreau, historical phenology, long-term datasets
Leave a comment
Poles and panels
You may have seen some hardware equipment poking out from the bottoms of some of the PhenoCam images — poles and panels. Why are they there? And what are they for? Early in the days of the PhenoCam network, we … Continue reading
Warmer temperatures allow plants to stay green longer in autumn
In September, I wrote a blog post about our research at the SPRUCE site in Minnesota, where a Department of Energy project is trying to answer the question: What effects will warmer temperatures and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide have on … Continue reading
Posted in Camera images, Field work, Research
Tagged autumn, day length, Minnesota, SPRUCE, warming
Leave a comment
Science of phenology (video)
Collaborators at NEON have put together a five-minute video about measuring phenology for science. Check out the how and why of we study phenolgy: