Detailed setup files and runnable R scripts for reproducing this blog post are at: https://github.com/jsta/neon_lakes
The NEON documentation lists lakes among their targeted ecosystems. However, NEON provides so much data it can be difficult to get a grasp of their lake data apart from data collected in other ecosystems. Here, I show the scope of NEON lake data and how to get scripted access to it. In particular, I attempt to answer the question: How much lake data is available through NEON and …