1. Ground-based observations available for international land- product validation: An introduction 2012 CEOS Phenology LPV workshop 13 September 2012 Compiled by Jake Weltzin With appreciation to all contributing ground-based networks and datasets

2. a project of the USA-NPN Nationally distributed observation sites

3. Breaking Buds Increasing leaf size Leaves Individual deciduous trees First day of breaking leaf buds Mean days for # of observations 2011

4. Data, metadata, documentation freely available a project of the USA-NPN

10. The Australian Phenology Network - ClimateWatch Earthwatch Institue with the Bureau of Meteorology and The University of Melbourne

11. Alberta Plantwatch 26 years data (1987 to present) on first/ mid/ full bloom –First 20 years already digitized: 47,000 records from about 650 observers 25 plant species (23 native species, 2 introduced) Leafing data since 2000 for Populus tremuloides (aspen), lilac, red maple, larch Plan: data available approx. Sept 2013 See plantwatch.naturealberta.ca –And www.plantwatch.cawww.plantwatch.ca

12. Citizen science reports in Sweden N o of reports 2008 - 2012 Citizen science network 2012 Vegetation period

13. Birch - an example species Distribution of birch leaf unfolding obs. Leaf unfolding Autumn leaves Pros Know n Anon. Latitude Day of year Birch leaf phenology, different observers

14. Status and Availability of Ground Phenology Observations/Networks - Ireland 4 international phenological gardens with long-term data (>40 years) on a suite of trees 10 international phenological gardens with short- term data (>2 years) on trees 6 sites with 2 native species of trees (>2 years) Some citizen science data –School students –Nature Watch –Phenology trail Data not quality controlled

15. Initiative started Fall 2011 Borrows software (Nature’s Notebook), protocols and educational material from USA-NPN Will rely on citizen scientists Priority given to plants Multi-institutional, supported through voluntary contributions, no dedicated funding (yet!) Expected to be operational Spring 2013 Coordinator: –Nüzhet Dalfes (dalfes@itu.edu.tr) [Istanbul Tech. University]dalfes@itu.edu.tr

16. PEP725 – Pan European Phenology Database Elisabeth Koch, Wolfgang Lipa, Susanne Zach-Hermann, Markus Ungersböck pep725@zamg.ac.at PEP725 is financed by the Austrian Federal M inistry for Science&Research, ZAMG and EUMETNET The main objective of PEP725 is to promote and facilitate phenological research by delivering a pan European phenological database with an open, unrestricted data access for science, research and education www.pep725.eu

17. Community interactions Slide 17 Data delivery as simple ASCII downloads Data delivery as simple ASCII downloads LPV Phenology Workshop, 14. Sept. 2012, Milwaukee WI, USA 2 RSS feeds (PEP725 news, PhenoNews) follow us @PEP725 e.g. micro-analysis of observation patterns Outlook implementation of real-time observations offer gridded datasets for some plants / phases ….