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Prototype datasets

Prototype datasets are early, experimental or one-off NEON data outside the standard product catalogue, each with its own DOI and version1. Tools: neon_search_prototype_datasets and neon_get_prototype_dataset. Neither needs a token.

  • Search by query (title, abstract, descriptions, keywords), theme, science_team, site_code, start_year/end_year (overlap), file_type or is_published; facets show the exact upstream theme, team and file-type strings.
  • Theme and team strings differ from the product catalogue (Land Cover and Processes, Aquatic Observational Systems (AOS)): theme matches a prefix and science_team a substring, so land cover and AOS both work.
  • neon_get_prototype_dataset returns the dataset with its files (sizes, MD5s, signed URLs that expire in about 7 days) and locations by default; add descriptions, citations and related, or all.
  • Download the files on stdio with neon_download_files(prototype_uuid=...); cite with neon_get_citation(prototype_uuid=...).

  1. NEON Data API — Prototype datasets. https://data.neonscience.org/data-api/endpoints/prototype/ ↩