Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

NEON Data API (National Ecological Observatory Network)

United States: ecological observations from NEON field sites, by data product, site and month

Freeauth: none (optional free token)CC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless API; an optional free token raises limits.
Sign-up?: None needednone (optional free token)
Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: The usage policy releases NEON data products under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Data on rare, threatened or endangered species are excluded from that release. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: cite NEON as the policy describes.

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// Overview

NEON Data API (National Ecological Observatory Network)

The NSF National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) offers a keyless REST API listing its data products, field sites and monthly data files (sensor, organismal and remote-sensing data), as JSON with links to CSV and HDF5 files. A free optional token raises request limits.

Coverage

United States: ecological observations from NEON field sites, by data product, site and month.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#ecology#biodiversity#united-states#api

Verdict

A continental-scale ecology source, alongside pangaea-earth-environmental-data. Licence: CC-BY-4.0: the NEON usage policy says data products "are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)", "with the exception of data related to rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) species". The usage policy and terms of use, read with plain curl, contain no ban on automated access. Rate limits: Not stated as a number; a free optional token raises limits. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none (optional free token)
Free tier	Free keyless API; an optional free token raises limits.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	The usage policy releases NEON data products under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Data on rare, threatened or endangered species are excluded from that release. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: NEON Data API (National Ecological Observatory Network)
slug: neon-data-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/neon-data-api
providerUrl: https://data.neonscience.org/api/v0/products/DP1.10003.001
badge: Free
auth: none (optional free token)
freeTierLimits: Free keyless API; an optional free token raises limits.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://data.neonscience.org/api/v0/products/DP1.10003.001
coverage: United States: ecological observations from NEON field sites, by data product, site and month.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://data.neonscience.org/api/v0/products/DP1.10003.001
https://www.neonscience.org/usage-policies
https://www.neonscience.org/terms-use
https://data.neonscience.org/data-api/
tasks: research-grey-literature
ecology
biodiversity
united-states
api
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
licenseNote: The usage policy releases NEON data products under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Data on rare, threatened or endangered species are excluded from that release. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: cite NEON as the policy describes.

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Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "neon-data-api"
    }
  }
}

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Coverage

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