NEW! NetCam SC vs Live2 camera comparison paper published
After more than 15 years relying on the StarDot NetCam SC as the standard camera for the PhenoCam Network, supply chain issues associated with COVID-19 led to the phasing-out, and eventual retirement, of this ultra-reliable IOT device (the Harvard Forest and Proctor Maple Research Center NetCam SC phenocams, both installed in April 2008, are both still running and have together recorded over a half-million images, and the NetCam SC has been installed at over 800 PhenoCam sites worldwide, from Massachusetts to Madagascar). A new paper, published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, documents from several different angles the comparable performance of the Live2 to the NetCam SC. The Live2 can therefore support the PhenoCam Network’s efforts to serve as a long-term phenological observatory that provides the highest-quality phenological data derived from near-surface remote sensing. Questions? Email us at phenocam@nau.edu.

NEW! PhenoCam Bibliography now available
Lots of research has been published using publicly-available PhenoCam Network data. But just how much? To make it easier for current and future PhenoCam users to identify relevant literature, and to document the impact that PhenoCam has had over the last 17 years, we have combed online databases and identified almost 500 publications — including 60 theses — that include or analyze PhenoCam data and imagery, or otherwise leverage resources developed by or in collaboration with the PhenoCam team. We have published this bibliography in several formats on Figshare. Updates to the bibliography will be posted on a regular basis, and community members are encouraged to send updates and corrections to phenocam@nau.edu.