 NEON's mobile deployment platforms, or MDPs, are flexible tools with which the community can adapt NEON to their needs. MDPs bring standardized, scalable NEON measurement systems to planned or ongoing research projects, experiments, or other existing network sites. MDPs are self-contained research units built on a trailer platform that can be transported to road-accessible remote locations. These MDP systems are designed to gather ecological data about the atmosphere, freshwater, and soil. They allow researchers to leverage the NEON network and use the same standardized and validated instrument systems from across the observatory for their own research. MDPs are a NEON-assignable asset that are requestable by individual researchers, academic institutions, government agencies, research organizations, and the private sector. Standard configurations include a trailer-mounted instrument hut, a Roan 25G tower up to 100 feet tall, and a suite of standardized NEON terrestrial and aquatic instrumentation. The MDP systems also have the expandable capability to accommodate additional researcher-provided instrumentation. Sensors on the MDP can collect eddy covariance and trace gas measurements, solar radiation, and standard environmental measurements such as air temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and relative humidity. These data can be combined with the MDP soil modules for measurements of soil CO2 flux, moisture and temperature, and soil heat flux. A freshwater aquatics module is also available for researchers. SONs can be strategically placed in streams and rivers to capture data, including conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll. Nitrate levels, PAR, water grab samples, and water levels can also be collected using this MDP Aquatic Module. The core of the MDP platform is housed in a secure instrument hut that connects to utility power, but can also be powered for short periods with a trailer-mounted propane generator system that keeps the data collection going while off-grid. System communications and data uploads are possible via direct wired or wireless network connections. The data are stored locally within the instrument hut on NEON's data acquisition system and also pushed to NEON's data center for storage and processing using NEON's standard processing pipeline and QAQC algorithms. The MDP can be monitored in real time for sensor data quality and validity to ensure the smooth collection of information. NEON technicians can also be alerted about any maintenance or repair issues. Researchers can easily download MDP data or use NEON's processing algorithms so that the data collected at the MDP site is comparable with NEON terrestrial and aquatic field sites across the U.S. Through NEON's assignable assets program, researchers can easily request an MDP in support of their own research programs. These requests undergo a feasibility evaluation by NEON personnel and are operated on a cost-recoverable basis. Requestors are responsible for obtaining permissions, permits and funding for deployment which is often secured through grants administered by the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies. Visit neonscience.org to learn more.