Author: merriebethneely

This PhD will bring together Earth observation, GEE processing and data analytics.  To find out more and apply click here.

Earth observation: The applicant will develop or optimise algorithms for the retrieval of water quality (focusing initially on chlorophyll-a) and water quantity parameters in water bodies identified by GEO Aquawatch and World Bank Group. Algorithm development will be based on optical water type frameworks (Spyrakos et al. 2018) or/and data driven approaches (Spyrakos et al. 2011). Ground data, for the development and validation of the models in these water systems, will be provided by initiatives led by USTIR such as Limnades (https://limnades.stir.ac.uk/Limnades_login/index.php) and Aquawatch (https://www.geoaquawatch.org/). Both Sentinel 2 and LandSat satellites will be exploited to retrieve water constituents. Simulated (Hydrolight) spectra will also be generated to fill gaps in the in situ data record, to contribute to algorithm development and uncertainty characterisation.
GEE: GEE will be used to process large volume of remotely sense data. These will include water quality and quantity parameters but also available data of land cover, catchment and climatic variables. GEE will make it easier to build inventories with high spatial and temporal resolutions, since processing of the often large remote sensing data can be performed in the cloud. It also allows for reanalysis of the data to build climatology.
Data analytics: Innovative tools in environmental data analytics including functional data analysis will be investigated and applied for temporal trend (O’Donnel et al., 2015) and climatology. These data analytics approaches will be applied (and developed) in the R software environment. Non-parametric time series analysis will be used to identify the presence and strength of key underlying long-term patterns in the EO data. Where relevant this analysis will be developed to account for autocorrelation, identify change points and explore patterns beyond the mean, modelling quantiles to assess if changes over time are constant across all levels of the variables of interest.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. The scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award supporting geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and is within two semesters of completing a recognized geoscience program. “The geosciences can thrive only with full participation from all communities, yet research shows that many underrepresented minority students face obstacles in the transition from undergraduate to graduate studies,” says AGI Interim Executive Director Sharon Tahirkheli. “Supporting the next generation of aspiring minority geoscientists has perhaps never been more important.” The application deadline is February 21, 2021. The scholarship winner will be notified in April 2021. To learn more, see https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/agi-scholarship-advancing-diversity-geoscience-profession. If you have questions, please contact AGI Geoscience Profession and Higher Education Director Christopher Keane at keane@americangeosciences.org. About AGI The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), a federation of scientific and professional associations representing over a quarter-million geoscientists, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving the geoscience community and addressing the needs of society. AGI headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.

The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) needs your feedback!  Now is YOUR chance to review and contribute to the draft Product Specification for Aquatic Reflectance for CEOS Analysis Ready Data, which is now open for community comment and contributions.  Please email any comments, suggested edits, or additions to lsi@lists.ceos.org.  Contributions are strongly recommended to be submitted by November 20th, but it is possible to add comments through mid-December.

The GEO Indigenous Summit 2020

7-9 December 2020

Online

Join Indigenous leaders from around the world as they discuss Indigenous-led innovation in Earth observations data, science and technology. This will build on the GEO Indigenous hackathon, bringing together Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art science and technology, as well as the global GEO community.

No registration required! Open to everyone, everywhere!

Themes: COVID-19, Women Empowerment, Education, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Knowledge Transfer.

Lightning talks session:  Lightning talks are 3 minutes pre-recorded presentations related to the themes of the Summit. To submit an abstract complete this form by the 25th of November 23:59 CEST

Please mark your calendars for this virtual event, and be sure to:

   Sign Up for the GEO Indigenous Summit 2020 Updates 

Organizing Committee:

• Titus Letaapo (Samburu tribe, Kenya)
• James Rattling Leaf Sr. (Rosebud Sioux tribe, South Dakota, US)
• Mario Vargas Shakaim (Shuar Nation, Ecuadorian Amazon)
• Diana Mastracci (GEO Secretariat, Communications consultant)
• Steven Ramage (GEO Secretariat, Head of External Relations)

 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

SECOND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM

25-27 May 2021, Virtual Meeting

The Executive Steering and Programme Committees are pleased to invite you to the second international Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium (OSOS-2) to be held in a virtual format, on 25-27 May 2021.

The second OSO Symposium will build on our first gathering in June 2019 of community members involved in all levels of the observation-to-information value chain, from data providers to users, of operational satellite oceanographic data, products and applications.

The Programme Committee will build up the program based on selected abstracts. The call for abstracts is now open with the deadline 1 March 2021.

Abstracts can be submitted online through the conference website.

You can register to the conference using the online registration tool on the meeting website. The registration deadline is 15 May 2021.

For more information, please have a look at the attached announcement or visit our website: https://www.eventsforce.net/osos2021.

Please also pass this announcement on to colleagues and contacts who would also be interested in participating.

Should you have any questions, please do contact the organising committee at osos@eumetsat.int.