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Take the New Space Portugal EO User Requirements Questionnaire

Following our Earth Observation User Requirements Workshops, we are making available a User Requirements Questionnaire. In line with the workshops, the questionnaire aims at identifying the needs of data and value-added service (VAS) providers and end users on the use of Earth Observation (EO) data and services.

The questionnaire is an important opportunity to influence the definition of EO products and services by providing us with any further information you would like to share on this topic.

Part of the “New Space Portugal” initiative, the questionnaire aims to assess the use of EO data in 6 segments.
Take a moment to share your thoughts and help us refine the future of Earth Observation by filling out the EO User Requirements Questionnaire.
Your input is invaluable.

Do feel free to forward the questionnaire to anyone who would be interested.
Do not forget to check our EO Report, which offers information on market trends, policies, legal frameworks, social aspects, and technical advancements related to Earth Observation. Designed for all stakeholders in the EO lifecycle, it provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and cross-sector insights to help users understand the challenges and opportunities in EO.

NASA Sponsored Workshop on Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Applicants are invited for the 2025 offering of the University of Maine’s long-running, hands-on optical oceanography graduate training course, “Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing.”

The course will meet from May 18-Jun 14 2025, at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, USA.

Course elements will include:

  • Lectures on the basic theory of the light interaction with matter in aquatic environments; ocean color remote sensing and its inversion; optical sensor design and function; optical approaches to ocean biogeochemistry; and computation and propagation of measurement uncertainties
  • Laboratory sessions for hands-on work with optical instrumentation and training in radiative transfer software
  • Field sampling of optical and biogeochemical variables in the environmentally diverse waters of coastal Maine
  • Analysis of optical and biogeochemical data sets
  • Collaborative student projects

Applications are requested by February 15, 2025.

For full information, and instructions to apply, please visit: https://dmc.umaine.edu/2024/11/21/nasa-sponsored-workshop-on-calibration-and-validation-of-ocean-color-remote-sensing/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tenure-track Job Opportunity – Due Dec 31st!

The Department of Geology and Geophysics (G&G) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) invites candidates to apply to the open full-time tenure track position on our scientific staff*. We seek to hire at the Assistant Scientist level, but exceptional candidates at more senior levels may be considered.

We seek applicants with expertise in the broad area of Coastal Systems, studying processes including coastal change, compound hazards, and adaptation. We seek candidates who would complement the existing strengths in G&G and other WHOI Departments. Research areas of interest include impacts of storms, climate change, and sea-level rise; geomorphology, sediment transport, and hydrodynamics; and tools such as modeling, remote sensing, and machine learning/big data. We welcome those working across a range of timescales and environments, including but not limited to the open coast, wetlands, deltas, barrier islands, coral reef environments, and the urban and built environment.

*Tenure-track staff are positions equivalent to ladder-rank professorial posts and tenure-track group leader positions.

More details can be found on the ad: https://whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-External/details/Tenure-Track-Scientist—Geology—Geophysics_JR100046?jobFamilyGroup=2871b3d9aa081001a85f734576740002