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PACE Applications Water Quality & Resources Focus Session

Wednesday, July 28^th, 10:00a-4:30p EST/ 14:00 – 20:30 UTC

The NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission invites you to join the PACE Applications community focus session on July 28^th, 2021.

This one-day virtual event invites active participation and round-table discussion on future uses of PACE satellite data products to support research & applied sciences in the context of water quality and water resources.

Focus Session Goals:

1. 1. 1. Increase awareness of PACE data, research, and applications activities.
      2. Understand the challenges that water professionals may experience when using PACE data; identify ways to address data barriers before & after launch.
      3. Explore advanced & exploratory PACE products that may add value to the research & applied science communities.
      4. Build partnerships, encouraging engagement/inclusivity with the PACE user community, other Earth Science missions, resource managers, decision-makers, and capacity development.

The event is open to all participants, though tickets are limited.  Register here.

Additional details will be made available on the event website as they become available. Please feel free to contact Erin Urquhart, PACE Applications Coordinator (erin.urquhart.jephson@nasa.gov), with any questions.  The PACE Mission team look forward to seeing you (virtually) in July.

Join the Cleveland Water Alliance on June 29th 2 pm EDT (6pm UTC) for the June 2021 Water Data Forum discussion: Innovations in Remote Sensing for Water Quality.

The event is moderated by Frank Muller-Karger, co-chair of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) with panelists:
Steven Greb, Director of GEO Aquawatch
Kate Fickas Ecologist, Utah Department of Environmental Protection and Research Faculty at Utah State University
Christine Lee, Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Leif Olmanson, Researcher at the University of Minnesota.

Can’t make it live? Register to receive the recording.

Water Data Forum is a free monthly virtual series presented by Cleveland Water Alliance, the Water Environment Federation, and the Midwest Big Data Hub / National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Find out more here! 

The European Space Agency is pleased to announce that an internal research fellow opportunity is currently open for applicants who have recently completed, or are close to completing a PhD in physics, engineering or Earth system science with research experience and peer-reviewed publications in topics relevant to the following fields:

• Polar and cryosphere science
• Ocean science
• Hydrology and water cycle
• Terrestrial carbon cycle
• Climate adaptation: extremes and natural disasters.

Deadline for application is 28 June 2021. Find more details and apply HERE.

For additional information on the recruitment process, please visit :  https://jobs.esa.int/

The GEO Citizen Science Spotlight Sessions occur twice in the GEO Virtual Symposium agenda:   Tuesday June 22nd 10:00-1030 and again on Wednesday June 23rd 18:00-18:30 CEST.  Both sessions feature a presentation by GEO AquaWatch Steering Committee Chairperson Dr. Laurence Carvalho, Professor, Freshwater Restoration & Sustainability at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Prof. Laurence Carvalho is a freshwater ecologist in the Freshwater Restoration and Sustainability Group at UK Centre for Ecology.  Laurence’s research is focused on the monitoring and management of freshwater resources and in particular understanding and minimizing the risks to public and animal health from harmful algal blooms. His work considers the complementarity of different sources of monitoring data including traditional in-situ data from regulatory agencies and research institutes, satellite earth observation, sensors and citizen science. He leads the Bloomin’Algae citizen science campaign https://www.ceh.ac.uk/algal-blooms/bloomin-algae, which is an app and web service for reporting, and being notified of, the presence of harmful algal blooms in freshwaters. The app helps speed up public health warnings and teaches the public how to recognize potentially toxic algal bloom incidents.