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NASA ARSET Training – Intermediate Water Quality

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Intermediate Training: Monitoring Water Quality in Lakes and Coastal Regions Using STREAM
February 10 & 17, 2025
10:00-11:30 EST (UTC-5) and
14:00-15:30 EST (UTC-5)

NASA has developed a Satellite-based Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Aquatic Environments (STREAM)—a new, interactive web tool that enables high-resolution (20–30 meter) monitoring of water quality in inland lakes and coastal waters across the U.S. and selected other countries. STREAM provides both past (since 2018) and near real-time maps of chlorophyll-a concentration, Secchi disk depth, and total suspended solids based on Landsat 8/9 Operational Land Imager (OLI) & Sentinel 2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI). Additionally, an open-source machine learning model based on a Mixture Density Network (MDN) is available to estimate water quality parameters for any inland or coastal water body worldwide (minimum size: 100m x 100m).

This two-part training introduces the STREAM web tool to visualize maps of water quality parameters over lakes and coastal areas and how to use STREAM API to discover and download satellite images and water quality data for a selected water body. The training demonstrates how to assess changes in water quality in a given lake using QGIS. The training also demonstrates the application of a MDN model to estimate water quality parameters from Landsat OLI & Sentinel-2 MSI images.

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ESRI MOOC’s in 2026 – free training and certifications!

Esri’s no-cost massive open online courses (MOOCs) help thousands of professionals achieve their learning goals and grow their GIS muscles. Esri has shared the 2026 MOOC schedule so you can start planning now to participate!  As always, you’ll earn a certificate for completing each course.

‌Each course is an opportunity to explore a trending GIS topic and test-drive ArcGIS software in guided exercises. You’ll also hear from subject matter experts in videos and interact with peers from all around the world in discussion forums.

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Women@Dior/UNESCO Mentorship Program Applications – due Dec 31st!

Applications now open for the Women@Dior & UNESCO mentorship program 2026–2027

Are you a woman under 30, enrolled full-time in a higher education institution, and eager to grow in leadership, social impact, gender equality and social responsibility? UNESCO and Dior invite you to apply for the 2026–2027 edition of the Women@Dior & UNESCO program.
Applications are due 31 December 2025 (23:59 Paris time – GMT +1).
Find out more and apply here:

Vacancy: Scientific Researcher – Satellite Remote Sensing of Marine/Ocean Phytoplankton

Scientific Researcher – Satellite Remote Sensing of Marine/Ocean Phytoplankton

Kiel Germany

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Position Overview

Application Deadline: 05 January 2026
Ending Date: 18-month fixed-term position
Hours per Week: Full-time
Salary: Up to class 13 TVöD-Bund, depending on qualifications
Education Required: Diploma/Master’s degree and PhD in natural sciences with environmental, biological, or computational focus
Experience Required: Independent research experience, programming skills, and strong English proficiency

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Watch the recording of the December 4, 2025 13:00 CET/12:00 UTC Panel

 

Watch the recording HERE of this joint GEO AquaWatch & GEO Blue Planet Panel.

 

The global Ocean Color community was invited to join GEO AquaWatch and GEO Blue Planet on December 4, 2025 for an important global Ocean Color community discussion with esteemed panelists representing Commercial Earth Observation Data Service Providers. Panelists were invited to share their thoughts on emerging product areas and technical workforce needs in commercial operational earth intelligence. Then a moderated discussion of Grand Challenges in Ocean Color was held where public-private partnerships might find common solutions.

We are extremely grateful to our Moderators Paula Bontempi (URI – GSO) and Pedro Ribeiro (INDRA) for making this amazing panel so successful, and of course we are thankful for the insights shared by our esteemed panelists: Carsten Brockmann (Brockmann Consult GmbH), Thomas Heege (EOMAP), Andy Shaw (Assimila), Mark Matthews (CyanoLakes) and Xianqiang He (Second Institute of Oceanography, China)!