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12/29/2023
GLOBE at AGU
The GLOBE Program had a strong presence at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, held from 11 December to 15 December in San Francisco, California, USA. Nearly thirty posters or presentations referenced GLOBE, including some student posters that will be presented virtually in January.
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11/06/2023
Seeing the World from All Angles: How Multi-View Crowdsourcing is Revolutionizing Land Cover Mapping
Our dynamic planet is an intricate patchwork of forests, fields, cities … However, mapping Earth's diverse landscapes is an immense challenge for scientists. Satellite imaging has its limitations, while traditional field surveys are time-consuming and sparse. Now, help is coming from an unexpected source: crowds of everyday citizen scientists. Read a summary of a new scientific paper exploring the power of crowdsourcing for land cover data.
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11/03/2023
Spotlight on the October 2023 Annular Eclipse
Thank you to everyone who participated in data collection during the annular solar eclipse on 14 October 2023! Our team is working on a more detailed analysis of the data (stay tuned for more on that later), but we wanted to share a few preliminary stats and highlight some images from volunteer scientists and GLOBE Observer team members.
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10/31/2023
Student Interns Publish GLOBE Research
When you submit data to GLOBE through the GLOBE Observer app, it goes to a public database where your observations are available for anyone worldwide to do research. Those researchers include students such as Christopher Sun, Jay Nimbalkar, and Ravnoor Bedi.
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09/30/2023
GLOBE Eclipse Tool - Available Now!
Most people who live in North, Central, or South America will experience an annular or “ring of fire” eclipse on 14 October 2023! On this day, the Moon will move between the Earth and Sun, blocking all but a glowing ring of light for several minutes. What happens in the atmosphere when the Moon blocks the Sun’s light, even briefly? GLOBE invites everyone to help answer that question by recording changes in temperature and sky conditions on 14 October, even if you are only experiencing a partial eclipse. The updated GLOBE Eclipse tool is available in practice mode now in the app! (Visible to users in North, Central, and South America.)
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09/30/2023
La herramienta GLOBE Eclipse - ¡disponible ahora!
¡La mayoría de las personas que viven en América del Norte, Central o del Sur experimentarán un eclipse anular o “anillo de fuego” el 14 de octubre de 2023! En este día, la Luna se moverá entre la Tierra y el Sol, bloqueando todo excepto un anillo de luz brillante durante varios minutos. ¿Qué sucede en la atmósfera cuando la Luna bloquea la luz del Sol, aunque sea brevemente? GLOBE invita a todos a ayudar a responder esa pregunta registrando los cambios en la temperatura y las condiciones del cielo el 14 de octubre, incluso si solo estás experimentando un eclipse parcial. ¡La herramienta GLOBE Eclipse actualizada ya está disponible en modo práctica en la aplicación! (Visible para usuarios de Norteamérica, Centroamérica y Sudamérica).
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09/29/2023
The Eclipse Soundscapes Project: Experience an Eclipse with All of Your Senses
Solar eclipses can generate lots of excitement, but we often talk about “seeing” or “viewing” an eclipse as if it were a purely visual phenomenon. However, there are many ways to experience a solar eclipse. You may feel the air get chilly. You may also feel or hear the wind change. Plus, you can listen as animals around you respond to these changes. Eclipse Soundscapes provides a way for you to report your observations of animal behavior.
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09/27/2023
An Astronomical Atmospheric Experiment: A Backyard Astronomer's Guide to Experiencing a Solar Eclipse
Dr. Brant Dodson, a researcher at NASA's Langley Research Center, describes the effects on the atmosphere we can expect during an eclipse and the research he did using data collected by GLOBE volunteer scientists during the total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017.
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09/15/2023
Five Years of ICESat-2, GLOBE Trees, and the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign
Over the last five years, observations of tree height have become a major observation within The GLOBE Program. This is primarily due to several things: The launch of the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 or ICESat-2, the start of the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign, the release of The GLOBE Program’s GLOBE Observer Trees tool, and the ability to compare ground-based tree height observations, from GLOBE, to space-based observations of Earth’s tree heights from the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 or ICESat-2. In this blog, we will explore these various programs and methods of measuring and making sense of tree height observations through historical information, observations, and data metrics over the last five years.
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09/07/2023
Improving the My Observations Page with Satellite Match Links and More
Angelina Tsai has been a communications intern for GLOBE Observer for several years, but this summer branched out into computer coding to work on improving the My Observations page to make existing cloud satellite matches more easily accessible, as well as other user interface enhancements. Read on to learn about the improvements Angelina made.
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