Publications - GLOBE Observer
Publications and Presentations
The publications and presentations listed below are related to the types of data collected by the GLOBE Observer app (Clouds, Mosquito Habitat Mapper, Land Cover, Trees and the temporary Eclipse tool), or the app generally. A full list of publications related to The GLOBE Program can be found on the GLOBE website.
Publications
Abdelkader, M., Bravo Mendez, J., Temimi, M., Brown, D., Spellman, K., Arp, C., Bondurant, A., & Kohl, H. (2024). A Google Earth Engine Platform to Integrate Multi-Satellite and Citizen Science Data for the Monitoring of River Ice Dynamics. In Remote Sensing (Vol. 16, Issue 8, p. 1368). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16081368
Tarosky, R. (2024). Annular Solar Eclipse . Bulletin of the AAS, 56(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.8dda0f45
Uelmen, J.A., Clark, A., Palmer, J. Kohler, J., Van Dyke, L.C., Low, R.D., Mapes, C.D., and Carney, R.M. (2023) Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes. Int J Health Geogr 22, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-023-00350-7
Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa
Carney, R. M., Long, A. R., Low, R., Zohdy, S., Palmer, J. R. B., Elias, P., Bartumeus, F., Njoroge, L., Muniafu, M., Uelmen, J. A., Rahola, N., & Chellappan, S. (2023). Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa. Citizen Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.616
Land cover mapping via crowdsourced multi-directional views: The more directional views, the better.
Xiao Huang, Di Yang, Yaqian He, Peder Nelson, Russanne Low, Shawna McBride, Jessica Mitchell, Michael Guarraia. Land cover mapping via crowdsourced multi-directional views: The more directional views, the better. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 122, 2023, 103382, ISSN 1569-8432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103382.
Predicting Future Mosquito Larval Habitats Using Time Series Climate Forecasting and Deep Learning
C. Sun, J. Nimbalkar and R. Bedi, "Predicting Future Mosquito Larval Habitats Using Time Series Climate Forecasting and Deep Learning," 2022 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/URTC56832.2022.10002240.
Land Use Land Cover Labeling of GLOBE Images Using a Deep Learning Fusion Model
Manzanarez, S., Manian, V., and Santos, M. (2022). Land Use Land Cover Labeling of GLOBE Images Using a Deep Learning Fusion Model. Sensors 2022, 22 (18), 6895. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186895
Polineni, S., Shastri, O., Bagchi, A., Gnanakumar, G., Rasamsetti, S., & Sundaravadivel, P. (2022). MOSQUITO EDGE: An Edge-Intelligent Real-Time Mosquito Threat Prediction Using an IoT-Enabled Hardware System. Sensors, 22(2), 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22020695
Carney, R., Mapes, C., Low, R., Long, A., Bowser, A., Durieux, D., et al. (2022). Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes. Insects, 13(8), 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080675
Low, R.D., Schwerin, T.G., Boger, R.A., Soeffing, C., Nelson, P.V., Bartlett, D., Ingle, P., Kimura, M., Clark, A. (2022) Building International Capacity for Citizen Scientist Engagement in Mosquito Surveillance and Mitigation: The GLOBE Program’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper. Insects, 13(7), 624. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070624
Enterkine, J., Campbell, B.A., Kohl, H., Glenn, N.F., Weaver, K., Overoye, D., and Danke, D. (2022). The potential of citizen science data to complement satellite and airborne lidar tree height measurements: lessons from The GLOBE Program. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (7). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac77a2
Dodson, J. B., Robles, M. C., Rogerson, T. M., & Taylor, J. E. (2022). Do citizen science Intense Observation Periods increase data usability? A deep dive of the NASA GLOBE Clouds data set with satellite comparisons. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2021EA002058. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002058
Low, R., Nelson, P.V., Soeffing C., Clark A., SEES 2020 Mosquito Mappers Research Team. (2021). Adopt a Pixel 3 km: A Multiscale Data Set Linking Remotely Sensed Land Cover Imagery With Field Based Citizen Science Observation. Frontiers in Climate. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.658063
GLOBE Mosquito Habitat Mapper Citizen Science Data 2017-2020
Low, R., Boger, R., Nelson, P., & Kimura, M. (2021). GLOBE Mosquito Habitat Mapper citizen science data 2017–2020. GeoHealth, 5, e2021GH000436. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000436
Cho, H., Low, R., Fisher, H., & Storksdieck, M. (2021). The STEM Enhancement in Earth Science "Mosquito Mappers" Virtual Internship: Outcomes of Place-Based Engagement with Citizen Science. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9:682669. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.682669
Kohl H.A., Nelson P.V., Pring J., Weaver K.L., Wiley D.M., Danielson A.B., Cooper R.M., Mortimer H., Overoye D., Burdick A., Taylor S., Haley M., Haley S., Lange J. and Lindblad M.E. (2021). GLOBE Observer and the GO on a Trail Data Challenge: A Citizen Science Approach to Generating a Global Land Cover Land Use Reference Dataset. Frontiers in Climate, 3:620497 https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.620497
Fischer, H., Cho, H. and Storksdieck, M., (2021). Going Beyond Hooked Participants: The Nibble-and- Drop Framework for Classifying Citizen Science Participation. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 6(1), p.10. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.350
Campbell, B., (2021). ICESat-2 and the Trees Around the GLOBE student research campaign: Looking at Earth's tree height, one tree at a time. Acta Astronautica, 182, 203-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.02.002
Clouds around the world: How a simple data challenge became a worldwide success
Colón Robles, M., Amos, H. M., Dodson, J. B., Bouwman, J., Rogerson, T. M., Bombosch, A., Farmer, L., Burdick, A., Taylor, J. E. & Chambers, L.H., (2020). Clouds around the world: How a simple data challenge became a worldwide success. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0295.1
Technical Report: GLOBE Observer Data: 2016–2019
Amos, H. M., Starke, M. J., Rogerson, T. M., Colón Robles, M., Andersen, T., Boger, R., et al., (2020). GLOBE Observer Data: 2016–2019. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001175. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001175
Boger, R., Low, R., and Nelson, P., (2020). Identifying hurricane impacts on Barbuda using citizen science ground observations, drone photography and satellite imagery. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences; Gottingen Vol. XLII-3/W11, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W11-23-2020
Eclipse Across America: Citizen Science Observations of the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Dodson, J.B., Colón Robles, M.,Taylor J.E., DeFontes, C.C., Weaver K.L., (2019). Eclipse Across America: Citizen Science Observations of the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0297.1
Can an App Change How You See the World? GLOBE Observer for Interpreters
Weaver, K., Davis A., and Giddens, J., (2019). Can an App Change How You See the World? GLOBE Observer for Interpreters. Legacy: The Magazine of the National Association for Interpretation, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2019, pp. 20-23.
Rahman, I. u., Czajkowski, K., Jiang, Y., & Weaver, K., (2019). Validation of GLOBE Citizen Science Air Temperature Observations Using Data from the Great American Solar Eclipse. In S.R. Buxner, L. Shore, & J.B. Jensen (Eds.), Celebrating the 2017 Great American Eclipse: Lessons Learned from the Path of Totality (pp. 501-509). San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series.
Integrating Tech: Making Science Come Alive With Clouds
Colón Robles, M., Bouwman, J., and Smith-Long, C., (2019). Integrating Tech: Making Science Come Alive With Clouds. NSTA Science Scope, vol. 43, no. 4, November 2019. pp. 8-12.
Aikpon, R., Klotoé, J.R., Dramane, G., Brettenny, M., and Lawani, Y., (2019). Larval breeding characteristics and distribution of Aedes mosquito species in the economic capital of Benin: A public health concern. International Journal of Entomology Research, 4(3):57-62.
How Cool Was the Eclipse? Collecting Earth Science Data With Citizen Scientists and GLOBE Observer
Weaver, K., Kohl, H., Martin, A., & Burdick, A., (2019). How Cool Was the Eclipse? Collecting Earth Science Data With Citizen Scientists and GLOBE Observer. In S.R. Buxner, L. Shore, & J.B. Jensen (Eds.), Celebrating the 2017 Great American Eclipse: Lessons Learned from the Path of Totality (pp. 511-524). San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series.
Connecting a Community of Observers Directly to NASA Satellites
Hayden, L., Taylor, J., and Colon Robles, M., (2019). GLOBE: Connecting a Community of Observers Directly to NASA Satellites. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 7(1), 98-99. DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2019.2891930
Muñoz, J.P., Boger, R., Dexter, S., and Low, R., (2019). Mosquitoes and Public Health: Improving Data Validation of Citizen Science Contributions Using Computer Vision. In N. Wickramasinghe and F. Bodendorf (Eds), Delivering Superior Health and Wellness Management with IoT and Analytics. Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17347-0_23
Spellman KV, Sparrow EB, Chase MJ, Larson A, Kealy K., (2018). Connected climate change learning through citizen science: an assessment of priorities and needs of formal and informal educators and community members in Alaska. Connected Science Learning 1(6): 1-24.
Presentations and Posters
2021
Beyond Data Collection: How COVID-19 Changed How We Do Data Challenges
Mortimer, H. and Weaver, K. (2021, May). Beyond Data Collection: How COVID-19 Changed How We Do Data Challenges. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Data Challenges and More: Using Events to Support Citizen Science with NASA and the GLOBE Program
Weaver, K., Campbell, B., and Colón Robles, M. (2021, May) Data Challenges and More: Using Events to Support Citizen Science with NASA and the GLOBE Program. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Citizen Science at Home: Public Libraries and Family Science
Schwerin, T. and Byrd, V. (2021, May) Citizen Science at Home: Public Libraries and Family Science. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Adapting a Citizen Science Data Collection Tool for Community Science
Kohl, H., Weaver, K., Mortimer, H., Schwerin, T., Soeffing, C., Low, R., Campbell, B., and Owen, T. (2021, May). Adapting a Citizen Science Data Collection Tool for Community Science. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Citizen Scientist Contributions to Data Quality: Developing Algorithms to Improve Science Outcomes
Kimura, M., Babaria, P., Ingle, P., Clark, A., Low, R., and Nelson, P. (2021, May). Citizen Scientist Contributions to Data Quality: Developing Algorithms to Improve Science Outcomes. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Ingle, P., Kimura, M., Babaria, P., Clark, A., Low, R., Nelson, P., and Boger, R. (2021, May). GLOBE Observer’s Citizen Science Information Quality Ecosystem: Examples from the Mosquito Habitat Mapper and Land Cover Tools. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Preparing Raw GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (GOMHM) Data for Use in Research Applications
Boger, R., Low, R. and Nelson. P. (2021, May). Preparing Raw GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (GOMHM) Data for Use in Research Applications. Virtual poster presentation at CitSciVirtual, conference of the Citizen Science Association.
Colón Robles, M., Low, R., Campbell, B., (2021, April). Transitions in Citizen Science with the GLOBE Program during a Global Pandemic: Shifting Gears from Data Collection to Data Literacy. Presentation to the American Philosophical Society’s "The Promise and Pitfalls of Citizen Science" Symposium.
2020
Authentic Student Research Experiences with GLOBE Clouds
Colón Robles, M., Bourgeault, J., Bouwman, J.R., Taylor, J., Harte, T.R., and Rogerson, T.M. (2020 January). Authentic Student Research Experiences with GLOBE Clouds. Presentation at the 2020 AMS 100th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Enabling Worldwide Citizen Science Reporting of Dust Storms with NASA’s GLOBE Observer App
Colón Robles, M., Amos, H., Schepanski, K., and Tong, D. (2020 January). Enabling Worldwide Citizen Science Reporting of Dust Storms with NASA’s GLOBE Observer App. Presentation at the 2020 AMS 100th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Citizen Science Data Quality: The GLOBE Program
Amos, H.M. and T. Andersen. (2020 January). Citizen Science Data Quality: The GLOBE Program. Oral presentation at the 2020 Earth Science Information Partnership (ESIP) Winter Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland.
2019
Campbell, B. (2019 December). Students, Teachers, Citizen Scientists, and NASA Observing the Height of Our Planet, One Tree at a Time with ICESat-2 & the GLOBE Program. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Global cloud cover: a comparison of satellite, model, and volunteer-reported data
Starke, M., Amos, H., Arnold, N., Rogerson, T., Colon-Robles, M. (2019 December). Global cloud cover: a comparison of satellite, model, and volunteer-reported data. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Public Libraries: Hubs for Community Science
Schwerin, T., Byrd, V., Soeffing, C., Quesenbury, S., Fite, R. (2019 December). Public Libraries: Hubs for Community Science. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Soeffing, C., Low, R., Gardiner, L. (2019 December). People Around the World are Looking for the Wet, Warm Places Where Annoying Tiny Flying Animals Make Their Homes. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Amos, H., Starke, M., Arnold, N. (2019 December). Evaluation of GEOS total cloud fraction with GLOBE citizen science observations and co-located satellite data. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Evaluating the volunteer and scientific outcomes of citizen science programs
Fischer, H., Storksdieck, M. (2019 December). Evaluating the volunteer and scientific outcomes of citizen science programs. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Mosquitoes buzz around GLOBE!—The Challenges and Successes of a Citizen Science Project
Murphy, T., Wegner, K. (2019 December). Mosquitoes buzz around GLOBE!—The Challenges and Successes of a Citizen Science Project. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Girl Scouts and GLOBE Observer: Creating a Summer of Science for Girl Scout Campers
Owen, T., Fischer, H., Nelson, P. (2019 December). Girl Scouts and GLOBE Observer: Creating a Summer of Science for Girl Scout Campers. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Citizen Science as a Tool for Transdisciplinary Research and Stakeholder Engagement
Low, R., Schwerin, T., Codsi, R. (2019 December). Citizen Science as a Tool for Transdisciplinary Research and Stakeholder Engagement. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Leveraging thousands of contrail observations from GLOBE Citizen Scientists
Colon-Robles, M., Rogerson, T., Amos, H., Taylor, J.. Harte, T. (2019 December). Leveraging thousands of contrail observations from GLOBE Citizen Scientists. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
CERES Terra and Aqua cross comparisons to satellites collocations of ground observations
Ivey, K., Rogerson, T., Colon-Robles, M., Taylor, J. (2019 December). CERES Terra and Aqua cross comparisons to satellites collocations of ground observations. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Janney, D. (2019 December). Engaging Underserved High School Students in Science Investigations using NASA's GLOBE and GLOBE Observer Resources. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Low, R., Soeffing, C., Schwerin, T., Baguio, M., Ferrell, T., Janney, D. (2019 December). Combining NASA GLOBE Observer with Web Technologies to Broaden High School student Access to Authentic Science Research Experiences. Presentation at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Harte, T. (2019 July). GLOBE Goes to Camp. Poster presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
NASA GLOBE Clouds: Your Observations Impacting the Research Community
Colón Robles, M. (2019 July). NASA GLOBE Clouds: Your Observations Impacting the Research Community. Poster presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
Trees, Leaves, and IOPs: One Year of the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign
Campbell, B. (2019 July). Trees, Leaves, and IOPs: One Year of the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign. Poster presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
Using NASA Earth Observing Satellite Data to Predict, Monitor, and Respond to Disease
Janney, D. (2019 July). Using NASA Earth Observing Satellite Data to Predict, Monitor, and Respond to Disease. Oral presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
Kohl, H. (2019 July). Teaming Up with GLOBE. Oral presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
Introducing the User Guide for GLOBE Data
Amos, H. (2019 July). Introducing the User Guide for GLOBE Data. Oral presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
Campbell, B. (2019 July). Students, Teachers, Citizen Scientists, and NASA Observing the Height of Our Planet, One Tree at a Time. Oral presentation at the 23rd Annual GLOBE Meeting, Detroit, MI.
2018
Brant Dodson, J., Colon-Robles, M., Cruickshank DeFontes, C., Taylor, J., & Weaver, K. (2018, December). Quantifying the Meteorological Effects of the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse Using Citizen Scientist Observations. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Geohealth
Schwerin, T. Nelson, P., Paull, S., & Low, R. (2018, December). Environment, Health, and Infectious Disease: The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Geohealth. Session convened at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Low, R., & Gardiner, L. (2018, December). World Watching Thing: Find the Grow Up Places of Babies of Tiny Flying Animals That Bite, Using the Phone That You Take With You All the Time. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Earth Science for the Next Eclipse
Weaver, K., & Taylor, J.; (2018, December). Earth Science for the Next Eclipse: Citizen Science via NASA’s GLOBE Observer App. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Citizen Scientists as Community Agents of Change
Low, R. (2018, December). Citizen Scientists as Community Agents of Change: GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Earth Science in the Palm of Your Hand
Weaver, K., & Soeffing, C. (2018, December). GLOBE Observer: Earth Science in the Palm of Your Hand. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Colon-Robles, R., Farmer, L., Brant Dodson, J., Lucas Tackett, J., Cruickshank DeFontes, C., Ivey, K., Rogerson, T., & Taylor, J. (2018, December). Citizen science cloud observations compared to near ground cloud observations from CALIPSO and MODIS satellite data over the Drake Passage. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
2017
Boger, R., Low, R., Paull, S., Anyamba, A., & Soebiyanto, R. (2017, December). Capitalizing on citizen science data for validating models and generating hypotheses describing meteorological drivers of mosquito-borne disease risk. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Schwerin, T., Riebeek Kohl, H., Dusenbery, P., LaConte, K., Taylor, J., Weaver, K., & Janney, D. (2017, December). Citizen Science in Libraries: Results and Insights from a Unique NASA Collaboration. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Riebeek Kohl, H., Weaver, K., Overoye, D., Martin, A., & Andersen, T. (2017, December). Engaging Citizen Scientists across North America to Monitor Eclipse-driven Environmental Change through NASA GLOBE Observer, Results and Lessons Learned. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
GLOBE Observer Earth Science in the Palm of Your Hand
Weaver, K., & Riebeek Kohl, H. (2017, December). GLOBE Observer: Earth Science in the Palm of Your Hand. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper Geoscience and Public Health Connections
Low, R., & Boger, R. (2017, December). GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper: Geoscience and Public Health Connections. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Weaver, K., & Riebeek Kohl, H. (2017, December). How Cool was the Eclipse? Atmospheric Measurements and Citizen Science via NASA’s GLOBE Observer. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Live Storybook Outcomes of pilot multidisciplinary elementary earth science collaborative project
Soeffing, S., & Pierson, R. (2017, December). Live Storybook Outcomes of pilot multidisciplinary elementary earth science collaborative project. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Mitigating Mosquito Disease Vectors with Citizen Science
Riebeek Kohl, H., Low, R., Boger, R., Schwerin, T., & Janney, D. (2017, December). Mitigating Mosquito Disease Vectors with Citizen Science: a Review of the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper Pilot and Implications for Wide-scale Implementation. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.