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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Weekly News

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Hurricane Lee Traverses the Warm Atlantic The major storm fluctuated in intensity as it approached the U.S. East Coast.       Greece's Agricultural Heartland Underwater Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country's Thessaly region.       Cloudy Waters in Missisquoi Bay Phosphorus runoff from farmland surrounding Lake Champlain contributes to summer cyanobacteria blooms in the northeastern part of the lake.       Bolivian Salt Flats An otherworldly landscape on a plateau in the Andes provides a natural laboratory for scientists studying Earth and Mars.       A Deluge in Greece A stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding.       Summer Rains on Nevada’s Black Rock Playa Late-season storms saturated the desert, leaving tens of thousands of festivalgoers stuck in the mire.       The Best Places to Plant Trees in Maryland Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland's tree-planting efforts.       RECENT BLOG POSTS             NOTES FROM THE FIELD Boreal Summer September 12, 2023 Scientists returned to central Alaska's boreal forests to measure plant activity during the peak of summer.

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Cloudy Waters in Missisquoi Bay Phosphorus runoff from farmland surrounding Lake Champlain contributes to summer cyanobacteria blooms in the northeastern part of the lake. (Sep 7, 2023)       A Deluge in Greece A stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding. (Sep 8, 2023)       Storm Drenches Spain An isolated low-pressure system produced torrential downpours in Sp

EARTHDATA DISCOVERY OPEN ACCESS FOR OPEN SCIENCE | SEPTEMBER 2023                               Adding the Who to Earth Observations           Getting the full picture of what Earth science data mean for humanity often requires combining satellite observations with the global distribution of human population and economic activities. NASA socioeconomic data help make this possible.                   Dr. Yehuda Bock uses Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data to take a (very) close look at how Earth is changing. Read More                       Articles                 An AI Milestone for NASA Earth Science A public/private partnership involving NASA and IBM Research used Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data to create NASA’s first open-source geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model for Earth observation data.           Where There’s Smoke... Wildfire-generated thunderstorms—pyrocumulonimbus clouds—are difficult to study and have global impacts. Dr. David Peterson uses data from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) to gain a better understanding of these events.           Forecasting Pollution from Canadian Wildfires Smoke from Canadian wildfires covered the Northeastern U.S. in June. A Data in Action article describes how the Hazardous Air Quality Ensemble System (HAQES) provided real-time forecasts of high levels of particulate matter from these wildfires.           Deep in the Heat of Texas The U.S. state of Texas experienced a historic heat wave in June 2023. A Data in Action article takes a closer look at the data behind the scorching conditions.           Tracking Dora from Space Hurricane Dora, which became Typhoon Dora after crossing the International Date Line, set a record as the longest duration Category 4 storm observed in the Pacific Ocean. Dora’s rainfall track stretched from Central America to the western Pacific.           Serendipitous Science with ICESat-2 A new article highlights how researchers are using data from NASA’s Ice, Clouds, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) to study surface-height changes in land and vegetation, inland water bodies, ocean surfaces, and atmospheric features.           Finding Firns NASA Earth science data helped a researcher discover and examine perennial firn aquifers. These year-round, water-bearing layers beneath snow are contributing to a rapidly changing cryosphere.           Summer Interns Support NASA Earth Science Talented college students and recent graduates supported NASA’s Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program this past summer as interns. Interns gained valuable real-world experience while they improved NASA Earth science products and services.                   Webinars & Events                     Watch it Again: From Ocean to Cloud—Enabling Workflows and Data Utilization           NASA Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC) members discuss recent experiences migrating code and workflows to the cloud and showcase a new cloud tutorial.           View Event Recording                 Watch it Again: CASEI—Empowering Access to Airborne and Field Investigation Data This webinar shows how to use the new Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) to find campaign, platform, and instrument information for NASA-funded suborbital investigations. View Event Recording                     New Data, Tutorials, & Resources           NASA Earth Science Data Roundup The Roundup provides summaries of new data, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) over the past month.           From Satellite Data to Point Data: Data Rods Satellite data are great for exploring large areas of Earth. Using these data to explore a specific point is more difficult. Read how data rods are making it easier to create time-series data for a specific location.           New Features Added to the Algorithm Publication Tool (APT) The APT is a tool for writing, publishing, and archiving Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs). New features and capabilities make this tool more user-friendly and accessible.           SNWG Portal Added to Earthdata Search A new Earthdata Search Portal for the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) provides rapid access to 54 data collections that have a relation to the SNWG.                   Open Science                 TOPS Community Forum The next Transform to Open Science (TOPS) Community Forum takes place September 14, at 1 p.m., EDT [UTC -4]. The Forum focus will be on opportunities eclipse events provide for engaging in collaborative research practices.                   Funding Opportunity                 Seeking Peer Reviewers NASA’s Earth Science Division seeks reviewers for submissions to the Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science funding opportunity. Peer review panel selections will be made in October, with reviews of applicants starting in late-September.                   Connect with NASA Earth Science           The NASA Booth and NASA Earth science data creators, managers, and providers are at conferences you might be attending. These are great opportunities to connect with the people behind the data.           Meteorology and Climate—Modeling for Air Quality Conference Date: September 13-15 Location: Davis, CA/Virtual           Energy, Fire, and Changing Landscapes—Satellite Applications Date: September 21-22 Location: Boulder, CO           NASA Open-Source Science Data Repositories Workshop Date: September 27-29 Location: Boulder, CO/Virtual           NASA International Space Apps Challenge Date: October 7-8 Location: Global Locations/Virtual           Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference Date: October 7-10 Location: Charlotte, NC           Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Date: October 7-15 Location: Albuquerque, NM           NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Global Community (GloCo) Summit Date: October 11-12 Location: Virtual           Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers National Convention Date: October 11-14 Location: Atlanta, GA           9th Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Climate Change Conference Date: October 11-15 Location: New Orleans, LA           Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects 2023 Date: October 15-18 Location: Pittsburgh, PA           NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) Public Meeting Date: October 19-20 Location: Salt Lake City, UT           American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference Date: October 19-21 Location: Spokane, WA           2023 Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND) Date: October 23-25 Location: Las Vegas, NV           International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2023 Date: October 23-26 Location: Salzburg, Austria/Virtual           World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference Date: October 23-27 Location: Kigali, Rwanda/Virtual           Energy Data Analytics Symposium Date: October 26-27 Location: Durham, NC           National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference 2023 Date: October 26-28 Location: Portland, OR           Big Data from Space 2023 (BiDS) Date: November 6-9 Location: Vienna, Austria           National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) Annual Conference Date: November 9-12 Location: Knoxville, TN/Virtual           American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Annual Meeting Date: November 14-18 Location: Washington, D.C.           United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) Date: November 30-December 12 Location: United Arab Emirates           American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Date: December 11-15 Location: San Francisco, CA/Virtual                   Worldview Images of the Week           A Tale of Two Hurricanes In the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Tallahassee, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph. In the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Franklin brought gusty winds to Bermuda and had winds as high as 150 mph before weakening.           Fires near Yellowknife and Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories capital with a population of 20,000, was under evacuation orders as wildfires cut off the major highway near the city. The Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency as it battled nearly 240 wildfires.           View more Images of the Week                 NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program oversees the life cycle of NASA’s Earth science data and seeks to maximize the scientific return from missions and experiments.

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