IN43B:
Can Public Participation Be the Key to Better Understanding Our Planet? Earth Scientists Say, I Posters

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Session ID#: 25043

Session Description:
Citizen science is emerging as a new approach for supporting Earth science research. Innovative use of crowd-sourced data provides opportunities to improve satellite derived products and analyses to improve our understanding of the Earth as a system while simultaneously engaging the public at local, regional, and global scales. Citizen science covers a wide range of topics including the collection and analysis of data by citizen scientists, the development of easily deployed instrumentation, and the development of software applications and websites to increase the community of users who can participate in Earth science research. This session seeks contributions that demonstrate the diversity and application of citizen science projects supporting Earth science by complementing satellite observations and discuss novel methods for the development and deployment of low cost sensors.
Primary Convener:  Amanda Whitehurst, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kevin J Murphy, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States and Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA Ecological Conservation Program, Huntsville, United States
Chairs:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA Ecological Conservation Program, Huntsville, United States and Amanda Whitehurst, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA Ecological Conservation Program, Huntsville, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1999 General or miscellaneous [INFORMATICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Floating Forests: Validation of a Citizen Science Effort to Answer Global Ecological Questions (287327)
Isaac Rosenthal1, Jarrett Byrnes2, Kyle C Cavanaugh3, Alison J. Haupt4, Laura Trouille5, Thomas W. Bell3, Andrew Rassweiler6, Alejandro Pérez-Matus7 and Jorge Assis8, (1)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department, Boston, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)California State Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, United States, (5)Adler Planetarium/Zooniverse, Chicago, IL, United States, (6)Florida State University, Department of Biological Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (7)Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marina, Las Cruces, Chile, (8)Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Integrating Remote Sensing and Citizen Science to Study the Environmental Context and Ecological Consequences of Returning Avian Predators (234879)
Benjamin Zuckerberg, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Jennifer McCabe, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States, He Yin, Aalto University, Department of Built Environment, Aalto, Finland, Anna Michle Pidgeon, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forestry and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States, David N Bonter, Cornell University, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, United States and Volker Radeloff, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States
Soundscapes to Landscapes (S2L): Monitoring Animal Biodiversity from Space Using Citizen Scientists (244046)
Matthew L Clark, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, Leonard Salas, Point Blue Conservation Science, Climate Change & Informatics Group, Petaluma, CA, United States and Scott J. Goetz, Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Coral Bleaching Assessment Through Remote Sensing and Integrated Citizen Science (CoralBASICS): Engaging Dive Instructors on Reef Characterization in Southwest, Puerto Rico Coupled with the Analysis of Water Quality Using NASA Earth Observations (266030)
Juan Luis Torres-Perez, NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, United States; Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Roy Armstrong, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Marine Sciences, Lajas, United States, Yasmin Detres, University of Puerto Rico, Dept. Marine Sciences, Lajas, PR, United States, Carolina Aragones-Fred, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Dept. Marine Sciences, Mayaguez, PR, United States and Joel Melendez, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Cidra, PR, United States
Citizen Science in Grand Teton National Park Reveals Phenological Response of Wildlife to Climate Change and Increases Public Involvement in Earth Science (221968)
Trevor Bloom, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Corinna Riginos, The Nature Conservancy, Lander, WY, United States
Development of a low-cost soil moisture sensor for in-situ data collection by citizen scientists (291041)
Rupesh Jeyaram1, Eswar Rajasekaran2, Chad Lohrli3, Narendra Das4, Erika Podest5, Hagop Hovhannesian3 and Grace Fairbanks6, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion, Pasadena, United States
Understanding Climate Variability of Urban Ecosystems Through the Lens of Citizen Science (293162)
Julie Ripplinger1, Darrel Jenerette2, Jun Wang3, Mark Chandler4, Cui Ge3 and Sofia Koutzoukis5, (1)University of California Riverside, Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States, (2)University of California Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)Earthwatch Institute, Boston, MA, United States, (5)University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States
Drive by Soil Moisture Measurement: A Citizen Science Project (294257)
Garry R Willgoose1, In-Young Yeo1, Greg R Hancock2 and Indishe Prabath Senanayake3, (1)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, (2)The University of Newcastle, School of Engineering, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, (3)The University of Newcastle, School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Regional and local meteorology influences high-resolution tropospheric ozone concentration in the Los Angeles Basin (292383)
Sofia Koutzoukis1, Darrel Jenerette2, Mark Chandler3, Jun Wang4, Cui Ge4 and Julie Ripplinger5, (1)University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, (2)University of California Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, United States, (3)Earthwatch Institute, Boston, MA, United States, (4)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (5)University of California Riverside, Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States
Citizen-Enabled Aerosol Measurements for Satellites (CEAMS): A Network for High-Resolution Measurements of PM2.5 and Aerosol Optical Depth (243359)
Jeffrey R Pierce1, John Volckens2, Bonne Ford3, Shantanu Jathar2, Marilee Long4, Casey Quinn2, Lizette Van Zyl5 and Eric Wendt2, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Mechanical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere,, Fort Collins, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Journalism and Media Communication, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Cloud Forecasting and 3-D Radiative Transfer Model Validation using Citizen-Sourced Imagery (255176)
Albin John Gasiewski1, Andrew Heymsfield2, Kimberley Newman Frey3, Robert Davis3, Jeremy Rapp3, Aaron Bansemer4, Tanner Coon5, Richard Folsom3, Nicholas Pfeufer3 and Justin Kalloor6, (1)Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Colorado at Boulder, Computer Science, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
Air Pollution Measurements by Citizen Scientists and NASA Satellites: Data Integration and Analysis (258149)
Jacob Maibach1, Pawan Gupta2, Robert C Levy3, Prakash Doraiswamy4, Olga Pikelnaya5, Brandon Feenstra5 and Andrea Polidori5, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (5)South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA, United States
Using Low-Cost Sensors and Citizen Scientists to Improve Spatial Gradients in Satellite Data. (220216)
Prakash Doraiswamy1, Pawan Gupta2, Olga Pikelnaya3, Brandon Feenstra3, Robert C Levy4 and Andrea Polidori3, (1)RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
GreenNet: A Global Ground-Based Network of Instruments Measuring Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere (229725)
Melissa Floyd, Micahel Grunberg and Emily Lynn Wilson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Stream Tracker: Crowd sourcing and remote sensing to monitor stream flow intermittence (254575)
Kira Puntenney1, Stephanie K Kampf1, Greg Newman2, Michael A Lefsky1, Ry Weber1 and Jason Gerlich1, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, United States
ALASKA TESTBED FOR THE FUSION OF CITIZEN SCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING OF SEA ICE AND SNOW (221367)
John E Walsh1, Elena B Sparrow1, Olivia Astillero Lee1, Michael Brook2, Michael Brubaker2 and Joseph Casas3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States

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