IN028
Expand your data and your reach; the value proposition of citizen science data.

Session ID#: 80673

Session Description:
Citizen science increases scientific literacy, provides pathways for under-represented scientific voices, and creates a new type of global monitoring network. This session exposes curious scientists who are not currently involved in citizen science to explore possibilities of volunteer-collected data. We discuss how scientists can use data from an existing citizen science program or become engaged in a program. We introduce scientists to the different types of data being collected and how this may supplement institutional observation networks. This session invites papers from those who manage scientific data such as scientists, citizen science researchers, and practitioners. Topics may include scientific outcomes evaluation, data collection, data quality, data issues, data synthesis/integration, and data management. Presentations showcasing citizen science data informing research on climate change and sustainability will be prioritized, for example projects that address the National Climate Assessment’s “key climate change indicators”, Decadal Survey’s “targeted observables”, and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Index Terms:

1694 Instruments and techniques [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1910 Data assimilation, integration and fusion [INFORMATICS]
1912 Data management, preservation, rescue [INFORMATICS]
9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]

Primary Convener:  Heather A Fischer, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Convener:  Peder Nelson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Heather A Fischer, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
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