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Addressing the Need for Earth Observation Capacity Development at Local, National, Regional, and Global Scales I

Monday, 7 December 2020: 17:30-18:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Lauren M Childs-Gleason, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States; SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States
Conveners:  Nancy D Searby1, Betzy E. Hernández2 and Christine Mataya1, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lauren M Childs-Gleason, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States; SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States
Chairs:  Nancy D Searby1, Lauren M Childs-Gleason2, Betzy E. Hernández3 and Christine Mataya1, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)Wise County / DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA, United States(3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Christine Mataya, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
17:30
Welcoming Remarks
17:34
Feasibility Studies as Catalysts for Capacity Building: The DEVELOP Experience from Local to National Scale (698172)
Kenton W Ross1, Amanda Clayton2, Sean McCartney3, Karen N Allsbrook2, Stephanie L Burke2 and Michael L Ruiz4, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA DEVELOP Program - SSAI, National Program Office, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA DEVELOP Program, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
17:38
Earth Observations for Air Quality and Energy Management: Best Practices for User-Driven Capacity Development (753538)
Natasha Sadoff1, Amy Leibrand2, Tanya Maslak2 and Meredith Fritz3, (1)Battelle Columbus, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)Battelle, Columbus, United States, (3)Battelle, Columbus, OH, United States
17:42
Optimization of the Earth Observation Upstream Segment through an Analysis of User Requirements at National Level (721265)
Andrea Taramelli1,2, Emma Schiavon2, Antonella Tornato1, Emiliana Valentini1,3, Margherita Righini2, Serena Geraldini1 and Laura Piedelobo2, (1)Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy, (2)University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy, (3)Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council, Roma, Italy
17:46
“Winter, Water, and Warming”: A European - Canadian Mini-MOOC Cooperation to Respond to the Challenges of Online Radar Remote Sensing Education (730192)
Guy Aube1, Paul Briand2, Robert Eckardt3, Joost van der Sanden4, Christian Prevost4, Dirk Werle2, Christiane Schmullius5, Carsten Pathe3, Nesrin Salepci3, Mikhail Urbazaev3, Heather McNAIRN6, Andrew Davidson6 and Tom Zagon7, (1)Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada, (2)Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, Canada, (3)Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, (4)Canada Center for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada, (5)Earth Observation Services Jena, Jena, Germany, (6)Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (7)Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, Canada
17:50
USFS-NASA Virtual Pitch Fest: Exploring a new way to connect Earth observations research with decision-support needs (769003)
Raha Hakimdavar1, Sabrina Delgado Arias2, Everett Hinkley1, Batuhan Osmanoglu3, Birgit Peterson4, Edil Sepulveda Carlo5, Stephanie L Granger6, Andrew T Hudak7, Peggy E O'Neill8, Erik Johnson9, Matthew C Reeves10, Cynthia D West11, Mahesh Pun12 and Kim Locke13, (1)US Forest Service, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)ASRC Federal Holding Company, Inutek, Beltsville, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / SSAI, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID, United States, (8)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)US Forest Service, Washington, United States, (10)US Forest Service Missoula, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT, United States, (11)U.S. Forest Service, Office of Sustainability and Climate, Washington D.C., United States, (12)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (13)NASA Goddard/ ESSIC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
17:54
Building Human Capacity and Capability Through Citizen Science - Experience of Youth (669713)
John Pring, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Holli Riebeek Kohl, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States
17:58
Cost Benefit Analysis in using the Africa Regional Data Cube (ARDC) to report on SDGs in Ghana (670028)
Kenneth Mubea, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Nairobi, Kenya, Amos Tiereyangn Kabo-bah, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sunyani, Ghana and Omar Seidu, Ghana Statistical Service, Accra, Ghana
18:02
Use cases of SERVIR land use land cover data in the eastern and southern Africa countries: research, policy and capacity building footprint (704917)
Robinson M Mugo1, Phoebe Oduor1, Anastasia Mumbi Wahome1, Africa Ixmucane Flores Cordova2 and Emily Caitlin Adams3, (1)Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States
18:06
The Arctic Observing Summit as a mechanism to develop and link observing capacity from the local to the global scale (715733)
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Peter Schlosser, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Thorsteinn Gunnarsson, Icelandic Centre for Research, Reykjavík, Iceland, Alice C Bradley, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States, Raychelle Daniel, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, United States, Jan René Larsen, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks, Oslo, Norway, Maribeth S Murray, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Peter L Pulsifer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Ravi Darwin Darwin Sankar, Stillwater, OK, United States and Sandra Starkweather, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
18:10
Discussion
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