Snow View - Snow View: GLOBE Photos of Snow in Clouds, Trees and on Land - February, 2025
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Official Snow View Intensive Observation Period (IOP) Logo created by undergraduate GLOBE alumna, Michelle Morris.
Michelle Morris (Mimo) is a recent undergraduate alumna at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) studying Natural Resources and the Environment with a focus in GIS. When taking an "Introduction to Watershed Management" class at UAF which required a semester-long GLOBE investigation and IVSS report, Mimo and her classmate Eli decided not to do their project on the GLOBE carbon cycle protocol and moss cover. On their designated field work day, new snow had covered the moss and most of the grass. Instead, Mimo and Eli focused on using the GLOBE Observer Landcover tool to observe freeze-up of two streams while measuring temperature and relative humidity.
In this logo, Mimo and her colleague are students who are learning science by doing science. They were freezing cold and figuring it out in the field, with GLOBE field guides and the GLOBE Observer App app in an ungloved hand.
Mimo works as a geospatial analyst at UAF's Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA). She made this design while collaborating on a project inventorying existing snow participatory science projects, including GLOBE. Read her bio at https://gina.alaska.edu/about/our-team/
In this logo, Mimo and her colleague are students who are learning science by doing science. They were freezing cold and figuring it out in the field, with GLOBE field guides and the GLOBE Observer App app in an ungloved hand.
Mimo works as a geospatial analyst at UAF's Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA). She made this design while collaborating on a project inventorying existing snow participatory science projects, including GLOBE. Read her bio at https://gina.alaska.edu/about/our-team/
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Snow View: GLOBE Photos of Snow in Clouds, Trees and on Land - February, 2025
Campaign Dates: 1 February - 28 February 2025
A snow crystal forms in a cloud, high in the atompshere, and fall when it becomes heavy. As the snow crystal falls, it may be intercepted by a tree or structure, where it changes due to the temperature, wind, or other factors.
Everyone can learn about snow by observing and photographing snow with the GLOBE Program's application, GLOBE Observer - Cloud, Tree and Land Cover tools. With a measuring device like a ruler, anyone can measure the depth of snow.
GLOBE members and students may also use the GLOBE Atmosphere Solid Precipitation Procotol to measure snow depth and snow water equipvalent.
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Oregon State University and NASA have been observing snow on the ground and with remote sensing, including satellites. GLOBE Observer photos and GLOBE collected data may have corresponding satellite imagery.
The Snow View team is encouraging the GLOBE community to collect snow data throughout February 2025.
A snow crystal forms in a cloud, high in the atompshere, and fall when it becomes heavy. As the snow crystal falls, it may be intercepted by a tree or structure, where it changes due to the temperature, wind, or other factors.
Everyone can learn about snow by observing and photographing snow with the GLOBE Program's application, GLOBE Observer - Cloud, Tree and Land Cover tools. With a measuring device like a ruler, anyone can measure the depth of snow.
GLOBE members and students may also use the GLOBE Atmosphere Solid Precipitation Procotol to measure snow depth and snow water equipvalent.
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Oregon State University and NASA have been observing snow on the ground and with remote sensing, including satellites. GLOBE Observer photos and GLOBE collected data may have corresponding satellite imagery.
The Snow View team is encouraging the GLOBE community to collect snow data throughout February 2025.
- Choose a GLOBE Observer tool - Land Cover, Trees, Clouds, or the GLOBE Atmospheric Solid Precipitation Protocol
- Record time
- Record geographic location
- Answer surface condition questions (Is there ice or snow?)
- Take photos according to the GLOBE Observer tool or GLOBE protocol
- In GO Land Cover tool, add a feature photo with or without snow.
- In GO Land Cover tool, add a caption that includes snow depth and units used
Title: Make Your Data Talk: Transforming Data Into Visual Stories
Date: 6 February 2025 @ 10 am ET (3:00 pm UTC)
Description: Peder Nelson will share how to create an animated GIF of a GLOBE study site using Landsat time series images, and use this animation as a way to understand and describe local change. Bring your GLOBE study site and/or your school location (latitude, longitude) to this interactive session. (This is a joint webinar with the 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign.)
Registration: Register for the webinar here.
Title: GISN Professional Networking Event (Open to members and non-members)
Date: 20 February 2025 @ 10 am ET (3:00 pm UTC)
Description: Join the monthly networking event to learn from GISN members.
Registration: Register here.
Title: Meet the NASA Data Scientist - Dr. Carrie Vuyovich
Date: TBA
Description: Coming soon!
Registration: Coming soon!
Title: Watercooler with Christi Buffington
Date: 26 February 2025 @ 4pm ET (9:00 pm UTC)
Description: Christi will share highlights from the Snow View IOP. Join to learn about the GLOBE snow data collected and submitted, and next steps for the IOP.
Registration: Register here.
Date: 6 February 2025 @ 10 am ET (3:00 pm UTC)
Description: Peder Nelson will share how to create an animated GIF of a GLOBE study site using Landsat time series images, and use this animation as a way to understand and describe local change. Bring your GLOBE study site and/or your school location (latitude, longitude) to this interactive session. (This is a joint webinar with the 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign.)
Registration: Register for the webinar here.
Title: GISN Professional Networking Event (Open to members and non-members)
Date: 20 February 2025 @ 10 am ET (3:00 pm UTC)
Description: Join the monthly networking event to learn from GISN members.
Registration: Register here.
Title: Meet the NASA Data Scientist - Dr. Carrie Vuyovich
Date: TBA
Description: Coming soon!
Registration: Coming soon!
Title: Watercooler with Christi Buffington
Date: 26 February 2025 @ 4pm ET (9:00 pm UTC)
Description: Christi will share highlights from the Snow View IOP. Join to learn about the GLOBE snow data collected and submitted, and next steps for the IOP.
Registration: Register here.