โผ๏ธ I am incredibly excited to tell you Iโve taken the position of
@Esri
Director of Imagery and Remote Sensing Solutions โผ๏ธ
This position is centered around building bridges between
#GIS
and pixels & finding connections between
#data
and usersโฆa true dream!
๐ฐ๏ธ๐ ๐๏ธ๐ฉโ๐พ๐ทโโ๏ธ๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐งโ๐ซ๐ฉโ๐ง๐ฉโ๐ฌ
Fresh from my PhD!
@NASA_Landsat
spectral-temporal features show change from veg ๐พ to non-veg ๐ฆ wetlands & are powerful
#remotesensing
#timeseries
classification model inputs. GIFs are ๐ for
#dataviz
but Hovmollers = 4 dimensions of wetland change over 32 yrs in a single plot!
Humbled and honored to be in the 2022 cohort of Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars!!
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What has been truly solidified for me recently is the incredible community we have in the
#geospatial
#remotesensing
#EO
world and I'm so grateful to be a small part of it! ๐ค๐คฉ๐ช
The cats are out of the bag!!
Introducing the Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars 2022 >>
Join us to congratulate these young champions who are proactive and passionate about the value of
#geospatial
to the society, the environment and the economy.
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On
#WorldWetlandsDay
salt marshes are drowning from sea level rise across the planet. Weโre using 7 band ๐ multi-temporal
#UAS
๐ imagery linked with
#Landsat
data to map
#wetland
vulnerability and flood inundation risk over time in these extremely valuable ecosystems ๐ฐ ๐พ ๐
An insane honor and delight to be interviewed about
@LadiesOfLandsat
by THE
@MarcEvanJackson
(AKA Landsat Steve from Kong: Skull Island ๐ฆ) at Vandenberg Air Force Base. If you squint, you can see
#Landsat9
ready for takeoff in the background! ๐ฐ๐
#CountdownToLaunch
True story: as a student I first saw Meghan present this at
@SWS_org
& was convinced my life was over because she was working in the same
#wetland
#Landsat
universe as me & doing it way better. In the end she made MY work better and became a close friend
#CommunityOverCompetition
.
@mhalabisky1
et al. (2018) classify wetlands using their temporal pattern from a
#Landsat
time series using segmentation, object-based image analysis
#OBIA
and a random forest classifier in Washington, USA
#LoLManuscriptMonday
At the Winter
#Landsat
@USGSLandsat
@NASA_Landsat
Science Team meeting, the always-eloquent
@mikewulder
talks about the breadth of accomplishments of the current team - too many to fit on one slide! ๐ฐ๏ธ ๐๐ป
Happy
#WomenInScienceDay
! Thankful for all the amazing women in my life, especially the Discoveries in
#RemoteSensing
editorial board. Our
@SlackHQ
channel has turned into a safe space to share experiences as
#WomenInSTEM
& uplift/support each other across 5 continents! ๐ ๐ช
It's hard to describe how deeply inspiring it was to interview Virginia, esp. on launch day. Not only is she the original
@LadiesOfLandsat
, she also invented satellite multispectral
#EO
technology and calibration as we know it. DYK
#Landsat
#TM
came before
#MSS
? Listen for more!
Our newest episode of Eyes on Earth is live! Follow this link to hear from Virginia Norwood, known as the "Mother of
@USGSLandsat
" -
Follow this link for every episode -
... or find us on Apple podcasts or Google podcasts
Hiked up to find this young bull
#moose
enjoying some quiet time in one of my favorite high elevation (2,700 m)
#wetland
marshes in the
@UWCNF
this afternoon. Sea level to alpine, wetlands are magic! โจ๐พ๐ฆ
#nature
#mountains
Wow! Even just our
@LadiesOfLandsat
panel practice this morning for the
@USGS
National Imagery Summit was extremely powerfulโฆcanโt wait to have a conversation about diversity, equity, justice & inclusion with these amazing women next week. Register now so you can listen & chat!
Are you attending
@USGS
's 2nd National Imagery Summit next week?
This free, virtual event will feature a broad range of talks by
#Landsat
data users focused on Landsat & Society.
Tuesday, Aug. 31โThursday, Sept.2
Register here:
Career & life bucket list check off!! This summer Iโve been leading a
#geospatial
#aquatic
ecology research project in the gorgeous
@ZionNPS
๐ Weโre studying a benthic
#cyano
#HAB
along a 50 km stretch of river with
#hyperspectral
imagery ๐ท, toxin ๐งช, & genetic ๐งฌ๐ฌanalysis.
Harmful algae blooms threaten our health.
@USGS
/
@NASA_Landsat
can check for blooms from space, making it possible to test if a bloom is dangerous.
Detection of a 2017 bloom in Utah helped save an estimated $370K in healthcare & related costs! ๐ง
#WorldWaterDay
One of the best parts of being post-PhD is the meaningful, no-pressure conversations I get to have with my advisor
@TheRealWBC
๐ต He continues to help me be fearless! Today we chatted about life, love, Landsat
@NASA_Landsat
, and the Normalized Difference Water Index
#PostdocLife
๐จ Starts this week! I'm excited to talk about
@LadiesOfLandsat
in the Day 2 session exploring "EO at the Edge" & if you want to join me in building
#Landsat
spectral features for
#wetland
applications on the
@OpenDataCube
, register for the Women's Sprint
#hackathon
! Details โฌ๏ธ
Congratulations to Dr. Applegate for his confirmation and swearing-in as Director of
@USGS
!
Iโm proud to work for a department and agency that values scientific leadership as a top priority (and that knows the power of
#RemoteSensing
and
@USGSLandsat
!)
NEW: David Applegate has been sworn in by
@SecDebHaaland
as Director of
@USGS
. Davidโs experience will ensure
@Interior
continues to develop the climate science needed to understand the Earthโs past, present and future climate.
DYK that cyanobacteria ๐ฆ (
#cyano
#HABs
) absorb the orange ๐ง spectra ๐ because of the pigment phycocyanin? We use a special pink dye to calibrate our in-situ phycocyanin
#waterquality
sensors to connect them to
#remotesensing
๐ฐ๏ธ data for
#aquatic
monitoring! ๐งช
#WomenInSTEM
And meeting up with
@GeochicasOSM
โs amazing co-founder
@mapanauta
while
@flasmendes
ordered us Brazilian cuisine made for a (delicious ๐ง๐ท) evening of total empowerment ๐ช๐ป
Iโm so grateful for these women, opportunities, and experiences!
#CommunityOverCompetition
Landsat Science Team member Justin Huntington
@watermapper
uses raster hydrographs to examine stream flow over time to begin to attribute
@climate_engine
@NASA_Landsat
ET model change maps. Important for water consumption monitoring and conservation! ๐ฐ๐ฆ
#LandsatScience
What a rockstar๐ค๐ฟ! Not only is Dr. Thomas is an original
@LadiesOfLandsat
and brilliant part of
#WomenInSTEM
before
#STEMinism
was a thing, she's also part of the first
#Landsat
digital image processing team. Read about her story in a Q&A by another
#LadyofLandsat
Laura Rocchio.
A Face Behind Landsat Images: Dr. Valerie L. Thomas managed the development of early Landsat image processing software systems & formatting standards for the CCTs used to store early
#Landsat
imagery.
#TBT
#BlackHistoryMonth
#LadiesOfLandsat
Matt Hansen,
#LST
member from
@UMD_GLAD
, shows off his global maps of bare ground change using the entire
@NASA_Landsat
archive. โBare ground can be a targeting mechanism for richer metrics of change such as urbanizationโ ๐ฐ๐๐ข
#LandsatScience
Hi Twitter! ๐ Tanya Trujillo here,
@Interior
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. I'm excited to be here to highlight the excellent work of
@usbr
and
@USGS
and share our collaborative efforts with partners to protect America's water supplies and invest in robust research!
It was an honor to be invited to speak on my
@USGSLandsat
Mendenhall research for leaders like
@USGS
Director Applegate at the
@USGS_EROS
50th Anniversary ceremony!
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Also surreal to be able to add a
@LadiesOfLandsat
sticker to the Centerโs living time capsule!โณ๐งฐ
I'm excited to present at the
@ASPRSorg
@SDSUGeography
Spring Technical Meeting tomorrow!
Tune in on
#EarthDay
๐ to hear me talk about how time after time โณ the
#Landsat
temporal domain helps us understand complex ecological patterns!
๐ฐ๏ธ๐ณ๐๐
@LadiesOfLandsat
๐ฅ On behalf of the
@ASPRSorg
Pacific Southwest Region & the
@sdsugeog
Student Chapter of ASPRS, youโre invited to our Apr 22nd Spring Technical Meeting. We have an amazing speaker lineup!
The event is free, but you must register.
Link:
A HUGE 'thank you' to everyone who attended
@ForestSAT2018
& posted presentations and to all others who enthusiastically followed along remotely. I managed three
@Twitter
accounts this week & it only reinforced what an amazing, inclusive, and brilliant community we have ๐ฐ๏ธ๐๐๐
A very special thanks to
@katefickas
(assisted by
@morganahcrowley
) for all the live streaming and follow up interviews with the keynote speakers. Stay tuned as we upload videos for those who missed them.
#ForestSAT2018
โจAre you going to
@ForestSAT
๐ฐ๐ฒ 2022?โจ
Save the date and join us for a wonderful social evening at
@UP42_
with some amazing
#EOChat
organizations!
When โก๏ธ Tue, August 30, 19:00 CEST
Where โก๏ธ UP42 GmbH - Ohlauer Straรe 43, 10999 Berlin
Registration โก๏ธ
My grandmother was a professional artist and her colorful influence is present in my every day life ๐จ
Taking this
@theAGU
workshop from artist Francesca Samsel
@UTAustin
on artistic color theory for data visualization ๐๐ has been a soul hug way to start
#AGU22
!!
Need a pick-me-up today? I highly encourage you to watch our newest
@LadiesOfLandsat
case study video highlighting the inspirational
@nikkitulley
๐คฉ Nikki grew up without running water ๐ฐ and now uses
#Landsat
to help her Navajo Nation community monitor this valuable resource ๐ง๐ฐ๏ธ
Yรก'รกt'รฉรฉh! We are extremely honoured to share with you the life and science of
@nikkitulley
of the Navajo Nation and
@uarizona
!
Learn about Nikkiโs incredible journey in the 4th video of our
@USGS
Human Dimensions series highlighting
#Landsat
users.
๐๐
Thank you to my co-moderator
@morganahcrowley
& our amazing panelists:
Dr.
@flasmendes
Dr.
@CLNakalembe
@nikkitulley
Sylvia Wilson
Prof. Crystal Schaaf
What an inspiring conversation we had about
#Landsat
, local communities, parenthood, & the future of remote sensing ๐ช๐ฐ๏ธ๐คฉ
This afternoon,
@LadiesOfLandsat
lead important conversations about diversity in the Remote Sensing sphere.
Founder Kate Fickas reminds us of the key questions she asks when thinking about inclusion in
#STEM
fields: Who's at the table? Who's missing? How can we support them?
โDepending on the metrics you use, it really changes your interpretation of the data!โ Mike Wulder
@mikewulder
gives his
#LST
talk on moving towards disturbance informed time series change in Canadian forests with
@txominhermos
and
@Joanne_C_White
๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฅ
#LandsatScience
Thanks for the share
@NASAEarth
! Keeping folks safe to enjoy their favorite summer water activities is one the best parts of my
#RemoteSensing
research and one of my favorite
@USGSLandsat
@NASA_Landsat
uses! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฐ
#EOChat
Water is an important source for drinking, traveling, and recreation. With
@USGS
/
@NASA_Landsat
, we can monitor blooms of potentially harmful algae in lakes -- including popular swimming, boating, and fishing spots -- from space.
#WorldWaterDay
Day 2 of
#remotesensing
#conservation
articles for
#EarthWeek
! Blehyl et al. 2017 in
#RSE
// Assessing landscape connectivity for large mammals in the Caucasus using Landsat 8 seasonal image composites // ID'd wildlife corridors in protected areas ๐ป๐ฆ๐
I have to end this incredible day with a shoutout to the what made this possible:
@NASA_Landsat
. This coin has been to every ground station and continent (except Antarctica) ๐ Today it went to its first (and hopefully not last) launch in my possession ๐ฐโค๏ธ
#LadiesofLandsat
Dr.
@flasmendes
is an amazing human, rockstar scientist, and passionate champion of inclusion in
#EO
. I am so lucky to know and work with her ๐คฉ
Please have a listen to this podcast to hear her speak on decolonizing
#EO
and many other important topics!
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I finished a small blogpost on the twitter timeline during the Google Earth Engine User Summit 2018. Who tweeted when the most? Engagement Scores?
#EEUS18
#EarthEngine
#rstats
#rtweet
I met
@CStraubResearch
at the
#LandsatScienceTeam
meeting last year (my lastโ๏ธ travel) and this creative project with her,
@morganahcrowley
, and
@HeartwoodV
helped me get through quarantine alive. We are all so delighted to share these gorgeous (and jazzy ๐ถ) videos with you!
This group has blown me away with the quality of free and open content, tutorials, and tools on all things
#aquatic
#data
analysis,
#datascience
,
#modeling
, and
#dataviz
๐ฆโ๏ธ๐ ๏ธ๐
Please give them a follow to be part of a cutting edge and inclusive community ๐
Great fun using the new
#GoogleEarthEngine
User Interface API ๐ฅ // Allows you to control knobs and widgets under the hood so that your users can interact with your maps and products (such as elevation searches)! Tutorials at
#eeus18
@googleearth
Hey all you
@LadiesOfLandsat
๐ข๐ข! I'll be carrying these cards๐ all around to the
#Landsat
9 launch events...think of it like a traveling mini-poster session ๐ชง Get your research, science, and information out there and seen by many different people! Fill out your card now! โฌ๏ธ
Calling all Ladies of Landsat and allies! Want to be part of the
#Landsat9
Launch ๐ ๐ฐ๏ธ even if you can't be there in person?
We're creating LoL 'Trading Cardsโ to be displayed at meetings, events, and even local TV throughout launch week!
To submit ๐