[Esip-envirosensing] Envirosensing Cluster Call TODAY! Tuesday, Sep 5th, at 5:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm PDT) Summer Recap and Strategic Planning

[frazmo]

Alas, I will not be able to make the call. I do want to at least contribute
a bit of thinking for the strategic planning.

I recently "got in the game" with a PurpleAir air quality sensor for PM2.5
that I was able to successfully deploy and get on the internet without too
much difficulty. For me, as someone with dated and sketchy technical
skills, it was great to have infrastructure to support getting going (
purpleair.com ). I encountered a little issue with getting the sensor up
live on the PurpleAir site, and PurpleAir's user support was excellent and
talked me through it painlessly. I am at least semi-aware of a number of
other interesting types of crowdsource/community science sensing
initiatives. Lots of weather stuff for sure. For example, I see that
Sparkfun has a very inexpensive weather IoT kit out, although I'm not sure
about the software and networking support. There is lightning detection
(see for example https://www.lightningmaps.org ) and seismicity/infrasound
( https://raspberryshake.org/ ) and I'm sure many more interesting projects
I don't know about. Anyway, my points are it might be useful and fun to
strive to compile a database of efforts such as these and to think about
how the cluster could help individuals jumpstart their own sensing
projects. It might be interesting to not only track interesting projects
but also sort of review them in terms of cost, difficulty of actual
deployment, etc. It also could be interesting to identify "low hanging
fruit" sensing areas, where there may not be much out there yet, but there
is perceived demand and utility. Group ideas on that could be shared with
academic teams and others to encourage them to work on them...

I hope these are helpful thoughts. Feel free to ping me if you'd like to
kick around more offline.

It was great to see many of you at the ESIP Summer Meeting, and it was fun
to do a bit of hands-on stuff! Best and cheers,

Steve Young
EPA (Retired)
ESIP Air Quality Co-Chair
Frazmo at gmail.com

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 10:09 AM Gearon, James H. via Esip-envirosensing <
esip-envirosensing at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:

> Dear Envirosensors,
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> I am reaching out to remind everyone of our monthly Envirosensing Cluster
> Call happening TODAY! Tuesday, Sep 5th, at 5:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm PDT). We're
> eager to have as many of you as possible join us for an interactive session.
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> *Post-Summer Meeting Recap & Cluster Strategic Planning*
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> In lieu of our usual guest speaker format, today’s session will pivot to a
> more in-depth cluster discussion. The main items on the agenda are:
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> 1. *Post-Summer Meeting Recap:* We will walk through the key takeaways
> and feedback from our recent summer meeting. This will provide an
> opportunity for everyone to share their perspectives, highlight what worked
> well, and discuss areas of potential improvement.
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> 2. *Cluster Strategic Planning for the Future:* A vital part of ensuring
> the continued success of our cluster is to align on our future direction.
> This segment will be led by Envirosensing Co Chair Joseph Bell of the USGS.
> We hope to set clear strategic objectives for the upcoming months.
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> Looking forward to a productive call!
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> Warm regards,
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> Jake, Joe, Scotty, and Martha
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> James (Jake) Gearon, M.S.
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> Doctoral Student
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> Indiana University — Bloomington
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> Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences | Edmonds Group
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