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Raskin Scholarship - ESIP ESIP's Raskin Scholarship seeks to promote collaboration, research support, and exposure for talented students in the Earth or computer sciences. Apply now.

DEADLINE FRIDAY: Apply for the ESIP Raskin Scholarship! 🎓️

The scholarship is awarded annually to an individual in Earth or computer sciences who has an interest in community evolution of Earth science data systems.

➡️ Learn more and how to apply: esipfed.org/raskin

ESIP Executive Director Sarah Cooley received a 2026 Suffrage Science Award in Life Sciences 🎉

The Suffrage Science Awards celebrate the contributions of outstanding women scientists around the world to the scientific community.

Learn more in our latest blog, authored by Sarah ➡️ buff.ly/TAQnQ9z

Center for Satellite Applications and Research - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR STAR translates raw satellite data into critical information needed to inform the public and safeguard the environment across the country and around the world.

3/12 - Identifying and reducing climate uncertainty in fisheries management reference points - NOAA

3/13 - NISAR Data, Applications, Research, and Technology Team Step 1 Application - NASA ROSES Solicitation
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💡 This week in the ESIP network...

3/11 - PACE Applications Workshop 2026 - NASA
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3/11 - Data Rescue Efforts at a Defunded Data Repository - World Data System
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3/19 - Discovery - buff.ly/EYnXGqz
3/20 - Machine Learning - buff.ly/C5pED7U
3/20 - Earth Comms - buff.ly/NmzGr6y
3/20 - Cloud Computing - buff.ly/fLkbgVA

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3/12 - Geodata4Health - buff.ly/OvrTC1c
3/12 - Marine Data - buff.ly/Q0zDG5C
3/12 - IT&I - buff.ly/tjBBWAl
3/12 - Wildfire - buff.ly/ZuB8GIG
3/17 - Data Readiness - buff.ly/VwIuX7g
3/17 - Governance Committee - buff.ly/nSWN3DE
3/18 - Semantic Harmonization - buff.ly/YeH0DLy
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Here are ESIP calls happening in the next 2 weeks…

3/9 - Data Stewardship Committee - buff.ly/Wnq0d9M
3/10 - Education Committee - buff.ly/DaBzAty
3/10 - Education Committee (alt time zone) - buff.ly/fE1EV0z
3/11 - Soil Ontology & Informatics - buff.ly/Sks9jal
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What's new in #EarthScienceData?

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👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ esipfed.org/community-calendar/

💫 More about Collaboration Areas: esipfed.org/collaboration-areas/
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Protecting Endangered Biodiversity with Project Centinela Learn how Project Centinela uses Planet imagery and analytics to protect endangered biodiversity, track wildfires, and restore carbon-rich ecosystems.

📚 What we're reading: "Protecting Endangered Biodiversity with Project Centinela" fromPlanet Pulse.

Project Centinela delivers high-res, high-frequency satellite imagery and tools to teams maintaining a lifeline for biodiversity in at-risk sites and supporting communities who depend on them. 🌎

Join the ESIP Information Tech & Interoperability (IT&I) committee on March 12 for their next seminar! Hear from Jorge Bravo (Stevens Institute of Technology) about the MPAS-viewer Python package, a user-friendly tool for visualizing MPAS atmospheric data.

Register for the call: buff.ly/tjBBWAl

New ESIP Community Fellow Luana Antunes Alexandre supports the Envirosensing Cluster! 🌐

Luana is a PhD student in Earth System Science at Florida International University. Her research focuses on air quality and remote sensing, using Pandora data supported by a NASA-funded initiative. 🛰️

Raskin Scholarship - ESIP ESIP's Raskin Scholarship seeks to promote collaboration, research support, and exposure for talented students in the Earth or computer sciences. Apply now.

Apply for the ESIP Raskin Scholarship! 🎓️

The Scholarship is awarded annually to someone with an interest in community evolution of Earth science data systems. The winner also presents a plenary talk at the upcoming in-person July Meeting.

☑️ DEADLINE: March 13
🔎 Learn more: esipfed.org/raskin

2026 January ESIP Meeting Highlights Webinar Our highlights webinar is a series of lightning talks from ESIP community leaders, session organizers, and staff. The webinar not only provides a run down of ESIP Meeting sessions, but also…

Did you miss the Highlights Webinar last week for the ESIP January 2026 Meeting? Good news: the recording is up on our YouTube channel! 📽️

Catch up with summaries and next steps from the organizers of over 15 breakout sessions, plus get a recap of our plenary sessions.💡

New ESIP Community Fellow Maddie Berger supports the Marine Data Cluster! 🐟

Maddie is a PhD student at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. Her research focuses on patterns of land-use change in tropical coastal areas and how these patterns relate to marine water quality and ecological health. 🌿

We have a new Collaboration Area! 📣
Join us on Tuesday, March 3, for the kickoff call for the EO for Land Managment Cluster. 🛰️

Register for the Kickoff Call ➡️ esipfed.org/event/earth-observation-for-land-management/
Learn about the Cluster ➡️ esipfed.org/collaboration-areas/aeiop/

Apply | NASA Applied Sciences JOIN EarthRISE Developers AcademyThe summer 2026 application window will close on Friday, March 6th 2026 at 11:59pm

💡 This week in the ESIP network...

3/4 - An Overview of Hydrologic Data Products and Tools - NEON, CUAHSI
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3/6 - Deadline: NASA EarthRISE Developers Academy Opportunities (see link)

3/11 - Soil Ontology & Informatics - buff.ly/Sks9jal
3/12 - Geodata4Health - buff.ly/OvrTC1c
3/12 - Marine Data - buff.ly/Q0zDG5C
3/12 - Information Tech & Interoperability - buff.ly/tjBBWAl
3/12 - Wildfire - buff.ly/ZuB8GIG

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3/5 - Biological Data Standards - buff.ly/4YkCP2T
3/9 - Data Stewardship Committee - buff.ly/TErMzAn
3/10 - Education Committee - buff.ly/7WYe5O9
3/10 - Semantic Technologies Committee - buff.ly/YkUEZIW
3/10 - Education Committee (alt time zone) - buff.ly/rJFLWwL
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Here are ESIP calls happening in the next 2 weeks…

3/2 - Sustainable Data Management - buff.ly/y5QxoU4
3/3 - Envirosensing - buff.ly/3C7MTqk
3/4 - COPDESS - buff.ly/1lDchQa
3/5 - COPDESS (euro-friendly) - buff.ly/O8AJSfa
3/5 - Disaster Lifecycle - buff.ly/azUqth7
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What's new in #EarthScienceData?

🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe

👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ esipfed.org/community-calendar/

💫 More about Collaboration Areas: esipfed.org/collaboration-areas/
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How to Accelerate Advances in Ecological Forecasting - Eos Developing shared cyberinfrastructure can enhance predictions of ecological change and enable improved decisionmaking for resource management and public well-being.

Ecological forecasts are increasingly vital today as we face rapid environmental changes and catastrophic biodiversity losses, researchers say. eos.org/science-upda...

Cloud Cover Conundrum: New Study Helps Improve Cloud Predictions in Atmospheric Models | NASA Earthdata In computer models that simulate Earth’s atmosphere, scientists evaluated their upgraded cloud simulation capabilities against satellite observations.

📚 What we're reading: "Cloud Cover Conundrum: New Study Helps Improve Cloud Predictions in Atmospheric Models," from Earthdata.

🌩️ By comparing model cloud behavior with NASA observations, scientists seek more accurate weather predictions and a deeper understanding of atmospheric processes.

New ESIP Community Fellow Maddy Allen supports the Machine Learning Cluster! 🤖

Maddy is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell. Her work is motivated by better understanding the hydrologic processes and advancing data-driven methods to support water management decisions.

2026 January ESIP Meeting - YouTube Session and Plenary recordings from the ESIP January Meeting 2026.Find information about the meeting schedule: https://2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com/Find ...

If you missed the January ESIP Meeting, you can still tune into recordings of sessions, now available on YouTube! 👀

This year, we’re exploring "Bridging Divides" as a theme. Discussions centered on partner and federal engagement, AI-readiness, international collaboration, and much more. 💡

Help Strengthen Repository Resilience! 💪

We’re in the final stretch of engagement for the Repository Crisis Scorecards (RCS) project and we need just 15–20 more responses by March 2 to strengthen our dataset. 📈

👉 Get involved: esipfed.org/repository-resilience

#DataInfrastructure #OpenData

New ESIP Community Fellow Gabrielle Brown will support the Disaster Lifecycle Cluster! 🌀

Gabby is a PhD student in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on Coastal El Niño and its influence on precipitation anomalies in Peru and Ecuador. 🌧️

New Method Could Improve U.S. Forecasting of West Nile Virus - Eos An innovative model uses regional climate data and records of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease to outperform existing forecasts, potentially helping communities prepare.

Scientists at @noaa.gov, CIRES, the University of Minnesota, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed an innovative model that uses weather and climate data to forecast West Nile Virus in the U.S.

Read the research spotlight from @eos.org ⬇️
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Evolving Our Virtual Collaboration Spaces - ESIP In March 2026, ESIP will vhange how registration is handled for our Collaboration Area calls by transitioning to a native Zoom registration interface.

We just made it easier to attend our Collaboration Area calls! ✨️ So, no matter your interest - wildfire, soil, physical samples, data stewardship, and so much more - you can make sure you don't miss the next discussion in our community. 💡

🔎 Learn details about the change in our latest news post

ESIP Meeting Highlights Webinar - Jan 2026 - ESIP Join us for a recap, synthesis, and next steps following the latest ESIP Meeting. The Highlights Webinar is a great chance to catch up on sessions you may

💡 This week in the ESIP network...

2/23 - ESIP JAN26 Highlights Webinar (TODAY)

2/25 - Innovative Technical Tools and Methods - CUAHSI
cuahsi.org/cyberseminars/innovative-technical-tools-and-methods

3/5 - COPDESS (euro-friendly) - buff.ly/O8AJSfa
3/5 - Disaster Lifecycle - buff.ly/azUqth7
3/5 - Biological Data Standards - buff.ly/4YkCP2T

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