2026 Esri Imagery & Remote Sensing Educators Summit: Virtual Event from April 22-23 Join us virtually for the Esri Imagery & Remote Sensing Educators Summit, to be held April 22-23, 2026. Learn best practices and explore the future of imagery and remote sensing in education.

4/22 - Call for proposals: session, town hall, and workshop - AGU26
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4/22-23 - Esri Imagery & Remote Sensing Educators Summit
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Digital Field Data Collection Experience a series of webinars to discover how GIS strengthens every stage of the census life cycle— from field data collection and modern approaches to operations, integration and reporting.

💡 This week in the ESIP network...

4/20 - Leveraging Ambient Radio Signals for Radar Sensing of the Terrestrial and Space Environment - NOAA
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4/21 - Digital Field Data Collection - Esri
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4/27 - Partnership Committee - buff.ly/USAiSZH
4/28 - Open Science - buff.ly/5F34BCj
4/28 - EO for Land Management - buff.ly/A6q1qvz
4/28 - Physical Sample Curation - buff.ly/nETzpR0

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Here are ESIP calls happening in the next 2 weeks…

4/21 - Data Readiness - buff.ly/Te8RAUR
4/21 - Governance Committee - buff.ly/YYKpQTt
4/22 - Soil Ontology & Informatics - buff.ly/FWBvobX
4/22 - Council of Data Facilities (CDF) - buff.ly/ZoaJDV3
4/23 - Schema. org - buff.ly/ZBag9Z3
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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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Synergistic Integration of Flood Inundation Modeling Methods - Eos Recent flood modeling advances are trending into silos that compete rather than complement each other, hampering the opportunity for transformative progress toward protecting lives and communities.

📚 What we're reading: "Synergistic Integration of Flood Inundation Modeling Methods," from Eos.

A new article explores the strengths and limitations of different flood modeling methods and calls for an integrated approach to flood modeling.💧

💡 Join them in their endeavors - they gather each month!

👀 Learn about the Cluster: buff.ly/EducdVZ
➡️ Register for the next call (April 28): buff.ly/nETzpR0

Publishing Open Research Using Physical Samples: Guidance for Authors Material samples are foundational for research across a wide range of biological, environmental, and other interdisciplinary sciences. Their value and the value of the data derived from them depend…

The Cluster has been working for 4 years on the development of physical sample citation guidelines. In March, ESIP formally endorsed the Guide, a collaborative effort that also won them this year's ESIP Collaboration of the Year Award.
Find the Guide ➡️ zenodo.org/records/1885...

Physical Sample Curation - ESIP Join us in Austin, TX this summer for the ESIP July Meeting! Early Registration and Call for Session Proposals now open.

What they do:
🔎 Enhance discoverability, access, and use of sample collections
📽️ Host information & curation professionals to share management stories
📋 Provide space to document, compare, and refine existing practices
🪲 Demonstrate the impact of samples and sample curation over time

Physical samples are vital elements of study in many disciplines, including earth sciences, biological sciences, archaeology, and beyond. 🌿🪨🦋

👋 Meet the Physical Samples Curation Cluster!

The group is currently led by Andrea Thomer (University of Arizona), Natalie Raia (University of Arizona).

📣 Come to the next call for the Earth Comms Cluster TOMORROW, 4/17!

We'll be joined by Daniel Male (Mariner 11) for a talk on fundamentals of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), including core principles and current considerations for organizations and #scicomm.

➡️ Register: buff.ly/8XsJq7X

Looking for something interesting to add to your reading list this week? WDS has been reading the @esipfed.bsky.social Partner Assembly’s endorsement of the newly updated “Publishing Open Research Using Physical Samples: Guidance for Authors.” Check it out at the link below! 📖

📣 Join the ESIP Discovery Cluster TOMORROW, 4/16 for their next seminar!

Hear from Mingfang Wu (ARDC) for a talk on user-centric recommendations for research data repositories. The topic follows a recent paper from the RDA Data Discovery Paradigms interest group.🌎

➡️ Register: buff.ly/61QwR68

We strive to make our ESIP Meetings as inclusive as possible. Registration fees are necessary, but we don't want them to stop someone from attending.

That's why we offer registration assistance: esipfed.org/jul26-waiver

Early bird rates are here until June 19.🐦
➡️ 2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com

Tech Integrations for Real-Time Decisions This partner showcase demonstrates how technology integration enables real-time data aggregation, predictive analysis, and decision support.

4/14 - Towards Understanding how Drying Impacts Streams across Biological and Spatial Scales - NEON
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4/14 - Tech Integrations for Real-Time Decisions - Esri
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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.

💡 This week in the ESIP network...

4/13 - An Overview of Eddy MUNSTER: a MUltiparameter System for Tracking Eddies Retroactively - NOAA
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4/13 - Get to Know NOAA's Flood and Water Resources - AMS
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4/21 - Governance Cmtee - buff.ly/YYKpQTt
4/22 - Soil Ontology & Informatics - buff.ly/FWBvobX
4/22 - Council of Data Facilities (CDF) - buff.ly/ZoaJDV3
4/23 - Schema. org - buff.ly/ZBag9Z3
4/24 - Data Help Desk (DHD) - buff.ly/0akUvDa

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Ag & Climate - ESIP ESIP meetings are open to all who wish to participate and contribute. To ensure a secure and collaborative environment for all attendees, registration is

4/16 - Ag & Climate - buff.ly/jfOcHxV
4/16 - Discovery - buff.ly/9fbAy98
4/17 - Machine Learning - buff.ly/hgQiD5q
4/17 - Earth Comms - buff.ly/uYiMaET
4/17 - Cloud Computing - buff.ly/stAkDak
4/21 - Data Readiness - buff.ly/Te8RAUR
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Here are ESIP calls happening in the next 2 weeks…

4/13 - Data Stewardship Cmtee- buff.ly/w24myvg
4/14 - Semantic Technologies Cmtee- buff.ly/L0FLTCI
4/14 - Education Cmtee- buff.ly/N06oiE7
4/14 - Education Cmtee (alt time)- buff.ly/t6DaMSD
4/15 - Semantic Harmonization- buff.ly/fFRXI7Y
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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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Synergistic Integration of Flood Inundation Modeling Methods Recent flood modeling advances are trending into silos that compete rather than complement each other, hampering the opportunity for transformative progress toward protecting lives and communities.

Recent flood modeling advances are trending into silos that compete rather than complement each other, hampering the opportunity for transformative progress toward protecting lives and communities.

🔗 Learn more in @eos.org: buff.ly/NPDFC5X

#AGUPubs #Flooding @reviewsgeophysics.bsky.social

🚀 HMC Project Call 2026 is open!

🚀 HMC Project Call 2026 open!

Have an idea to improve #metadata, #FAIRdata, or research data infrastructure? Apply for funding and turn it into a collaborative project across #Helmholtz.

Deadline: 3 July 2026
👉 helmholtz-metadaten.de/hmc-project-...

@helmholtz.de @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social

Data Help Desk at EGU2026 Volunteer Form Volunteer to be a Data or Software Expert for the upcoming Open Science & Data Help Desk to be hosted during the 2026 European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria (3-8 May…

📢 Deadline Extended: Support the EGU Data Help Desk!

EGU has made available 2 free registrations for DHD volunteers – reach out to datahelpdesk@esipfed.org to inquire about this benefit. ✨️

Ways to support:
💡Answer questions
📚 Share resources
💫 Give a demo

Interested? Let us know by April 21!

GIS in the Classroom: Students Reconnect a Community with Its Roots To explore the legacy of Lucyville, a once-thriving Virginia town, local middle schoolers used ArcGIS StoryMaps to delve into its history.

📚 What we're reading: "GIS in the Classroom: Students Reconnect a Community with Its Roots," from Esri ArcWatch.

Despite the challenges of working in a small, rural school district with limited resources, students wove together narrative text, historical documents, images, and geospatial data.

Ag & Climate - ESIP ESIP meetings are open to all who wish to participate and contribute.

What they do:
🌱 Build relationships with ag & and climate communities
🔎 Seek expertise to co-develop data systems & solutions
🛟 Integrate robust data stewardship into existing environments
💡 Host discussions on relevant issues and ideas

➡️ Register for the next call (April 16): buff.ly/jfOcHxV

Agriculture And Climate - ESIP Learn about the Cluster!

Bridging the gap between climate science and farming is needed to protect our food systems and ensure long-term agricultural resilience. 🌽

👋 Meet the Agriculture & Climate Cluster!

After a multi-year hiatus, this group is resuming monthly calls and has a great linup of talks coming your way! 🧵

Call for ESIP July 2026 Meeting session proposals! 🎉

We seek submissions from the #EarthScienceData community, especially those relevant to this year’s theme, "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community."
📆 Due date: 5/15
➡️ Call for Sessions: esipfed.org/jul26-sessions

#openscience #ESIP2026

📣 Registration for the 2026 July ESIP Meeting is now open!

We're excited to gather again this July to connect with each other and explore this year’s theme, “Bridging Divides.” 🌎 The ESIP Meeting takes place July 28-31 in Austin, TX.

📆 Start your planning today! 2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com

Data Help Desk at EGU2026 Volunteer Form Volunteer to be a Data or Software Expert for the upcoming Open Science & Data Help Desk to be hosted during the 2026 European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria (3-8 May 2026...

@esipfed.bsky.social is seeking experts from the Earth science informatics community to support its Data Help Desk at the 2026 EGU General Assembly. Ways to support include: answer questions, share resources, demo a tool you use

📆 Interest Forms due by 10 April 2026

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4/8 - Modeling time-series data and Building data pipelines - USGS
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