The camera portion of the data collection quit working correctly, also there was no way to submit a report from the ‘Pictures’ portion of the Globe Observer app. The problem came with the iPhone update I installed last winter. I also was fascinated to follow typhoons and hurricanes, and I often knew about them before they were reported in the media. I posted many screenshots of these things to Facebook. The eclipse was mind blowing to view from the satellite view but the devastating fire season was the most interesting thing. The UPSIDE was the reward of the current worldwide satellite map that I could view after I submitted my data. I continued to collect data for the entire summer and autumn with no problems. I learned to use this app so I could contribute to the data collected by citizen scientists during the 2017 eclipse. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment. Additional capabilities may be added.īy using the GLOBE Observer app, you are joining the GLOBE community and contributing important scientific data to NASA and GLOBE, your local community, and students and scientists worldwide. GLOBE Trees asks users to estimate a tree’s height by taking pictures of trees with their device and answering a few questions. GLOBE Land Cover is designed to allow users to document what is on the land (trees, grass, buildings, etc.).

With GLOBE Mosquito Habitat Mapper, users locate mosquito habitats, observe and identify mosquito larvae, and reduce the potential threat of mosquito borne disease. GLOBE Clouds allows observers to make regular observations of the Earth’s cloud cover and compare them to NASA satellite observations. The current version includes four capabilities. Observations you collect and submit with this app are designed to help scientists better understand satellite data collected by NASA from space.

GLOBE Observer invites you to make observations of the Earth around you.

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