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GLOBE Observer Data: 2016-2019
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  • Helen Marie Amos,
  • Matthew J Starke,
  • Tina M Rogerson,
  • Marilé Colón Robles,
  • Travis Andersen,
  • Rebecca Boger,
  • Brian Campbell,
  • Russanne Low,
  • Peder Nelson,
  • David Overoye,
  • Jessica E Taylor,
  • Kristen L Weaver,
  • Trena M Ferrell,
  • Holli Kohl
Helen Marie Amos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Matthew J Starke
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Tina M Rogerson
NASA Langley Research Center
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Marilé Colón Robles
NASA Langley Research Center
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Travis Andersen
University Center for Atmospheric Research
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Rebecca Boger
Brooklyn College
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Brian Campbell
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
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Russanne Low
IGES
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Peder Nelson
Oregon State University
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David Overoye
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
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Jessica E Taylor
NASA Langley Research Center
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Kristen L Weaver
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Trena M Ferrell
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Holli Kohl
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Abstract

This technical report summarizes the GLOBE Observer dataset from 1 April 2016 to 1 December 2019. GLOBE Observer is an ongoing NASA-sponsored international citizen science project that is part of the Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program. GLOBE Observer is the largest citizen science project in the Earth Science Division at NASA. Participants use the GLOBE Observer mobile app (launched in 2016) to collect atmospheric, hydrologic, and terrestrial observations. 38,000 participants have contributed 320,000 observations worldwide, including 1,000,000 geotagged photographs. It would take an individual more than 13 years to replicate this effort. Comparing the same data types between the GLOBE Observer app and the formal GLOBE Program, the app doubled data volume and substantially increased geographic coverage over the study period. GLOBE Observer data are publicly available at observer.globe.gov.
Aug 2020Published in Earth and Space Science volume 7 issue 8. 10.1029/2020EA001175