Citizen scientists enrich NOAA's massive environmental data library, in support of researchers, educators and the public at large.
NewsletterThis post is based on the latest episode of the podcast,In it, co-host Bob Hirshon and Caroline Nickerson discuss some of the inspiring citizen science work conducted under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .The National Weather Service was doing citizen science before citizen science was cool.
"There is so much data in our archive," says NCEI Outreach Coordinator Katie Palubicki. "We usually say we collect data from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the ocean." It's Katie's job to make that data accessible to the public. "There's really a huge span of users for our data and we try to make it as accessible and usable as possible for all of those user groups.
Volunteers for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network install rain gauges and collect precipitation data used by the National Weather Service The data that the volunteers provided was so useful that other states began signing up their own weather enthusiasts, of all ages and backgrounds.
"If you have a very sparse network and low density, and you get one of these really high totals, it can be hard to really establish that it's a legitimate value," he explains. "But when you have many more observations, then you just have a lot more confidence in the totals of the entire network. So CoCoRaHS is helping with other networks, as well, and that shows the value of the citizen science observer in helping official National Weather Service observations.
Along with data provided by satellites and Earth-based stations, the World Magnetic Model also relies on data from citizen scientists, through the CrowdMag project. University of Colorado and NCEI research scientist Manoj Nair explains that CrowdMag started ten years ago, through a joint project between NCEI, Apple and Google. Cell phones have magnetometers, and both Apple and Google rely on the World Magnetic Model for their navigation apps.
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