One Theme Leads to Another: Tech 2014

Happy summer to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Earthzine is already planning for 2014, however, with a Call for Papers (just announced) on a first quarter technology theme for 2014, on Earth Science Informatics Challenges. 

Another quarterly theme for this year, on Applied Sciences, is coming to an end while a new Wildfires Theme is ramping up. 

The U.S. forecast for wildfires looks to be above normal for this summer, and we expect the current theme to yield numerous important contributions. 

Recent contributions to Earthzine include a piece on Global Hawk from Sarah Frazier, who's filling in as we seek a new part-time content manager. 

See other recent articles and Quick Looks below, stay tuned for more, and have a great month. 

Until the next Full Moon, 

Jeff Kart
Managing Editor

Global Hawks: Unmanned Aircraft in Hurricane Science

NASA’s twin Global Hawk aircraft will fly a pair of instrument payloads as part of a hurricane science mission during the next two years, adding to a successful record in Earth observation.

Call for Papers — Earth Science Informatics Challenges

Earthzine is soliciting articles of 800-3,000 words for its first quarter 2014 theme on Earth Science Informatics Challenges. This theme focuses on the challenge of performing analysis with voluminous Earth science data products that are becoming increasing difficult to migrate to high-productivity computing platforms.

On the European Journal of Remote Sensing

The European Journal of Remote Sensing is now an open-access journal publishing scientific articles on a wide range of topics relating to Earth observation and remote sensing. This article provides a brief history of the Journal to date.

We’re Hiring a Content Manager/Web Mechanic

The new Content Manager should have the ability to perform a gradual redesign of Earthzine.org, and find new ways to showcase our content, including scientific articles and research projects like Virtual Poster Sessions.