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We especially want to give a big shoutout to all the hazards folks working hard to keep people safe -- from the folks who worked for decades setting up monitoring networks that gave us the real-time data, to emergency response folks working through the night during these unfolding events 🙌

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Everybody right now, pulling down earthquake data, analyzing tsunami data, and rewriting their AGU25 abstracts for today's deadline ...

🚨 Hurry! The abstract submission deadline is tomorrow. Now is the time to submit your abstract and ensure your research has a spot at #AGU25.

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🚨 The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC Student Competition closes August 31!

Please help us spread the word to undergrads, grad students, and postdocs working in #catchment #hydrology. 🌊

📌 Full details in our last post and on the TC website.

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And one for Citizen Science! MacGyver Session SY046: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Contribute to Participatory, Citizen, and Community Science
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Conveners: Phil Bresnahan, Stephen Moysey, Austin Madson

There's one for ocean science, too! #AGU25 MacGyver Session OS027: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Ocean Environments
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Conveners: Stephen Moysey, Ryan McCune, Lindsay Wentzel, Katherine Anarde

Work on #space weather? Submit to the #AGU25 MacGyver Session SA02: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Space Weather
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Conveners: Vincent Ledvina, Nathaniel Frissell, Francesca Di Mare

For near-surface geophysics folks! #AGU25 MacGyver Session NS016: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand the Near Surface Environment
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Conveners: Rhett Herman, Burke Minsley, Brian Moyer, Ryan Stewart

For the hydrologists! #AGU25 MacGyver Session H137: Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, and/or Improvised Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere
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Conveners: Chet Udell, Austin Madson, Rolf Hut, Andrew Wickert

AGU25 Call for Abstracts! - Hydrology There are many exciting interdisciplinary distributed sensing sessions planned for AGU25. Below are highlights of MacGyver sessions and other DS TC related sessions.. Also, share these opportunities…

#AGU25 abstracts deadline is this week, July 30th ! (🧵 part 2!). Have you checked out the MacGyver sessions, for the makers and DIYers out there? From sensors to software, this is a great community to connect with. ⚒️ 🧪

For the full list, visit our web site:
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Combining flux tower and remote sensing data for resource management & environmental monitoring? Share your work at
B086 - Surface-Atmosphere Interactions: Scaling Fluxes with Remote Sensing

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Working on fiber-optic sensing for geohazard monitoring? Share your work at NS004 - Advances in Fiber-Optic Sensing for Near-Surface Imaging and Geohazard Assessment

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Whether you have field data networking solutions to share, or are looking for collaborators to help solve your data networking challenges, share your work at H163 - Wireless Data Networking for Distributed Sensing in the Earth Sciences: Connecting the Sciences

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#AGU25 deadlines are coming! Be sure to submit to some of these great sessions being organized for the distributed sensing community (🧵).

For a full list, visit the technical committee's website:
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Boosting! Are you submitting to any of the MacGyver sessions this year at #AGU25?

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Do you work on instrumentation used in distributed sensor systems? These technologies are transforming the earth sciences by enabling high-resolution, real-time monitoring across scales and domains. You're invited to submit to this interdisciplinary #AGU25 session.

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AGU25: B086: Surface-Atmosphere Interactions: Scaling Fluxes with Remote Sensing As flux tower and remote sensing (RS) communities converge through shared goals in resource management and environmental monitoring, the need for scale-aware data integration has never been more urgent. This session builds on recent outcomes from the AmeriFlux–NEON–CarbonDew workshop series “Remote Sensing and Fluxes Upscaling for Real-world Impact” and will focus on advancing methods and applications that link eddy covariance fluxes with RS observations across spatial and temporal scales. Conveners: Stefan Metzger, Nicola Falco, Leila Hernandez Rodriguez, David Durden

Are you working on integration of flux tower and remote sensing data for resource management & environmental monitoring? Submit to this #AGU25 session on advancing methods and applications that link eddy covariance fluxes with RS observations across scales. ⚒️

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Do you use distributed fiber-optic sensing for geohazard monitoring? Submit to this #AGU25 interdisciplinary session on how fiber sensing is advancing near-surface geosciences through scalable, high-resolution insights into Earth processes. ⚒️
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How are you moving your field data where you want, when you want, and at the speeds you need? Present a poster at this #AGU25 interdisciplinary distributed sensing session on wireless field solutions! Let’s share solutions and collaborate:
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From sensors to software, do you build your own? Is DIY your SOP? Share your work at an #AGU25 MacGyver Poster Session! ⚒️🧪
• OS027 Ocean Sciences
• SY046 Science & Society
• H137 Hydrology
• NS016 Near Surface Geophysics
• SA021 Space Physics and Aeronomy

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Screenshot of first page of newsletter: AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee Welcome & Update from the Chairs Welcome to the second edition of the Distributed Sensing Technical Committee (DS TC) Newsletter! Our community brings together members from various backgrounds and disciplines working on different aspects related to sensing across all domains supported by AGU. We are happy to share with you some exciting recent developments. Last month we held a meeting with AGU leadership to discuss the mission of the Technical Committee and the needs of our community to develop the best framework within the AGU structure to fit our cross-sectional representation, activities and collaborations. The leadership was intrigued by the interdisciplinary nature of our group and there are ongoing discussions on the topic. We will keep you posted! In addition, preparations for AGU25 are underway. We would like to thank all the members who have submitted sessions and workshops proposals, and the AGU Session Development Subcommittee for leading and coordinating the efforts. We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts, showcasing your exciting works and findings! Let’s measure together! Stephen Moysey (Chair) & Emily Elhacham (Co-Chair) AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee (DS TC) Save the date! AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee Call Date: 21 August 2025 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time (7:00PM GMT) Meeting link will be sent to the DS TC mailing list.

📰 Hot off the press! Check out the latest Distributed Sensing Technical Committee (DS TC) newsletter for ...

🔧 A list of AGU25 MacGyver Sessions
👩🏾‍💻 Additional great AGU25 sessions you can submit to
⚒️ A community member profile
📸 Field photos, and more!

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Don't delay, apply today for travel grants and more!

And don't forget, AGU is also offering abstract fee or dues hardship waivers for scientists impacted by recent funding cuts. Learn more about the waivers at www.agu.org/waiver

✅ Submit events to the Distributed Sensing Community Calendar!
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DS Calendar (cont'd):

⚒️ CTEMPs Hands-on Workshop in Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing for Environmental Monitoring
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Dates: 11-15 August 2025

⚒️ AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee Call
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Date: 21 August 2025

DS Calendar (cont'd):

⚒️ OCEANS 2025 Great Lakes (Deadline)
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Paper Deadline: 31 July 2025

⚒️ SEG 2025 Summit on Drone Geophysics (Deadline)
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Abstract Deadline: 10 August 2025

Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Upcoming Highlights AWRA 2025 Annual Water Resources Conference https://www.awra.org/Members/Events_and_Education/Events/2025%20Landing%20Pages/01_Annual/Annual2025.aspx Abstract Deadline: 25 July 2025 AGU 2025 (Deadline) https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Home/0 Abstract Deadline: 30 July 2025 OCEANS 2025 Great Lakes (Deadline) https://greatlakes25.oceansconference.org/ Paper Deadline: 31 July 2025 SEG 2025 Summit on Drone Geophysics (Deadline) https://seg.org/calendar_events/2025-summit-on-drone-geophysics/ Abstract Deadline: 10 August 2025 CTEMPs Hands-on Workshop in Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing for Environmental Monitoring https://ctemps.org/sites/ctemps.org/files/ctemps_summer_workshop_2025_final_edit.pdf Dates: 11-15 August 2025 AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee Call https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/tc-committees/sensing Date: 21 August 2025

🗓️ Distributed Sensing (DS) Community Calendar Highlights 🧪

⚒️ AWRA 2025 Annual Water Resources Conference
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Abstract Deadline: 25 July 2025

⚒️ AGU 2025 (Deadline)
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Abstract Deadline: 30 July 2025

AGU (American Geophysical Union) (@agu.org) 🌎 Discover another pathway to the call for #AGU25 abstracts, designed for contributions from individuals regardless of whether they have research to present. 👉 Submit proposals for individual or…

Did you see the new #AGU25 option to propose a non-research talk or panel to highlight experiences, ideas, or the latest challenges and technologies with the greater AGU community?

Are you submitting one? Any requests for the distributed sensing community? Let us know!

Calling all #NearSurfaceRemoteSensing experts! Submit your abstract to our #AGU25 session (B013) on Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Remote Sensing. We're seeking work using #PhenoCam, thermal IR, hyperspectral, SIF & more to monitor ecosystems from the tropics to the tundra.