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New @agu.org technical committee to advance the science and applications of distributed sensing across all areas of earth science. Let's connect! βοΈπ§ͺπππ¨οΈπποΈποΈπ°οΈπ©πΎβπ» https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/tc-committees/sensing
π Recent Paper: Using DAS and DTS to study iceberg calving process chain, researchers determined iceberg calving can act as a submarine melt amplifier through excitation of transient internal waves. π§ͺβοΈ
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* "We" does not represent the official opinions or consensus vote of the DSTC and may be simply a product of the hydrologic biases of the person managing our social media π
Every river is special.
Photo of USGS researchers flying a thermal infrared camera on a small quadcopter. They are standing on a grassy valley hillside. The meandering East River is visible to the right. The background is grassy and tree-covered mountains, with a larger more barren mountain in the distance.
We* may be biased, but the East River watershed is an amazing living laboratory for interdisciplinary distributed sensing. Researchers have come together from all over to collect water samples, do distributed temperature sensing studies, fly thermal IR drone surveys, and much, much more.
08.10.2025 20:30 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1Don't forget about today's great webinar on expanding funding with non-federal opportunities!
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Photo of Figure 3 from paper: Spatial stability of water quality: (a) at each sampling date in the entire watershed; and (b) versus the number of sampled sites for each sampling date across the 5 focal parameters. Solid horizontal lines in each panel indicate the threshold between high and low spatial stability of rss = 0.50
π Recent study explored trade-offs in sampling density vs frequency for the spatial stability of surface water quality patterns over time, across over 250 monitoring sites sampled over two decades.
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How are you rivers doing in the competition? Is your preferred headwater source dominating the stream?
06.10.2025 04:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βοΈ Another great #AGU25 workshop announced of potential interest to the distributed sensing community: on Tuesday of AGU, check out the hands-on daylong workshop on Large-Scale Geospatial Data Analysis and Visualization in R
03.10.2025 18:30 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0π Do you use subsurface geoscience data? Provide input on the challenges and data needs for scaling environmental research from plot or watershed levels to regional, management-relevant scales. Learn more or fill out the survey:
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βοΈ Interested in some fiber optic sensing training? Join CTEMPS for their one-day workshop Wednesday of #AGU25! Covering both DTS and DAS, this hot-topic workshop is sure to fill fast!
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Learn more: ctemps.org/sites/ctemps...
Look, we would hate to sway your vote by pointing out that the East River is the clear winner.
But the East River is the clear winner.
Tell us more about where you are working! And share your related field, lab, and office photos πΈ
This also is a good post- #MinCup25 follow up activity π
π Help us expand and include a wider variety of geoscience disciplines. Submit events and deadlines for the calendar:
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Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Upcoming Highlights Environmental Seismology https://www.seismosoc.org/environmental-seismology/ Dates: 14β18 October 2025 UAVs and Drones in the Geosciences https://seg.org/calendar_events/uavs-and-drones-in-the-geosciences/ Paper Deadline: 15 October 2025 SEG 2025 Summit on Drone Geophysics https://seg.org/calendar_events/2025-summit-on-drone-geophysics/ Dates: 27β30 October 2025 2025 Global Summit on Environmental Remediation https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/remplex/2025-summit Dates: 4-6 November 2025 OPEnS Lab Sensors Workshop https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0L_wyyJVoaXPO35GZo624tUKvpeYd1I/edit?tab=t.0 Date: 14 December 2025 AGU 2025 https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting/ Dates: 15β19 December 2025 CTEMPS AGU One-Day Fiber Optic Sensing Training https://ctemps.org/sites/ctemps.org/files/ctemps_agu25_flyer.pdf Dates: TBA, during AGU Fall Meeting
Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Highlights!
βοΈEnvironmental Seismology
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14β18 Oct 2025
βοΈSEG 2025 Summit on Drone Geophysics
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27β30 Oct 2025
βοΈ 2025 Global Summit on Environmental Remediation
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4-6 Nov 2025
If you are looking for a job, check out the new AWIS Career Center. It uses skills-based matching technology to help you stand out from the competition.
Learn more: https://awis.org/awis-career-center/ #STEM
For interested folks in the US following current federal budget and continuing resolution discussions:
26.09.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Check out this overview of multi-scale soil moisture monitoring network implemented to integrate CRNS with complementary in-situ observations in northeast Germany:
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Big congratulations to all the 2025 @agu.org award recipients! Be sure to check the list and give a shoutout to folks you know π It's been a particularly hard year for a lot of folks, and it's important to take time to celebrate our community's successes!
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New quantum magnetometer network in the UK. And π₯ to whoever wrote that headline:
UK scientists in awe-rora as national coverage of magnetic field complete for the first time
May our science continue to inspire awe in all of us!
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Zhang et al, 2025, Fig. 3. Schematic of parameters to be monitored in a glacial lake monitoring network. The monitoring system is divided into moraine-dammed lakes and ice-dammed lakes. The top panel shows the monitoring targets (glacier, lake, dam, and downstream exposure and flooding) by instruments such as satellite, uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), automatic weather station (AWS), uncrewed surface vessel (USV), water level logger, time-lapse camera, and helicopter. The lower panel shows the trigger, mechanism, and downstream impact of GLOFs for moraine-dammed lakes and ice-dammed lakes, respectively.
π New: proposed glacial lake monitoring network to mitigate threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalaya through improved understanding and prediction, supporting early warning systems and strengthening disaster risk management.
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Schematic and laboratory photos of the experimental setup to measure pressure drop. (a) Experiment design showing the 80 cm tube filled with beads the with inlet and outlet pressure sensors and locations of the accelerometer and DAS fiber. (b) Photographs from the laboratory showing the experimental setup on a vibration isolation table with 1 m tubes attached to the flow apparatus. (c) Pressure measurements for different inlet flow rates showing the change through the system.
π New paper: Distributed Acoustic Sensing to Estimate the Permeability
Researchers conducted a lab experiement to use DAS to map borehole fracture networks and characterize flow and permeability.
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βοΈ π§ͺ #geophysics #hydrology
Useful overview of this recent geophysics community science workshop.
This visual summary of discussions about building community around geophysics includes good reminders & ideas as we work to better connect our distributed sensing community. π¨ π§βπ¨ βοΈ π§ͺ
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Photos of adult learners working on equipment and sitting in a classroom. Text: CTEMPs Hands-On Fiber Optic Sensing (DAS & DTS). One-Day AGU Training Workshop -- in person.
Coming to AGU25 this fall: Hands-On Fiber-Optic Sensing!
This daylong workshop (date TBD) will be a fast-paced intro to Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) & Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for Earth and environmental applications. Find out more:
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This Wednesday, another great hydro careers seminar from the folks at @cuahsi.bsky.social and @agu-h3s.bsky.social :
π‘ Highlighting skill sets for careers outside of academia
ποΈ September 17, 2025
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Photo: Smiling person standing on valley hillside overlooking plush green valley with mountain the background. They are holding equipment in their hand.
Scenic pink sky at sunset over the mountains in the background. Foreground is green grass with wildflowers and some trees, as well as a few wooden buildings visible that are part of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory field station.
Photo of infiltrometer on bare dirt, with digging tools and small scrub trees visible in the background.
For #FieldworkFriday, Evan King is measuring infiltration rates, collected using a MINI Disk Infiltrometer across soils derived from varying lithologies. Work took place in July 2025, in the outdoor watershed laboratory of the East River in Crested Butte, Colorado. β°οΈ
πΈ: Evan King
π Recent Paper: Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing:
Scientists in Greenland used DAS and DTS to study how tidewater glaciers interact with a warming ocean and help close the ice front ablation budget
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Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Upcoming Highlights Near-Surface Geoscience 2025: Expanding Horizons https://eagensg.org Dates: 7-11 September 2025 AEG 2025 https://www.aegannualmeeting.org Dates: 23-27 September 2025 Snow Measurement Field School 2026 https://www.cuahsi.org/workshops/snow-measurement-field-school-2026 Application Deadline: 25 September 2025 Advancing Critical Zone Science: 3rd OZCAR TERENO International Conference https://ozcartereno2025.sciencesconf.org/ Dates: 29 September - 2 October 2025 Environmental Seismologyhttps://www.seismosoc.org/environmental-seismology/Dates: 14-18 October 2025 OPEnS Lab Sensors Workshop https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0L_wyyJVoaXPO35GZo624tUKvpeYd1I/edit?tab=t.0 Date: 14 December 2025 AGU 2025 https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting/ Dates: 15-19 December 2025
ποΈ Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Highlights
βοΈ Near-Surface Geoscience 2025
eagensg.org
7-11 September 2025
βοΈ AEG 2025
www.aegannualmeeting.org
23-27 September 2025
βοΈ Snow Measurement Field School 2026
www.cuahsi.org/workshops/sn...
Application Deadline: 25 September 2025
βοΈ Build, connect, and explore the future of low-cost environmental sensing in a one-day, hands-on workshop with OPEnS Lab at LSUβs world-class river model! Participants will learn to build, calibrate, and deploy a variety of open-source sensors.
ποΈ When: Sunday, December 14, 2025 (before AGU).
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Photo of three people under an umbrella in an arid environment. Two people are looking at equipment console. third person is managing a cable reel. Caption: This geophysical resistivity log (short and long normal) was conducted after drilling a 250-meter- deep water well to evaluate aquifer parameters and assist in designing the casing installation at the Harawe well field, located in the semi-arid region of Eastern Ethiopia.
Photo of group of people managing cable reels and talking on a grassy field. Caption: Setting up field equipment in a village in Northwestern Ethiopia to conduct a Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) survey for a potential water bottling company, together with colleagues.
Fieldwork throwback photos from a few years ago! Scientists from Bahir Dar University conducted multiple hydrogeophysics surveys, including short and normal long resistivity logging in Eastern Ethiopia and vertical electrical sounding in Northwestern Ethiopia.
πΈ: Bahir Dar University
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Mark your calendars for upcoming #AGU25 deadlines! ποΈ
And if you have been impacted by recent significant funding cuts or a job loss, be sure to look into whether you might be eligible for possible fee waivers: www.agu.org/waiver
Attending #AGU25 with caregiving responsibilities? Whether you're joining virtually or in person, our Caregiver Grant is here to support you!
Let us help make your participation at the Fall Meeting possible and meaningful.
Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
mincup, MinCup, MINCUP!
Are you casting your votes for the best mineral in #MinCup25 this year? Make your case, whether it's about utilitarian uses, lick-ability, mineral structure, or how good it looks on your shelf! π³οΈ
It's a fun and fast moving way to connect with the geoscience community here!
