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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! ⚒️🧪🌍🌊🌨️🌋🏔️🏞️🛰️👩🏾‍💻 https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/tc-committees/sensing

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · Apr 17

Hello, Bluesky! We're not just new here, we're brand new! The AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee is a new initiative for sharing knowledge & resources across all experience levels and all AGU sections. 🧪⚒️

Let's connect and share!

Learn more: connect.agu.org/hydrology/ab...

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 4h

* "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 😆

Every river is special.

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 4h

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.

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.

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 9h

Don't forget about today's great webinar on expanding funding with non-federal opportunities!

AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 25d

Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters is easier when we support one another! Check out the amazing seminar series we have in collaboration with @cuahsi.bsky.social Register here: www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 2d

📄 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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#hydrology #WaterQuality ⚒️ 🧪

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

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 2d

How are you rivers doing in the competition? Is your preferred headwater source dominating the stream?

AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 3d

The votes are in!!! Check out your Round 1 #CatchmentCup2025 Headwater WINNERS!!! See you tomorrow for the next round for Rain-dominated catchments!

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 5d

⚒️ 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

Large-Scale Geospatial Data Analysis and Visualization in R

Analysis of large-scale geospatial data (regional- to global-scale at high spatial and temporal resolution) can be computationally expensive and time-consuming, especially when working with multiple…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 5d

📋 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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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 5d

⚒️ 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...

CTEMPs Training on Fiber-Optic Sensing Systems

The Center for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPs) invites you to our annual hands-on training focusing on distributed fiber optic sensing systems. This training is ideal for…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 6d

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 📸

This also is a good post- #MinCup25 follow up activity 😀

AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 6d

CATCHMENT CUP IS LIVE! Whose ready to learn about some new (and old) research catchments?!? First up: HEADWATER CATCHMENTS

VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 7d

👉 Help us expand and include a wider variety of geoscience disciplines. Submit events and deadlines for the calendar:
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🗓️ View the calendar online or subscribe
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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 7d

Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Highlights!

⚒️Environmental Seismology
www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...
14–18 Oct 2025

⚒️SEG 2025 Summit on Drone Geophysics
seg.org/calendar_eve...
27–30 Oct 2025

⚒️ 2025 Global Summit on Environmental Remediation
www.pnnl.gov/projects/rem...
4-6 Nov 2025

Distributed Sensing Community Calendar
Upcoming Highlights

Environmental Seismology
https://www.seismosoc.org/environmental-seismology/
Dates: 14–18 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: 27–30 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: 15–19 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

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Association for Women in Science @awisnational.bsky.social · 7d

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

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 12d

For interested folks in the US following current federal budget and continuing resolution discussions:

AGU Science Policy (@aguscipolicy.bsky.social)

A government shutdown looms at midnight on Oct 1, putting federal science agencies at risk. Urge your legislators to keep the government open and support the highest possible science funding. Our…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 12d

Check out this overview of multi-scale soil moisture monitoring network implemented to integrate CRNS with complementary in-situ observations in northeast Germany:

Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · 12d

In northeast Germany, a field of sensors weaves soil water into data. Sixteen neutron counters, profile probes, wells, and weather logs converge to map moisture across a square kilometer—linking soil and satellites with a new reference set. 🌐🧪

The Potsdam Soil Moisture Observatory: High-coverage reference observations at kilometer scale

Abstract. Cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has gained popularity for estimating soil water content (SWC) due to its innovative capability to measure at an intermediate scale – a notable advantage ove...

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 13d

Big congratulations to all the 2025 @agu.org award recipients! Be sure to check the list and give a shoutout to folks you know 🎉 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!

AGU (American Geophysical Union) (@agu.org)

🏆 AGU is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes; Fellows; and Section Awards and Lectures. Honorees will be recognized this December in New Orleans, LA at…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 14d

New quantum magnetometer network in the UK. And 🥇 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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British Geological Survey (@bgs.ac.uk)

New highly sensitive quantum magnetometers are being installed across the UK. These instruments are helping us understand the effects that extreme magnetic storms have on technology and national…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 15d

📄 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.
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
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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.

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 19d

📄 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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⚒️ 🧪 #geophysics #hydrology

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.

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 20d

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. 🎨 🧑‍🎨 ⚒️ 🧪

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) (@agu.org)

A new in commentary in Perspectives gives an overview of the 2025 NSF GAGE/SAGE Community Science Workshop, which took place from May 18–21 in Bloomington, Minnesota. 🔗 Learn more about this…

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 22d

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:

ctemps.org/sites/ctemps...

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.

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 23d

This Wednesday, another great hydro careers seminar from the folks at @cuahsi.bsky.social and @agu-h3s.bsky.social :

💡 Highlighting skill sets for careers outside of academia
🗓️ September 17, 2025
🕐 1:00-2:00PM Eastern (US)

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Cyberseminars | 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters | Cuahsi.org

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · 26d

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. ⛰️

📸: Evan King

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.

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · Sep 5

📄 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

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
⚒️ 🧪

Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing - Nature

Iceberg calving can act as a submarine melt amplifier through excitation of transient internal waves.

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AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗓️ Distributed Sensing Community Calendar Highlights

⚒️ Near-Surface Geoscience 2025
eagensg.org
7-11 September 2025

⚒️ AEG 2025
www.aegannualmeeting.org
23-27 September 2025

⚒️ Snow Measurement Field School 2026
www.cuahsi.org/workshops/sn...
Application Deadline: 25 September 2025

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

AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee @agu-sensing.bsky.social · Sep 3

⚒️ Build, connect, and explore the future of low-cost environmental sensing in a one-day, hands-on workshop with OPEnS Lab at LSU’s world-class river model! Participants will learn to build, calibrate, and deploy a variety of open-source sensors.

🗓️ When: Sunday, December 14, 2025 (before AGU).

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OPEnS_Sensors_Workshop_AGUacent2025.docx

AGU-Adjacent OPEnS Lab Sensors Workshop Overview Join us on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at LSU’s Center for River Studies for a full-day, hands-on workshop with the OPEnS Lab (Openly Published…

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