2021 ESIP Winter Meeting

There is a growing need among researchers, citizen scientists, and related communities for formal, hands-on training in low-cost, open-source sensor technologies (e.g., Arduino, LoRa). In this session, sponsored by the ESIP EnviroSensing Cluster, we will begin with a half-hour moderated panel discussion with workshop organizers who were forced to convert their typically in-person, hands-on sensor training workshops into virtual experiences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the remainder of this session, we’ll use panelists’ insights and lessons learned, along community input, to design a Cluster sponsored hands-on training workshop in low-cost, open-source sensor technologies, with the goal of offering this course in late spring or early summer of 2021. The EnviroSensing community of practitioners promotes conversation around, and the development and refinement of techniques to observe natural Earth system processes over short and long timescales. We always welcome new perspectives and advances to the field, and we invite anyone interested in learning more about these technologies to join us (no experience necessary!).