A new set of cloud computing resources and geospatial analytics systems have dramatically simplified how we work with large ecological datasets.

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It isn’t easy to build a forest monitoring system from scratch. But that’s what we set out to do when we designed the California Forest Observatory.

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It’s summer and fire season is ramping up in California. But this season is poised to be unlike any other: COVID-19 will likely reshape wildfire response priorities across the state, alter the frequency and locations of ignitions too, and hot, dry, windy weather is forecast to increase fire danger statewide.

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We’re excited to share a series of documents that the California Forest Observatory team has put together as we’ve embarked on our journey to build this platform.

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Linking ecology and remote sensing is a challenge mostly because the fundamental units of measurement for each field are so different—ecologists measure the distributions, traits & interactions of species, while remote sensing instruments measure the emission, absorption, reflection & interactions of radiation.

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