<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I hope you all had a great weekend! This email is a reminder for our December monthly call this <b>Wednesday (2021-12-08 1 PM EST/UTC-5)</b>.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">We have two main agenda items on the book</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">- An early view of the AI-ready data survey (24 responses) with some interesting results</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">- Planning for ESIP <strike>Winter</strike> <a href="https://2022esipjanuarymeeting.sched.com/event/qko4/ai-ready-data-draft-standard-and-use-cases" target="_blank">January Meeting Session </a></div><div class="gmail_default"><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1. finalize use cases</div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">2. plan for discussion topics - how to navigate the cluster activities in 2022</div></blockquote><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Zoom link for the meeting - <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88105672081?pwd%3DZ2JPcjMzV3BpOWhQRkQ0b29LQlBlZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1638992584963067&usg=AOvVaw1i2GNfdmXrbAbDzBSrv0GH" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<u></u>88105672081?pwd=<u></u>Z2JPcjMzV3BpOWhQRkQ0b29LQlBlZz<u></u>09</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Meeting ID: 881 0567 2081 </span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Passcode: 006793 </span></blockquote><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Looking forward to talking with you all tomorrow!</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Best,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Douglas</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">PS: please feel free to share the AI-ready data survey with your network (see message below).</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Yuhan Douglas Rao</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:yrao5@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">yrao5@ncsu.edu</a>></span><br>Subject: Survey on AI-Ready Open Environmental Data<br>To: Yuhan Douglas Rao <<a href="mailto:yrao5@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">yrao5@ncsu.edu</a>><br></div><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Do you use open environmental data in your artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) research and development? Do you have experience and ideas about what factors make data easier to use for AI/ML applications?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The <a href="http://wiki.esipfed.org/Data_Readiness" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Data Readiness</a><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span>collaboration group of the <a href="http://esipfed.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)</a><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span>is conducting a voluntary and anonymous survey to understand user requirements for open environmental data that can enable AI/ML applications (i.e., AI-readiness). This survey may take you 20–25 minutes to complete.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">Access the survey using this link</span></b><span lang="EN"> - <a href="https://bit.ly/ai-ready-data" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://bit.ly/ai-ready-data</a>. </span><span lang="EN" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The survey will be open until <b>22 December 2021 </b></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and we will send one reminder request to complete it.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Your inputs are much needed to help data producers and providers to understand user requirements for AI-ready data and make improvements for open environmental data. These improvements will benefit all AI/ML application developers and general data users with less effort in cleaning and preparing the data for their use cases.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Here’s why we think it’s worth investing your time. To our knowledge, this is the first time that AI/ML practitioners have been asked about their detailed data needs. Your input will be analyzed and compiled as an environmental and Earth data community guideline to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN">Inform data providers in evaluating existing open environmental datasets to assess their AI-readiness, helping data users discover data that already meets their needs.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Provide a consistent framework for different data users to assess AI-readiness and ensure data interoperability across different data centers.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Prioritize modernization and improvement efforts to improve open environmental data for AI/ML applications and general uses.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Set community standards for new dataset development.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We hope this collaborative effort coordinated by the Data Readiness group of ESIP can produce community-driven requirements for AI-ready data and lead to official data standards development to improve the usability of open environmental data.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Thank you so much for your time. Please reach out If you have any questions about the survey.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Yuhan “Douglas” Rao, NC State University, co-chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Tyler Christensen, NOAA Center for Artificial Intelligence, co-chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">ESIP Data Readiness Cluster</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">(In collaboration with NASA ESDS Data Interoperability Working Group)</span></p></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Douglas Rao - NOAA Affiliate</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov" target="_blank">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM<br>Subject: ESIP Data Readiness Cluster December Monthly Call - 8 December 1 PM EST<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:esip-datareadiness@lists.esipfed.org" target="_blank">esip-datareadiness@lists.esipfed.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear all,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is a friendly reminder for our cluster's December monthly call on <b>8 December 2021 at 1 PM EST/6 PM UTC</b>.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Zoom link for the meeting - <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88105672081?pwd%3DZ2JPcjMzV3BpOWhQRkQ0b29LQlBlZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1638992584963067&usg=AOvVaw1i2GNfdmXrbAbDzBSrv0GH" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<u></u>88105672081?pwd=<u></u>Z2JPcjMzV3BpOWhQRkQ0b29LQlBlZz<u></u>09</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Meeting ID: 881 0567 2081 </span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Passcode: 006793 </span></blockquote><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">We will focus on our discussion for the ESIP January Meeting Session planning. You can find our session description below (<b>18 January 2022, 1:30 - 3:00 PM EST</b>).</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://2022esipjanuarymeeting.sched.com/event/qko4/ai-ready-data-draft-standard-and-use-cases" target="_blank">https://2022esipjanuarymeeting.sched.com/event/qko4/ai-ready-data-draft-standard-and-use-cases</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are looking to have four use cases featured during the session. So if you have suggested use cases, please feel free to let Tyler or me know or bring them up to the group for discussion.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Also, if you are not aware yet, we launched our <b>AI-ready data survey (<a href="http://bit.ly/ai-ready-data" target="_blank">bit.ly/ai-ready-data</a>)</b>. We received 13 responses so far. Please feel free to share this survey with your networks (see the email below). The survey is due on 22 December 2021 so we can present preliminary results during ESIP January Meeting.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Looking forward to seeing you next week!</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Douglas</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Yuhan Douglas Rao</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:yrao5@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">yrao5@ncsu.edu</a>></span><br>Subject: Survey on AI-Ready Open Environmental Data<br>To: Yuhan Douglas Rao <<a href="mailto:yrao5@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">yrao5@ncsu.edu</a>><br></div><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Do you use open environmental data in your artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) research and development? Do you have experience and ideas about what factors make data easier to use for AI/ML applications?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The <a href="http://wiki.esipfed.org/Data_Readiness" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Data Readiness</a><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span>collaboration group of the <a href="http://esipfed.org/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)</a><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span>is conducting a voluntary and anonymous survey to understand user requirements for open environmental data that can enable AI/ML applications (i.e., AI-readiness). This survey may take you 20–25 minutes to complete.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">Access the survey using this link</span></b><span lang="EN"> - <a href="https://bit.ly/ai-ready-data" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/ai-ready-data</a>. </span><span lang="EN" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The survey will be open until <b>22 December 2021 </b></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and we will send one reminder request to complete it.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Your inputs are much needed to help data producers and providers to understand user requirements for AI-ready data and make improvements for open environmental data. These improvements will benefit all AI/ML application developers and general data users with less effort in cleaning and preparing the data for their use cases.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Here’s why we think it’s worth investing your time. To our knowledge, this is the first time that AI/ML practitioners have been asked about their detailed data needs. Your input will be analyzed and compiled as an environmental and Earth data community guideline to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN">Inform data providers in evaluating existing open environmental datasets to assess their AI-readiness, helping data users discover data that already meets their needs.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Provide a consistent framework for different data users to assess AI-readiness and ensure data interoperability across different data centers.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Prioritize modernization and improvement efforts to improve open environmental data for AI/ML applications and general uses.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Set community standards for new dataset development.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We hope this collaborative effort coordinated by the Data Readiness group of ESIP can produce community-driven requirements for AI-ready data and lead to official data standards development to improve the usability of open environmental data.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Thank you so much for your time. Please reach out If you have any questions about the survey.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Yuhan “Douglas” Rao, NC State University, co-chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Tyler Christensen, NOAA Center for Artificial Intelligence, co-chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">ESIP Data Readiness Cluster</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">(In collaboration with NASA ESDS Data Interoperability Working Group)</span></p></div></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov" target="_blank">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">+1.828.271.4903</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Phone is currently not monitored during teleworking.</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#666666"><font face="inherit"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">"</span></font>Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – <i>Dr. Jane Goodall</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov" target="_blank">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">+1.828.271.4903</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Phone is currently not monitored during teleworking.</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#666666"><font face="inherit"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">"</span></font>Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – <i>Dr. Jane Goodall</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>