<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:151px;height:90px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pi39m280pPRVeccpQogn_FE8o7l7KgbuYQOewtZL7vH8qKrIwISOgvRdU7vI9GGdSlXRzQgkHpTks2AkEaT3RNhespOoJFvE8UCScvxLL7qqs1pndajNg7PnmZ56aVV6DIODdWU" width="151" height="90" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Earth Science Information Partners (</span><a href="http://esipfed.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ESIP</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) present the 2020 webinar series:</span></font></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">Putting</span> <span class="gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-il">to</span> <span class="gmail-il">Work</span>: Building Public-Private Partnerships <span class="gmail-il">to</span> Increase Resilience & Enhance the Socioeconomic Value of <span class="gmail-il">Data</span></font></span></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><div><b><u>Rapid Scaling of Sensitive Information Sharing in Support of National Water Prediction & Hurricane Research (Thursday 11/12 at 12 pm ET/9 am PT)<br></u></b>Dave Jones, CEO of StormCenter Communications, will present on new efforts they are <span class="gmail-il">working</span> on with NOAA <span class="gmail-il">for</span> operational implementation of GeoCollaborate, which is StormCenter’s SBIR Phase III, innovative cross-platform real-time <span class="gmail-il">data</span> sharing and collaboration environment. The NWS’ National Water Center (NWC) in Tuscaloosa, AL and NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) are <span class="gmail-il">putting</span> GeoCollaborate <span class="gmail-il">to</span> <span class="gmail-il">work</span> <span class="gmail-il">to</span> improve <span class="gmail-il">data</span> and information sharing across agencies, states and scientists <span class="gmail-il">to</span> create a unified approach <span class="gmail-il">to</span> situational awareness and decision making. This is critical, as so far in 2020 (as of 10/7), there have been 16 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each <span class="gmail-il">to</span> affect the United States. These events included 1 drought event, 11 severe storm events, 3 tropical cyclone events, and 1 wildfire event. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 188 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. The 1980–2019 annual average is 6.6 events (CPI-adjusted); the annual average <span class="gmail-il">for</span> the most recent 5 years (2015–2019) is 13.8 events (CPI-adjusted). Globally we are experiencing more floods and flash floods remain one of the top killers. As climate changes and CO2 continues <span class="gmail-il">to</span> rise, the oceans heat up, hurricanes seem <span class="gmail-il">to</span> be intensifying more rapidly, especially near the coastline prior <span class="gmail-il">to</span> landfall.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Learn more about the speaker:</b> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBWoTBEK3txCYx5LY5H8ne92ifMrgUJW/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here</a></div><div><br></div><div><table cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-spacing:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:963px;display:block;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;width:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Join (11/12 at 12 pm ET/9 am PT):</b> See connection details <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/telecon-calendar" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;width:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Learn more about ESIP's 2020 webinar series and access past webinars <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/webinars" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></div></div>