The State of Trees – June 2024. Wrangling of Tree Data: Building the Bridge Between Your Field Measurements and Satellite Data. 

During the webinar, Peder Nelson, Oregon State University, Professor and Researcher, GLOBE Program Partner, and GLOBE Observer Land Cover Science Lead highlighted several lessons and online data that can assist educators assist students in bridging the gap between the groundbased GLOBE measurements and the satellite data. Often, students have a difficult time completing the link between the data they collect to the data returned from the satellites. The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign has made this connection a vital part of the campaign and this webinar will continue to reinforce this connection. Peder showcased the wrangling and analysis of tree height and land cover data, from GLOBE and spacebased mission, that allows for building that often difficult bridge between the GLOBE field measurements and NASA satellite and instrument data.Also during the webinar, Brian Campbell showcased the Open Altimetry online tool and focused on the State University of New York, Fredonia's "Forever Wild" forest sanctuary tree height observations from the NASA ICESat2 satellite mission. The webinar was attended by participants from Argentina, Bulgaria, Croatia, India, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (including a great group of students from Royal College in Colombo, Sri Lanka), Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States.