[All-postdocs] Fwd: Volunteer for USGS "iCoast - Did the Coast Change?"

[Postdoctoral Coordinator]

Greetings Scholars at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute!

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just launched a new crowdsourcing, 
citizen science application called “iCoast – Did the Coast Change? 
<http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast>” that asks volunteers like 
yourselves to identify changes to the coast by comparing and tagging 
aerial photographs taken before and after storms. Your contributions 
help USGS scientists improve the accuracy of coastal-erosion prediction 
models and vulnerability assessments that support pre-storm planning and 
post-storm rescue, recovery, and mitigation efforts. It is also a great 
educational tool for teaching students and even coastal residents about 
coastal hazards.

We are looking for volunteers to classify photos taken before and after 
Hurricane Sandy for our first project, and particularly targeting people 
with different kinds of coastal expertise and interests. More background 
information on iCoast is available in this USGS Top Story article 
<http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/usgs-icoast-did-the-coast-change/> and 
on the iCoast website <http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast/about.php>.

Sign up as a digital volunteer, classify a few photos for 5 minutes, and 
help spread the word to any colleagues, students, friends, and family:
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast OR http://icoast.us 
<http://icoast.us/> (short link for social media)

iCoast is also an open-source project available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/usgs/icoast

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email at:
sophialiu at usgs.gov <mailto:sophialiu at usgs.gov> or icoast at usgs.gov 
<mailto:icoast at usgs.gov>

Thanks for your help!
Sophia and the iCoast Team

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Sophia B. Liu, Ph.D.  St. Petersburg Coastal & Marine Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey  600 4th Street South, Room C 108
Mendenhall Postdoc Fellow    St. Petersburg, FL 33701-4846
Research Geographer  USA

Work:  727-502-8093 http://sophiabliu.com <http://sophiabliu.com/>
Cell:    630-729-4216 http://profile.usgs.gov/sophialiu
Email: sophialiu at usgs.gov <mailto:sophialiu at usgs.gov>   sophiabliu 
(Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)


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