David Saah
@dsaah
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Pleasanton, CA
Joined June 2009
We are hiring @USFCA! We are looking for a highly motivated individual for a tenure-track #geospatial position in the Department of Environmental Science. 😉 Apply ➡️: https://t.co/oGmy85E1Zq
#EOchat #GISchat #RemoteSensing #EarthEngine
@SERVIRglobal @SERVIRAmazonia @JobInGIS
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🔥SIG employees co-wrote a new paper that provides a precise, quantitative description of a sampling error in #wildfire simulations, offering insights for fire modelers. Findings promise to streamline simulation sizing & convergence assessment. https://t.co/nK30n3SVWc
#Innovation
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Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment - This article provides a precise, quantitative description of the sampling error on burn counts in Monte-Carlo wildfire simulations - that is,...
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🌍🌍 We're thrilled to be mentioned in this article about our capacity-building efforts last month in The #Gambia with participants from Liberia. It's a privilege to see our work have an impact on global issues. https://t.co/W7sMAyZ17C 🌿 #CapacityBuilding #Liberia
frontpageafricaonline.com
The participation of Liberia in these trainings is meant to enhance the geospatial capability of the country in order to establish an effective domestic MRV system which will also contribute to the...
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🌲There's a long history of Indigenous fire management practices. 🔥 Planscape values Indigenous wisdom in land management & aims to fuse traditional ecological knowledge into all our solutions. https://t.co/IjQrXZgRnP
#IndigenousKnowledge #PrescribedFires #Sustainability🌳
nps.gov
For many millenia, fire was integral to many Indigenous peoples’ way of life. This page describes ways Indigenous people used fire in the past, as well as current partnerships working to preserve...
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🌲 Check out Planscape's new Collaboration Module! ⭐ It lets you invite others to view and collaborate on your plans and create their own scenarios!
🌳Planscape makes sharing Planning Areas & Scenarios easy. Our Collaboration Module lets the planning team explore plans & create scenarios. Whether reviewing or crafting new plans, Planscape empowers #teamwork for #landscapemanagement. https://t.co/OzY3tXidLN
#Collaboration💼
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🌐SIG's @dsaah and Teal Richards-Dimitrie visited the WIFIRE lab at @SDSC_UCSD to connect with Ilkay Altintas’ team and map out pathways for large open-source community platforms focused on wildfire and landscape resilience and tour SDSC's cutting-edge data center. #GeoAI #GIS
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Big news! PyreCast, our fire forecasting model, was featured on @kcranews, where they demonstrated how our tool can model fire spread over a period of 2 weeks. Thank you to Zeke Lunder (@wildland_zko) for getting the word to KCRA 3. Watch the video here:
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The 9th Annual @FirstStreetFdn Report is here! The report is based on wildfire modeling conducted by @pyregence and details how insurance premiums surge across the U.S. due to climate risks. Read more here: https://t.co/dwEZAU7k2S 🔥🌍
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Experts at @forestservice note a shift: fire season's no longer seasonal; it's year-round. Winter's here, but Planscape is focused on reducing fire risk, boosting ecological benefits, and helping California's landscapes in adapting to #climatechange. 🌲🔥 https://t.co/ZX2c1qjl1Y
pressdemocrat.com
Wildfires have become a regular occurrence across California and our country. Seeing brown skies and breathing smoky air is a reality we face too often. Californians know this all too well. Just la…
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New report alert! @USDA & @forestservice's Rocky Mountain Research Station just released an in-depth study on #Wildfires, revealing their threats & restoration opportunities. Fuel management is crucial for this balance. Read more: https://t.co/kCLaZJ9Dlq🌲🔥#FireEcology #FireRisk
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📢SIG is #hiring a #Clojure Developer for our Microservices Product team. Work alongside our amazing team of developers, designers, and environmental scientists to streamline analyses through online systems. Read more here: https://t.co/egY9Xii663
#TechJobs #RemoteWork #lisp
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The 2023 wildfire season broke records for air #pollution in the U.S 🌫️#WildfireSmoke carries serious health risks. Planscape integrates potential smoke emissions metrics under the Air Quality pillar in California, aiding planning decisions. https://t.co/nDZQAtVC5V
#ClimateChange
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2023 was the worst year in history for wildfire smoke exposure in the U.S., see how it impacted your area and what you can do to protect yourself.
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.@Pyregence team member Dr. Charles Maxwell and other scientists analyzed 6 forest management scenarios in CA's Central Sierra & found that moderate prescribed burning can mitigate wildfire-related smoke exposures & improve #publichealth. https://t.co/T7cj56xTfl 📚 #Wildfire
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Nature Sustainability - Prescribed burning is a common tool to mitigate the risk of dangerous wildfires. However, careful consideration of the public health impacts should be incorporated into...
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🔥 With the recent #TexasFires, our PyreCast #fireforecasting tool provides up to 14-day situational awareness information about active fire spread, fire risk & fire weather. With higher-resolution inputs & computational efficiency, check out https://t.co/WWql8Z84V3 now #Wildfire
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Very grateful to excellent collaborators @BiovIntCIAT_eng, @Imaflora, @SalfordUni, USAID/Brazil, and coauthors including, @puzzinicolau, @w_francesconi, @AmyDanielsGCC, @nekodawn, @BernardoCaldas8, @DimitrieTeal, @ShrewGod, @dsaah & more, plus support from #SERVIRAmazonia!
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From the GeoFem event with @IICAnews in Costa Rica, peer mentor, Alexandra, shared her desire to be a voice for women and increase access to geospatial information. #IWD2024 #InvestInWomen Learn more about GeoFem here: https://t.co/1c6lyRTuNf
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Planscape will be at FSI today and tomorrow! Join us for live demos showcasing large-scale landscape planning in the Sierras, designed to further #forestmanagement and #wildfireprotection efforts. We hope to see you there! 🔥🌲 #FSI2024
#FSI2024 has officially begun!! Here to kick off our #annualconference is #Calforests prez & CEO Matt Dias along with @CAL_FIRE's previous Director Joe Tyler & the US @forestservice's Regional Forester Jennifer Eberlien. Thanks a ton for starting us off with your insights!
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New Post: GDAL and Google Cloud Storage (GCS). GDAL can directly read or write data to a cloud-storage bucket. The tricky part is setting up authentication. I document and explore best practices for using #GoogleCloud Storage with #GDAL Tools. https://t.co/NWM9ITBZnG
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Ready to start treatment planning with Planscape?🌿 Our latest video provides a step-by-step walkthrough on using Planscape for treatment planning across the diverse landscapes of #California! Watch the full video at https://t.co/OzY3tXidLN
#LandManagement #TreatmentPlanning📽️🌲
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SIG worked with Clere Inc. & Blue Tree Analytics to map burn piles across CA. Funded by the California Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation, this project examined where piles are located & trends in the burning of piles across air districts.🌲🔥 #CaliforniaWildfires🌐
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Happy 19th Birthday to the SERVIR Network! 🎂🥳See some of our milestones along the way: https://t.co/JEx6P2RZ9L Thanks to our partners at @ADPC @icimod @ICRISAT @servir_wa @ServirAmazonia @NASA_Marshall @USAID & many more!
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