SatSummit 2024
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Speakers

David B. Arscott, PhD

President, Executive Director at Stroud Water Research Center. He/Him.

About

David B. Arscott, Ph.D., serves as President and Executive Director of Stroud Water Research Center, an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit that seeks to advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

Arscott received a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (Zurich), a M.S. in Water Resources Management from the Uni. of New Hampshire, and a B.S. in Biology from Central Michigan Uni.

Arscott co-leads the development of ModelMyWatershed.org, an open-source and free-to-use online watershed-modeling app. Model My Watershed can be used to analyze land cover, soils and other geospatial products in a watershed context and then model and scenario build water-quality impacts using professional-grade models.

Arscott has published more than 40 peer reviewed scientific papers on freshwater ecology and management and is the president-elect of the Society for Freshwater Science.


On the agenda

  1. Satellites and Water

    May. 17, 11:30am
    Session
    The South Hub

    This series of talks will explore innovative applications of earth observation in water-related fields. We will discuss how satellite imagery is transforming water quality monitoring, risk management, and watershed modeling.

    Moderators

    1. Mike Spaeth

    Speakers

    1. Colby Fisher, PhD
    2. Katie Wetstone
    3. David B. Arscott, PhD
    4. Tyler Anderson

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Sponsors

Platinum

  1. NASA Lifelines

Bronze

  1. Element84

  2. Esri

  3. Impact Observatory

  4. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)