The ICESat-2 Community of Practice (CoP) is made up of those groups and individuals who are familiar with NASA products, have a well-defined need for proposed ICESat-2 data products and who can apply their own resources to demonstrate the utility of ICESat-2 data for their research, application, or model. The Community of Practice includes ICESat-2 Applied Users who have committed to developing a specific application that aids decision-making and directly benefits society as well as researchers who are currently using ICESat-2 data. End-users as well as policy/decision makers, local government officials, etc. are also welcome to join.
Goals for the COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
The overall goal of the ICESat-2 Community of Practice is to provide individuals and groups with the unique opportunity to network and share information with other members in the use of ICESat-2 data in research. Through networking and information sharing, the CoP will seek to foster new partnerships and collaboration, generate new knowledge and innovations, and promote interdisciplinary research using ICESat-2 data. We also seek to foster discussion and allow members to present their science or application.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Member Benefits
Participate in ICESat-2 Applications events including workshops, focus sessions, tutorials, and quarterly webinars: The ICESat-2 Applications will host events for the Community of Practice to share updates on the mission status, provide support and information on the data products, gather feedback, share schedules and timelines, and answer questions.
Be in the know about ICESat-2: As a member of the CoP, you will be among the first to know about any new features of the science data products and to receive updates and newsletters on the mission.
Reference lessons learned: CoP members will have the opportunity to interact and exchange lessons learned with the Mission’s Early Adopters and Applied Users during quarterly webinars and at the various applications events.