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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Dear faculty and staff, please see the email below from SNRE:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the NASA Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID) Team, I would like to invite you to join us virtually or in
person for our “kick-off” seminar taking place from <b>2:30-5:00pm in the Kachina Lounge, Student Union, University of Arizona, <u><span style="background:white">Monday, October 23<sup>rd</sup></span></u></b><u><span style="background:white"> </span></u>.
Feel free to forward this invitation to any colleagues you think would be interested.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">ARID is a scoping study selected by NASA’s Terrestrial Ecology (TE) Program to work with dryland scientists and stakeholders
as well as the remote sensing community to outline a future NASA field campaign focused on drylands. Drylands are water-limited regions that cover nearly half the globe, include a third of global population, generate 60% of global food production, and contribute
greatly to the global carbon cycle. If NASA selects this study, they will commit approximately $100M to a 5-7 year field campaign aimed at improving our understanding of drylands via linking field measurements with NASA satellite observations. Previously funded
campaigns include ABoVE, LBA, and BOREAS. Our scoping study will take place through late October 2024 ending with a final report submitted to the NASA TE Program. </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">The seminar will include an introduction from ARID leadership including <b>Dr. Sasha Reed (USGS)</b> and <b>Dr. Ben Poulter
(NASA)</b> as well as dryland science talks from <b>Dr. Steve Running</b> <b>(U. of Montana)</b> and <b>Dr. Jim Tucker (NASA)</b>.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We need your input.</span></u></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> This
session will include some opportunity for discussion and input. We will be including a Google Jamboard for your thoughts during the seminar. We are also planning virtual listening sessions, townhalls at conferences, and meetings with dryland stakeholders.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to hearing from you!</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Regards,</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bill Smith (UA , Co-I), Flurin Babst (UA, Co-I), </span></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Sasha
Reed (USGS, PI), Ben Poulter (NASA, Co-I), <span style="background:white">Andrew Feldman (NASA, Project Manager)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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