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Andy Sayer

Andy Sayer

Former footballer

Oct 20, 2026

14:33
And then, Andy, what does it look like from your end?
14:35
So if I take one step back, the instrument we're using to identify clouds from Pace's point of view is called OCI, Ocean Color Instrument.
14:48
Like I said, it also monitors land very effectively.
14:52
And the reason we're doing this cloud identification in the first place is because if you want to then work out cloud properties, like water content, whether it's liquid or ice, first you need to know where the clouds are.
15:06
And if you want to look at the surface, whether that's vegetation on land or plankton in the ocean, you need to know where the clouds are not.
15:15
So this kind of cloud identification, we often call it flagging, is the first step in a lot of satellite data processing.
15:23
And most of the time, unless there's snow on the ground, like Jessica mentioned, it's pretty easy because clouds are mostly fluffy, pretty bright, and they're kind of white.

12 MINS LATER

27:38
Is there benefit to having the citizen scientists like spread out or does it matter? Do you want them in different parts of the country? And if so, are there holes right now in your data where like you could really use people in this state or this state?

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