Sentences with phrase «volunteer observers»
"Volunteer observers" refers to individuals who offer their time and services without payment to watch or monitor something of interest, such as a public event, the natural world, or a particular activity. These observers willingly contribute their efforts to gather information, provide assistance, or provide support, often helping organizations or projects. Full definition
Two teams of volunteer observers on geographically separated Queensland Sunshine Coast beaches tracked the whales» movements before airguns began firing, while guns were going off, and for an hour after.
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«They and all the volunteer observers before them are the backbone of our climate and weather data collection network,» he said, adding that the 100 years of data collected has been used by dryland farmers, water managers, WSU researchers and, of course, meteorologists.
NOAA maintains a network of thousands of stations, many of which have volunteer observers.