The NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC; WDS Regular Member) will hold a webinar 'SEDAC’s Global COVID-19 Viewer: A User-Friendly Tool for Assessing National and Subnational Trends and Risk Factors in Coronavirus Spread' on Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 14:00 EDT (UTC-4).  

Join the webinar for an introduction to the SEDAC Global COVID-19 Viewer, a map-based tool for understanding the spread of the Coronavirus and underlying risk factors. During the webinar, participants will learn about its development and then a live demonstration of the viewer focussing on current hotspots, interesting trends, and an exploration of the risk factors. 

Speakers

• Alex de Sherbinin (Chair, WDS Scientific Committee), Associate Director for Science Applications at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
• Joe Schumacher, Senior Information Specialist, CIESIN

Please visit here for detailed information or to register.