GLOBE News
Exceptional Citizen Scientist Interest in Eclipse (21 August) May Temporarily Impact GLOBE Data Capabilities and Website – Stay Tuned!
The upcoming 2017 solar eclipse (21 August 2017) has generated a tremendous amount of interest from citizen scientists throughout North, Central and South America.
Over 40,000 people have downloaded GLOBE’s Observer app in preparation for the event. To help accommodate eclipse data entry for this large number of people, GLOBE will be focusing infrastructure resources on the Observer/Eclipse and Observer/Clouds applications. This may have a temporary impact on GLOBE visualization and data retrieval capabilities as well as the main GLOBE site.
We expect to return to normal operations within a day or two of the eclipse activities. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to any planned activities you may have. We will work to restore full functionality for www.globe.gov as soon as possible after the eclipse.
For more on how you can participate in this special eclipse observation with the GLOBE Observer app, go to: https://observer.globe.gov/
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office