Hydrology

• CUAHSI // Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
• AGU H3S // Hydrology Section Student Subcommittee
• Young Hydrologic Society // Initiatives by early career scientists. Useful blogs, interviews and materials by big names!
• Eos // Earth Science news by AGU
• EGU Blogs // Earth Science news by EGU
• VT Hydrology // Extensive links to free online resources of hydrology by Virginia Tech.
• Circle of Blue // Podcast of water-related news
• Waterhackweek // (annual?) 5-days hackason to analyze water-related data organized by University of Washington
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: Previous Workshops // Annual workshop by GSA
• Earth Lab // Free online courses, tutorials, and tools for Earth Science in R & Python managed by CU Boulder

Soil Moisture

• International Soil Moisture Network / / A data platform of the in-situ soil moisture network around the world by TU Wien.
• Soil sensor // Glossary for soil moisture sensors by Campbell Scientific
• For the love of soil // Links to free online resources about soil study (+ soil hydrology) by Dr. Vaughan and Dr. Pressler

Basic Statistics

• EBPT用語集 (in Japanese) // 簡潔にまとまっている統計用語集。日本理学療法士学会編。

General Research Tips

• minoblog (in Japanese) // 研究のコツについて具体的に言語化した記事がたくさん載ってるブログ。生物系の博士課程学生編。
• Hypothesis testing in hydrology // McNight (2017)
• from-Data-to-Viz // Collection of a beautiful plots with a descition tree based on input data format. Python, R scripts are provided.
• Color Brewer // Web tool for choosing color schemes based on the research of Dr. Cynthia Brewer maintained by Axis Maps.
• How to keep your research projects organized // An article by Dr. Ties de Kok
• Setting up an Organized Folder Structure for Research Projects // An article by Dr. Nikola Vukovic

My Favorite Productivity Tools

• Paperpile // Reference manager that can be integrated with many Google apps. Much better than other free softwares! ($3/mo)
• Notion // Note-taking app ($4/mo)
• iPad + Paperlike screen filter + Goodnote App // Hardware
• Google Drive for Desktop // The same applies to OneDrive
• Thunderbird // Email manager

Writing / Presentation / Posters

• Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English // I cannot write papers without this book! 😀 My absolute recommendation
• How to take smart notes // Tips on literature review
• Oxford Collocation dictionary // Shows collocation of a word with verbs, prepositions, adjectives etc.
• Advice to Applicants of the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program // Useful guidelines to write proposal with examples by Dr. Mallory P. Ladd
• Tips for presenting a poster // Scientifica

Career

• Hydrology job boards // An AGU H3S blog post that summarizes hydrologic job boards
• About Hydrology // Google group where people around the world disseminate job opportunities of hydrology research position

留学生活お役立ち

• 転送コム // 日本の通販などからこの倉庫に荷物を送ると、世界各国に転送してくれるサービス。
• Work Visa USA // Statistics on work visa (H1B, GC etc.). You can search by institution or enterprise name

寄稿

• 京都大学工学部地球工学科国際コース 学生の声 / ICP at Kyoto University, Student Voice
• プロゴノスへの寄稿：海外大学院の選び方
• トビタテ！留学ジャパンへの寄稿：留学生活について (temporarily closed)