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Many
claims
have
been
made
about
the
evidence
for
or
against
global
warming,
yet
whether
the
interpretation
of
the
data
points
leans
towards
fact
or
fiction,
a
more
descriptive
term
to
use
is
global
climate
change.
The
most
hard-hit
area
where
global
climate
change
is
apparent
is
within
the
Arctic
Circle.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
explore
data
from
the
Arctic,
develop
relationships
between
parameters
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One
of
the
strongest
observed
ENSO
events
of
the
century
began
to
unfold
in
1997.
Fortunately,
an
extensive
network
of
satellite
and
ocean
buoy
instruments
was
prepared
to
monitor
and
record
the
historical
event.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
collect
data
from
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
to
understand
how
scientists
detect
the
onset
of
El
Nino
conditions
and
the
reversal
to
La
Nina
conditions
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
then
to
use
the
data
to
estimate
percentage
of
snow
cover
for
each
continent.
The
data
used
in
this
lesson
come
from
the
International
Satellite
Cloud
Climatology
Project
(ISCCP).
ISCCP
computes
fractional
snow
and
ice
coverage
by
scanning
the
Earth
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This lesson is designed to help students gain knowledge in graphing a microset of data, then using the graphs to investigate the relationship between volcanic activity and the presence of atmospheric aerosols. The lesson provides detailed procedure, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions and extensions, and Teacher Notes.
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The
purpose
of
this
lesson
is
to
use
NASA
CERES
instrument
cloud
data
and
a
weather
map
to
explore
cloud
coverage
during
a
winter
storm.
Students
will
map
locations
using
latitude
and
longitude
coordinates
as
well
as
use
a
microset
of
satellite
data
to
investigate
cloud
characteristics
by
applying
percentage
to
determine
cloud
cover.
When
atmospheric
scientists,
including
meteorologists,
study
weather
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The
purpose
of
this
lesson
is
to
use
CERES
radiation
data
to
understand
seasonal
variations
in
the
pattern
of
net
energy
input
to
the
Earth
system.
The
students
will
begin
to
understand
how
Earth's
tilt
causes
seasonal
differences
in
incoming
solar
energy.
They
will
use
the
Live
Access
Server
to
investigate
the
Earth's
radiation
budget
and
map
locations
using
latitude
and
longitude
coordinates.
Studentw
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
accessing
current
weather
data
and
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
historical
satellite
data.
Students
then
use
the
data
to
examine
the
relationship
between
altitude,
atmospheric
pressure,
temperature
and
humidity
at
a
particular
location.
In
this
lesson,
weather
data
from
ground-based
and
satellite
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The
purpose
of
this
lesson
is
to
let
students
analyze
atmospheric
radiosonde
data
from
a
balloon
launched
at
NASA
Langley
Research
Center
by
teachers
attending
a
workshop.
Other
resources
are
included
to
assist
in
interpreting
the
observations.
Students
are
asked
to
explain
in
paragraph
format
their
interpretation
of
the
atmospheric
conditions
depicted
by
the
data
and
the
graph
produced
using
the
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This
lesson
uses
NASA
satellite
data
to
contrast
amounts
of
cloud
coverage
over
different
climate
regions
in
Africa.
An
an
outcome
of
the
lesson,
the
student
will
be
able
to
explain
how
Earth's
major
air
circulations
affect
global
weather
patterns
and
relate
local
weather
patterns
to
climate
as
well
as
identify
different
climate
regions.
Students
will
also
describe
conditions
for
cloud
formation
along
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Our
atmosphere
is
warmed
by
shortwave
radiation
received
from
the
Sun.
Some
of
the
energy
is
reflected
back
to
space
depending
on
cloud
cover
and
the
surface
characteristics
of
Earth.
Some
of
the
energy
is
absorbed
by
the
surface,
then
re-emitted
back
to
space
as
longwave
radiation.
As
this
occurs,
clouds
and
atmospheric
gases
can
reflect,
absorb
and
re-emit
this
energy
--
the
so-called
greenhouse
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