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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
determine
the
seasonal
cloud
coverage
and
the
occurrence
of
different
cloud
types,
by
percent,
in
the
North
Carolina
(or
their
local
area).
Students
will
identify
different
cloud
types
and
determine
their
seasonality.
They
will
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In
this
lesson,
students
download
cloud
coverage
and
surface
data
from
the
NASA
CERES
S-COOL
website
student
observation
database,
then
use
the
Excel
spreadsheet
program
to
develop
plots
of
the
data.
Students
explore
the
relationship
between
cloud
coverage
and
humidity
for
low-,
mid-,
and
high-level
clouds.
The
lesson
provides
detailed
procedure,
related
links
and
sample
graphs,
follow-up
questions
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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,
and
then
to
use
the
data
to
compare
NASA
satellite
data
observations
with
surface
measurements
of
snow
cover
and
temperature.
Students
will
obtain
snow
cover
and
surface
temperature
data
for
a
locale
in
Alaska,
plot
the
data,
and
then
investigate
seasonal
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This
unit,
designed
to
span
two
class
periods,
helps
students
understand
that
physical
factors,
particularly
temperature
and
precipitation,
limit
the
growth
of
plant
ecosystems.
The
activity
begins
with
a
discussion
in
which
students
develop
their
own
ideas
about
the
role
of
temperature,
precipitation,
and
environment
on
plant
growth.
They
will
then
examine
X-Y
graphs
of
vegetation
growth,
temperature,
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This
archive
of
climatic
data
houses
both
national
and
global
datasets
as
part
of
the
National
Climatic
Data
Center's
(NCDC)
mission
to
describe
the
climate
of
the
United
States
and
to
maintain
records
regarding
trends
and
anomalies
of
weather
and
climate.
Users
may
search
the
archive
by
data
type,
national
or
global
coverage,
and
time
period;
or
by
resource
type,
such
as
satellite,
radar,
models,
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The
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
(NRCS)
installs,
operates
and
maintains
an
extensive,
automated
system
to
collect
snowpack
and
related
climatic
data
in
the
western
United
States
called
SNOTEL
(for
SNOwpack
TELemetry).
SNOTEL
sensors
collect
hourly
data
on
temperature,
precipitation
and
snow
water
equivalent.
Data
can
be
displayed
as
tables
or
graphs
for
individual
stations,
drainage
basins
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This
website,
created
and
maintained
by
the
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service,
contains
an
interactive
map
containing
climate
information
for
each
state.
Users
can
click
on
states
and
find
information
and
data
for
every
county
in
every
state.
Data
includes
daily
mean
temperature,
frost
free
days,
growing
season,
and
monthly
temperature
and
precipitation.
Users
may
also
download
data
from
this
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This lesson will connect the idea of the tilt and orbit of the earth (changing of seasons) with monthly changes in snow/
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The
onset
of
winter
in
higher
latitude
regions
of
North
America
brings
snow
to
the
area
around
the
Great
Lakes.
The
amount
of
snow
is
dependent
on
many
variables.
One
of
the
most
significant
factors
determining
snowfall
amount
in
the
Great
Lakes
drainage
basin
is
the
surface
temperature
of
the
lakes.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
extrapolate
information
from
selected
MY
NASA
DATA
and
NOAA
websites
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There
are
many
factors
that
affect
an
area's
near
surface
temperature.
One
factor
is
the
tilt
of
Earth's
axis
relative
to
the
sun
as
it
moves
in
its
orbit
around
the
Sun.
These
changes
are
due
to
the
orientation
of
the
tilted
rotation
axis
with
respect
to
the
Sun.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
compare
near
surface
temperature
at
the
time
of
the
solstices,
the
astronomical
beginning
for
either
summer
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