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Materials
here
focus
on
worldwide
water
issues
and
policy
decisions,
and
discussions
of
ongoing
projects
involving
conservation,
drought
mitigation,
and
solutions
for
small
landholders.
A
set
of
tools
and
databases
is
available
for
evaluating
irrigation
results,
developing
scenarios
for
water
and
food
supply
policy
decisions,
and
evaluating
the
health
of
fresh-water
ecosystems.
This
site
is
sponsored
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BASINS
is
a
multipurpose
environmental
analysis
system
for
use
by
regional,
state,
and
local
agencies
in
performing
watershed
and
water
quality
based
studies.
This
new
software
makes
it
possible
to
quickly
assess
large
amounts
of
point
source
and
nonpoint
source
data
in
a
format
that
is
easy
to
use
and
understand.
Installed
on
a
personal
computer,
BASINS
allows
the
user
to
assess
water
quality
at
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This
product
contains
geographic
information
system
(GIS)
software,
data
sets
and
lesson
plans
designed
for
educators
who
are
interested
in
using
GIS
technology
to
explore
global
climate
change
issues.
The
package
is
available
on
a
free,
PC-compatible
CD
(request
from
the
Web
site
provided);
it
includes
a
free
GIS
software
program
called
ArcExplorer
by
ESRI
and
comes
with
a
user
manual
to
help
get
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This site provides a number of Landsat 7 scene subsets as LAN files that are intended for use with Purdue University's MultiSpec software. Users also have the option of downloading the Landsat images as TIFF files in four different band combinations. Links are included to download Multi-Spec, a MultiSpec tutorial, and an introduction to remote-sensing PowerPoint presentation with detailed notes.
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This CD-ROM includes space science images, movies and activities aligned with national standards. Includes the following sections: Astronomy, Solar System, Sky Tonight, and Space Weather models, which run separately or as a linked system, plus Space Events. It is safe for unattended use and suitable for museums or school libraries. Images can be updated without need of an open web browser.
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Users
download
and
analyze
satellite
images
showing
the
amount
of
ozone
in
the
stratosphere.
They
interpret
the
images
to
identify
the
ozone
"hole"
that
develops
over
Antarctica
each
summer,
and
compare
its
size
from
year
to
year.
Using
freely
available
image
analysis
software,
ImageJ,
users
quantify
the
area
of
the
Antarctic
ozone
hole
each
October
from
1996
to
2004.
Finally,
they
bring
their
measurements
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This
resource
allows
users
to
increase
their
understanding
of
Earth
system
science
and
the
effects
humans
have
on
the
global
environment.
The
mosaics
were
developed
primarily
from
data
collected
by
the
Landsat
4
and
Landsat
5
satellites.
This
historical
imagery
is
a
record
of
the
conditions
on
Earth
around
the
year
1990.
The
CD
was
developed
by
NASA
Stennis
Space
Center
and
the
US
Geological
Survey.
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This
Web
site
contains
information
for
both
partners
(those
with
their
own
telescopes)
and
associates
(those
who
wish
to
use
a
network
telescope.)
The
purpose
of
the
Global
Telescope
Network
(GTN)
is
to
use
small
telescopes
to
obtain
ground-based
observations
of
high-energy
objects
of
interest
to
Swift,
GLAST
(renamed
Fermi
in
2008)
and
XMM-Newton
missions.
It
is
used
both
by
formal
educators
working
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In
this
chapter,
users
explore
relationships
between
air
quality
and
population
density
using
the
image
visualization
tool,
Google
Earth.
Humans
discovered
long
ago
that
burning
fossil
fuels
was
a
convenient
way
to
get
power.
In
engines
for
automobiles
and
plants
that
generate
electricity,
huge
volumes
of
oil,
gas,
and
coal
are
burned
every
day.
Where
many
people
live
together
in
concentrated
areas,
...
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This
multi-curricular,
image
visualization
tool
allows
students
to
maneuver
through
huge
image
data
sets,
overlay
and
compare
images
gathered
over
time,
or
with
different
instruments,
and
observe
historical,
geographical,
geological,
and
environmental
change
or
to
compare
images
of
the
same
area
at
different
wavelengths.
DataSlate
includes
a
CD-ROM
(with
12
sample
data
sets
and
12
sample
lesson
plans),
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