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This
standards-based
module
uses
hands-on
activities
and
real-time
data
investigations
to
allow
students
in
the
elementary
grades
to
investigate
weather
phenomena
both
locally
as
well
as
in
other
places
around
the
world.
By
using
hands-on
activities
and
real-time
data
investigations,
the
students
will
develop
a
basic
understanding
of
how
weather
can
be
described
in
measurable
quantities,
such
as
temperature,
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This
is
a
web-based
activity
using
satellite
images
of
the
Gulf
of
Maine
and
the
Carribean
Sea.
Students
are
asked
to
examine
satellite
data
of
sea
surface
temperatures.
From
this
data
they
are
to
determine
the
temperature
scale
and
how
temperature
differences
are
indicated.
They
also
examine
phytoplankton
density
images
to
determine
where
high
phytoplankton
densities
are.
Additional
activities
are
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The National Weather and Climate Center presents snowpack data from snow courses and SNOTEL sites in the western United States as graphs and color-contoured maps. Historical and real-time data on depth of snowpack, snow-water-equivalence, and forecasts are available for individual sites and entire drainage basins. The site also includes information about how scientists collect SNOTEL data.
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This
concentrated,
in-depth
resource
provides
access
to
recent
information
on
El
Nino
Southern
Oscillation
(ENSO)
and
La
Nina
in
the
Pacific
Ocean,
including
data,
graphics,
forecasts,
historical
perspectives,
in-depth
analyses,
prediction
benefits,
impacts
on
human
life,
and
information
on
the
1997/
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This
website
features
the
most
complete
set
of
astronaut
photography
of
Earth
from
the
beginning
of
human
spaceflight
in
the
1960s
to
the
digital
photographs
being
downlinked
daily
from
the
International
Space
Station.
The
underlying
database
includes
over
430,000
records
in
2002,
with
new
data
added
daily.
The
pages
are
maintained
by
the
data
source
at
NASA's
Johnson
Space
Center
and
include
search
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This
chapter
walks
users
through
a
technique
for
documenting
change
in
before-and-after
sets
of
satellite
images.
The
technique
can
be
used
for
any
set
of
time-series
images
that
are
spatially
registered
to
show
the
exact
same
area
at
the
same
scale.
In
the
chapter,
users
examine
three
Landsat
images
of
the
Pearl
River
delta
in
southeastern
China.
In
these
images,
users
observe
changes
in
land
use,
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This
chapter
describes
how
to
set
a
scale
and
measure
distances
and
areas
on
satellite
images.
Using
ImageJ,
a
freely
available
image
analysis
program
that
runs
on
most
operating
systems,
users
set
the
spatial
calibration
of
an
image,
then
select
and
measure
distances
and
areas
on
it.
The
measurement
results
are
reported
in
real-world
units.
The
technique
is
most
useful
and
accurate
for
nadir
view
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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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NSIDC
offers
data
and
information
about
the
cryosphere;
that
portion
of
the
Earth
where
water
is
in
solid
form,
typically
snow
or
ice.
Topics
include
snow,
glaciers,
permafrost,
sea
ice,
news
and
features,
and
others.
The
State
of
the
Cryosphere
section
provides
an
overview
of
the
status
of
snow
and
ice
as
indicators
of
climate
change.
An
image
and
photo
gallery
provides
historic
photographs
and
satellite
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The
materials
available
here
were
brought
together
by
government
agencies,
universities,
non-profit
organizations,
and
businesses
in
an
effort
to
make
Earth
Science
information
accessible
to
a
broader
community.
The
Federation
was
established
to
make
this
a
reality
by
encouraging
and
establishing
the
use
of
best
science
practices
in
the
production
of
high
quality
data,
information,
products
and
services.
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