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This
PDF
document
discusses
a
field
activity
for
K-12
students.
The
purpose
of
the
activity
is
to
observe
type
and
cover
of
clouds
including
contrails.
Students
will
observe
ten
types
of
clouds
and
how
many
of
three
types
of
contrails
are
visible,
how
much
of
the
sky
is
covered
with
clouds,
and
how
much
is
covered
by
contrails.
The
PDF
is
an
instructor
guide
with
detailed
advice
for
administering
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MY
NASA
DATA
(Mentoring
and
inquirY
using
NASA
Data)
is
an
effort
to
develop
microsets
of
Earth
science
data
that
are
interesting
and
useful
to
the
K-12
and
citizen
scientist
communities.
The
datasets
can
be
used
with
existing
curriculum
and
enable
students
to
practice
math
skills
using
real
measurements
of
Earth
system
variables
and
processes.
This
Website
provides
the
datasets
along
with
lesson
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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
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
satellite
data
to
contrast
amounts
of
cloud
coverage
over
different
climate
regions
in
Africa.
It
introduces
the
circulation
pattern
of
Hadley
Cells
and
the
band
of
convergence
and
convection
called
the
Intertropical
Convergence
Zone
(ITCZ).
The
lesson
also
discusses
how
frequent
cloud
cover
and
precipitation
occur
along
the
Intertropical
Convergence
Zone
(ITCZ)
and
how
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
Clouds
and
the
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
instrument
percent
coverage
surface
data
with
a
world
map
to
locate
landmasses
and
bodies
of
water
at
the
Earth's
Equator.
When
using
satellites
to
study
Earth
system
processes,
especially
atmospheric
processes,
it
is
important
to
know
what
is
the
background
that
one
is
seeing
on
the
Earth.
This
lesson
provides
an
introduction
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
satellite
data
to
correlate
cloud
cover
over
Africa
to
the
solar
declination.
The
four
seasons
on
Earth
have
a
scientific
basis.
The
earth
is
tilted
23.5
degrees
from
vertical.
This
tilt
and
the
Earth's
orbit
around
the
sun
are
the
reasons
for
the
seasons.
Earth's
tilt
and
orbital
position
cause
differing
angles
at
which
the
sun's
rays
hit
the
surface
of
the
Earth.
As
Earth
...
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This
lesson
plan
uses
Clouds
and
the
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
cloud
data
and
a
weather
map
to
explore
cloud
coverage
during
a
winter
storm.
When
atmospheric
scientists,
including
meteorologists,
study
weather
patterns,
they
may
use
several
different
sources
of
information.
For
example,
in
studying
storm
patterns,
they
may
use
a
combination
of
Earth
Observing
Satellite
data,
such
as
from
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This
lesson
plan
uses
Clouds
and
the
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
radiation
data
to
understand
seasonal
variations
in
the
pattern
of
net
energy
input
to
the
Earth
system.
The
net
amount
of
energy
received
by
different
parts
of
the
Earth
at
different
times
of
year
determines
the
type
of
weather
and
climate
they
will
experience.
The
net
radiative
flux
shows
the
combined
effect
of
the
Sun's
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This user-contributed lesson plan provides instructions for several activities for students to perform to study the relationship of temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and dew point in cloud formation. The lesson involves graphing of weather balloon data using Excel spreadsheet software.
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This
user-contributed
tutorial
provides
detailed
instructions
on
how
to
make
Excel
graphs
of
data
that
is
imported
from
the
Internet.
The
tutorial
contains
sample
screen
images
to
assist
in
performing
each
step.
The
tutorial
includes
importing
a
second
set
of
data
and
adding
it
as
another
series
on
the
original
graph.
The
tutorial
includes
questions
to
be
answered
based
on
the
atmospheric
lapse
rates
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