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Water
is
one
of
Earth's
most
unique
and
valuable
resources.
Thus,
the
distribution
of
water
on
Earth
is
a
very
important
factor
in
the
evaluation
of
global
climate
and
its
impact
on
life.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
use
historical
satellite
data
to
examine
precipitable
water
--
a
measure
of
the
water
available
in
the
atmosphere
from
evaporation
(in
the
form
of
water
vapor).
They
will
then
compare
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Students
will
make
predictions
by
linking
current
scientific
satellite
data
to
concerns
about
global
climate
change.
Using
maps
of
sea
surface
temperature
(SST)
and
ocean
surface
winds,
students
will
learn
how
differential
heating
of
Earth
results
in
circulation
patterns
in
the
atmosphere
and
oceans
that
globally
distribute
the
heat.
Students
will
learn
the
relationship
between
the
rotation
of
Earth
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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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Students will examine data in several formats in order to determine the presence or absence of seasonal variability in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations. The dataset used in this lesson is monthly averages of NO2 as measured from NASA's EOS Aura spacecraft.
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By
matching
maps
of
snow
and
ice
amounts
with
maps
of
net
radiation
flux
for
the
same
time
frame,
students
will
use
the
Live
Access
Server
to
explore
how
the
net
radiation
flux
has
affected
the
snow
and
ice
amounts
in
the
Northern
Hemisphere,
as
well
as
how
the
presence
of
snow
can
affect
the
net
radiation
flux
due
to
surface
reflection.
Detailed
Procedure
and
Materials,
Vocabulary
linked
to
an
On-line
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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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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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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
activity
demonstrates
how
to
import
data
from
the
Internet
and
make
EXCEL
graphs.
The
instructions
included
were
provided
by
a
classroom
teacher
who
used
these
instructions
with
high
school
students.
Following
detailed,
illustrated
instructions,
students
will
complete
the
activity
by
working
with
data
from
two
cities:
Little
Rock,
Arkansas
and
Miami,
Florida.
Since
temperature
generally
decreases
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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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