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NASA's
Global
Change
Master
Directory
(GCMD)
is
an
online
card
catalog
of
data
sets
covering
just
about
every
scientific
area
of
global
change
research.
The
website
includes
downloadable
datasets,
models
and
materials
for
various
aspects
of
global
change
and
the
earth
system.
Data
is
grouped
by
category,
including
atmospheric,
oceanic,
geologic
and
biologic
data.
Examples
of
available
data
are
global
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The
Center
for
Operational
Oceanographic
Products
and
Services
has
been
measuring
sea
level
for
over
150
years.
This
resource
illustrates
regional
trends
in
sea
level,
with
arrows
representing
the
direction
and
magnitude
of
change
including
national
and
global
stations.
Impacts
on
changing
sea
levels
in
relation
to
atmospheric
and
oceanic
processes
as
well
as
other
Earth
systems
are
explained
and
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This
interactive
map
shows
the
locations
of
all
earthquakes
in
the
California-Nevada
area
for
the
past
week.
The
map
is
subdivided
into
2x2
degree
sheets
that
can
be
accessed
by
clicking
on
the
desired
area.
Locations
of
major
fault
systems
are
shown,
and
earthquake
locations
are
color-coded
to
indicate
whether
they
occurred
in
the
past
hour,
day,
or
week.
The
magnitude
of
each
earthquake
is
keyed
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The
CNSS
(Council
of
the
National
Seismic
System)
composite
catalog
is
a
world-wide
earthquake
catalog
which
is
created
by
merging
the
master
earthquake
catalogs
from
contributing
CNSS
member
institutions
and
then
removing
duplicate
events,
or
non-unique
solutions
for
the
same
event.
The
CNSS
catalog
may
be
searched
for
earthquakes
within
the
United
States
and
worldwide,
and
catalog
files
may
be
copied
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The
Rapid
Earthquake
Viewer
(REV)
provides
access
to
earthquake
data
from
seismograph
recording
stations
around
the
world.
The
Earthquake
View
lets
users
select
an
earthquake
and
see
data
at
various
stations.
The
Station
View
allows
users
to
see
if
any
ground
motion
has
been
recorded
at
a
particular
station.
Lesson
plans
are
being
developed
for
REV,
aimed
primarly
at
the
middle
school
level.
The
resource
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The
National
Map
is
an
online,
interactive
map
service
published
by
the
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS).
Users
can
create
and
print
high-resolution
shaded
relief
maps
of
a
local
area,
a
state,
or
the
entire
U.S.
A
variety
of
data
layers
are
available,
including
administrative
boundaries,
geographic
names,
geology,
and
land
use/
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This
site
contains
information
and
water
resource
data
on
rivers
and
streams,
ground
water,
and
water
quality.
The
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
operates
a
satellite
network
of
stream-gaging
stations
in
the
state,
many
of
which
form
the
backbone
of
flood-warning
systems,
and
conducts
studies
of
water
resources,
such
as
watersheds
and
aquifers.
These
studies
help
define
the
quantity
and
quality
of
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Students
choose
one
of
the
stations
in
the
global
seismic
network
to
monitor
over
a
period
of
time
(one
month
or
longer).
Using
seismic
data
generated
from
earthquakes
and
other
events
that
occur
around
the
world
daily,
students
record
observations
individually
while
the
class
assembles
a
master
list
of
events,
noting
the
location
of
earthquakes
and
the
distribution
of
the
seismograph
stations
that
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The
National
Geophysical
Data
Center
(NGDC)
is
the
national
repository
for
geophysical
data,
one
of
three
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
(NOAA)
National
Data
Centers,
and
part
of
the
US
Department
of
Commerce
(USDOC)
and
the
National
Environmental
Satellite,
Data,
and
Information
Service
(NESDIS).
NGDC
manages
environmental
data
in
the
disciplines
of
marine
geology
and
geophysics,
paleoclimatology,
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This activity has students explore data for a recent earthquake, recording observations about where the earthquake occurred, where ground motion was recorded, and where it was felt.
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