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1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP Satellite Meteorology: Monitoring the Global Environment Presented by: Rudo Kashiri March 22, 2011

2. Satellite Meteorology Presented by Rudo Kashiri NASA Explorer Schools

3. Session Agenda • Satellite Meteorology Overview • NASA Connection • Sample Module • Additional Teaching Resources

4. About the Product • Using NASA Satellite for Grades 7-12 • Correlates to National Science and Math Standards: - Energy in the Earth System - Data Analysis and Probability • Time for each Module:20-30 min; Problem Based Learning:1-2 45 minute class periods • Individual or paired activity • Materials • Basic knowledge of the layout of the country

5. How do we monitor the Earth’s Energy Budget? The CERES instruments are remote sensors that measure the solar reflected and Earth emitted radiation.

6. Satellite View of Clouds What the Students Observe Mountains with snow & ice http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/register/

7. NASA Images Tsunami's Effects on Northeastern Japan http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/index.html

8. Poll Audience Have you used data from NASA satellites with your students? √ Yes X No

9. Let’s Pause for Questions

10. NASA Connectionhttp://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov An overview of meteorological satellites

11. The GOES POES Program Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

12. Geostationary Orbit

13. Polar Orbit

14. Poll Audience Use the characteristics for GOES and POES below to determine the satellite used to monitor ice bergs? A. Geostationary B. Polar Image resolution is good because it’s closer to earth Sees the poles about 14 times a day Sees tropical and middle latitude regions twice a day • Image resolution is not very good because of distance from earth • Can not see the poles very well • Can view only one hemisphere

15. Let’s Pause for Questions

16. The Lesson: Satellite Meteorology

17. Student Activity Monitoring the Global Environment Students will be able to interpret data from environmental satellites and draw conclusions from those data. • Part 1: Investigating climate change • Part 2: Problem Based Learning • Biomass burning and global climate change

18. Featured Activity

19. GLOBAL MONTAGE

20. Featured Activity GOES spots forest fires and monitors biomass burning Satellite Sounders detect trace gases in the atmosphere Biomass Burning and Global Climate Change POES monitors the pulse of the planet (The EOS program) Satellite Images from the MODIS radiometer

21. Urban Heat Islands Remote Sensing Using Weather Satellites • Introduce students to Urban heat Islands • Identify Urban areas in Northeast United States

23. Let’s Pause for Questions

24. Satellite observations in education http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/

25. Assessment Questions If POES flies so much closer to the Earth than GOES, why bother using instruments on GOES to monitor things like forest fires or biomass burning? Problem-Based Learning Global Climate Change • Analyze the cause-and-effect relationships of a warming climate • Discuss use of satellite technology to study climate change • Create a presentation of policy recommendations for the Governor

26. Teacher's Guide http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satmet/home/teachsatmet.html

27. QUESTION I will be interested in using GOES and POES satellites data with my students.

28. Let’s Pause for Questions

29. Global Climate Change http://climate.nasa.gov

30. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/

31. http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/

32. Let’s Pause for Questions

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35. NASA Explorer Schools Forums One forum for each module http://neon.intronetworks.com/#

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