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January 23, 2012

NES: Weather and Climate:Satellite Meteorology

Presented by: Rudo Kashiri

Weather and Climate: Satellite Meteorology

Presented by Rudo KashiriNASA Explorer Schools

Session Agenda

1. Weather and climate basics

2. Satellite Meteorology Overview

3. NASA Connection4. Sample Module5. NASA Explorer

Schools

About the Product1. Using NASA Satellite for Grades 7-12

2. Correlates to National Science and Math Standards:

- Energy in the Earth System- Data Analysis and Probability

3. Time for each module: 20-30 min.- Problem Based Learning: One to two 45-min. class periods

4. Individual or paired activity

5. Materials

6. Basic knowledge of the layout of the country

Weather and Climate

What is the difference between weather and climate?

How Do Scientists Collect Evidence About Climate?A. Using remote sensing from space with satellites

B. By ground-based measurements of surface temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and sea level

C. By collecting “proxy data” from tree rings, ice cores, and historical records

D. All the above

Aqua

Terra

Aura

SORCE TRMM

Jason

OSTM/Jason 22012

Aquarius

Landsat‐7

NPPGRACE

CloudSat

CALIPSO

NPPNPOESS Preparatory Project

Orbits Earth and helps us study weather and climate

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)

The CERES Experiment

Question:What is the Effect of

Clouds on the Earth’s Climate?

What the Students Observe

Satellite View of Clouds

Mountains with snow & ice

http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/register/

SCOOL CERES Project

http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/index.php

Poll Audience

Have you used data from NASA satellites with your students?

√ Yes X No

Let’s Pause forQuestions.

NASA Connection

An overview of meteorological satellites

http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov

The GOES POES Program

Geostationary

Operational

Environmental

Satellites

Polar

Operational

Environmental

Satellites

Geostationary Orbit

Polar Orbit

Poll Audience

A. Geostationary• Image resolution is not

very good because of distance from earth

• Can not see the poles very well

• Can view only one hemisphere

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

Use the characteristics for GOES and POES below to determine the satellite used to monitor ice bergs.

Let’s Pause forQuestions.

Satellite Meteorology

Featured Lesson: Monitoring the Global Environment

Students will be able to interpret data from environmental satellites and draw conclusions from those data.

Part 1: Investigating climate changePart 2: Problem-Based Learning

Biomass burning and global climate change

Monitoring the Global Environment

Global Montage

Monitoring the Global Environment

• 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

Urban Heat Islands

• Introduce students to urban heat Islands

• Identify urban areas in Northeast United States

Remote Sensing Using Weather Satellites

Reasons for patterns

The highest temperatures are found in the most dense part of a city. That’s the urban heat island effect.

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

• 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

Global Climate Change

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

Let’s Pause forQuestions.

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

YES

NO

Not sure yet

Poll Audience

Satellite Observations in Education

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/

More Resources• Global Climate Change

http://climate.nasa.gov

• Earth Observatory

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

• My NASA Data also has lessons on meteorology

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

Collaboration

http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

Video collection

Log Your Participation

Teacher Recognition:Summer Research Workshop

GAVRT

Solar System:

Inside and Out

Coastal Observations

Forces and Motion

Water Filtration

http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

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