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Browse ESS2.D Resources

A New Multi-dimensional View of a Hurricane

A New Multi-dimensional View of a Hurricane
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D
Keywords: 
hurricanes, Matthew
Summary: 
NASA researchers use a combination of satellite observations to re-create multi-dimensional pictures of hurricanes and other major storms in order to study complex atmospheric interactions. In this video, they applied those techniques to Hurricane Matthew

Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat

Temperature data showing difference between winter and summer.
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.A
Keywords: 
monsoons, India, temperature, windspeed, soil moisture, SMAP
Summary: 
The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before.

Precipitation Towers Lesson Plan

https://goo.gl/photos/D2nmJvXwfQLfTfuD7
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Climate, Data, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
seasonal patterns, average precipitation, graphing
Summary: 
This lesson uses cubes as a way to graph precipitation data to compare the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several different locations. There are several variations to accommodate various ages and ability levels.

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest – Elementary Version

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest – Elementary Version
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water Properties, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Formal, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
OLYMPEX, ground validation, rain gauge, radar, airborne instruments, rain shadow
Summary: 
You will learn how we measure rain and snow from the ground and from space using satellites, and why we need to check the data using ground validation. This particularly relates to the OLYMPEX Field Campaign.

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest

Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
OLYMPEX, ground validation, rain gauge, radar, airborne instruments
Summary: 
You will learn how we measure precipitation from the ground and from space using satellites, and why we need to do ground validation of the satellite data. You will also learn about the OLYMPEX Field Campaign.

Water Falls: Getting the Big Picture

Water Falls - Getting the Big Picture.vtt
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
active sensing, passive sensing
Summary: 
The second spinoff video for the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls." This video looks at the uses and advantages of remote sensing.

Beautiful Earth: Snow

Beautiful Earth: Snow
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Water & Life, Climate, Satellites, Launch Vehicle, Data, Freshwater Resources, Forecasting
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.A, ESS3.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM, snow
Summary: 
GPM Application Science Lead, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, explains how GPM observes snow, and the importance of understanding snow characteristics and distribution in a changing climate.

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
global, rain, snow, data processing, GPM Constellation, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Project Scientist Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson and Deputy Project Scientist Dr. George Huffman narrate a look at the new GPM IMERG global dataset.

GPM Scientists Answer Students' Questions About Global Precipitation

GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, Landslides
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.

First Data from GPM

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11784
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, JAXA, GMI, DPR
Summary: 
NASA and JAXA released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which launched into space Feb. 27, 2014.

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