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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.

My NASA Data - Hurricanes as Heat Engines

Hurricanes as Heat Engines screenshot
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Summary: 
Students will use various visualizations (i.e. images, charts, and graphs) to explore the energy exchange that occurs when hurricanes extract heat energy from the ocean.

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.B, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
extreme weather, hurricanes, tropical cyclones, satellites, latent heat
Summary: 
How do hurricanes get their energy? NASA hurricane scientist Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how hurricanes draw energy from the ocean surface.

Observing Monsoon Weather Patterns with TRMM Data

Observing Monsoon Weather Patterns with TRMM Data
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D
Keywords: 
monsoon, seasonal winds, seasons, India, TRMM, precipitation patterns
Summary: 
Students will learn about measuring precipitation on the ground and using satellites, and use satellite data to analyze the reason for the monsoon weather pattern in India.

How do Hurricanes Form?

Diagram of Hurricane formation.
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
hurricanes, typhoons, hot towers, low pressure, cumulonimbus
Summary: 
Hurricanes are the most awesome, violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. Whatever they are called, tropical cyclones all form the same way.

2014 Master Teachers: Bill Meyers

2014 Master Teachers: Bill Meyers
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
Bill has been teaching Middle School science for 29 years.

GCPEx Snow Campaign Wrap-Up

GCPEx logo on a snowy background
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation, Ontario
Summary: 
A summary of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, which took place in January and February 2012 in Ontario, Canada.

Hurricane / Tropical Cyclones: Technologies

Aerosounde aircraft
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Keywords: 
hurricanes, GPS, airborne science, altimitry
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Summary: 
This website explores the technologies used to study and understand tropical cyclones.

Towers in the Tempest

Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
hurricanes, hot towers, TRMM, low pressure
Summary: 
'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'.

Unmanned NASA Storm Sentinels set for Hurricane Study

Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Keywords: 
airplane, aeronautics, UAV, sensors, hurricanes
Summary: 
NASA will dispatch two unmanned aircraft equipped with specialized instruments high above tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean basin. These "severe storm sentinels" will investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change.

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