AccessData 2007 Team AmericaView Team Facilitator: Rick Landenberger – Education/Outreach Larry Biehl – Knowledge of Data/Tool Development Todd Ensign – Education/Outreach/Curriculum Development Mary O’Neill – Education/Outreach Mary Jo Alfano – Curriculum Development Christine Sommers-Austin – Education/Outreach/Review
Dust, Smoke, and Fire: an Introduction to NASA Earth Observations Datasets utilized: Blue Marble Next Generation, true color (Terra MODIS) Aerosol Optical Thickness/Depth (Terra MODIS) Carbon Monoxide (Terra MOPITT) Tools utilized: NASA Earth Observations (NEO) Going Further: Google Earth Why? CO is a precursor of “smog” and O3, and slows cleansing Aerosols can be irritants, affect precip patterns, atmospheric temp
September 2005 Aerosol Optical Thickness, Carbon Monoxide GOALS – 1.Learn NEO interface 2. Explore relationships between aerosol optical thickness and carbon monoxide. Case Study – Students explore imagery for evidence of a large fire, a dust storm, and anthropogenic pollution, and learn how to systematically analyze patterns to draw conclusions… (1) Fire in Central South America (2) Dust storm in Africa (3) Smog in China