COMET Faculty Multimedia Workshop

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

NASA’s Earth Observatory provides a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change. In particular, we hope our site is useful to public media and educators.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17116

Movie and discussion of 2005 ozone hole

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Aerosols/aerosol.html

Aerosol affects on climate

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/GLIMS/

Sizing up the Earth’s Glaciers

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16760

Retreating Terminus of the Jakobshavn Isbrae Glac

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/chlor.czcs.html

Microscopic marine plants (called phytoplankton) contain chlorophyll, a green pigment they use during photosynthesis. Using satellite sensors, we can measure chlorophyll concentrations in oceans, lakes and seas to indicate the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food chain and, therefore, are a good indicator of the abundance of life in a body of water.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/snow.modis.html

Scientists monitor global snow cover to better understand short- and long-term environmental and climatic conditions. On a seasonal scale, the depth and extent of the winter snowpack influence water availability and soil moisture, which, in turn, affect agriculture and wildfire potential. In many places around the world, the melting of the winter snowpack is the major source of fresh water in the spring and summer.

http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/

The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.

For a truly scientific illustration of the power of El-Nino,

Please see El Nino

 

Energy Budget Simulation

http://www.pals.iastate.edu/simulations/library/budgetsim/index.html

This applet simulates theenergy intake of our atmosphere during the day and the loss of energy at night. Users can vary the intensity of the sun during the day. A tub of water fills up symbolically showing the energy intake of our atmosphere