GLOBE Overview and New Protocols

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GLOBE Overview and New Protocols
Dr. Lin H. Chambers Atmospheric Sciences NASA
Langley Research Center
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The GLOBE Concept

• Students make scientifically valid measurements
  in any of a variety of areas
• Atmosphere
• Hydrology
• Soil
• Land Cover
• Phenology
• Etc
• Students report data via the Internet
• Data are available for use by scientists and by
  students

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Resources

• GLOBE Teachers Guide (www.globe.gov)
• Content information
• Learning Activities
• GLOBE Website
• GLOBE Community
• Teachers and Students
• Scientists
• Getting Started Microset
• http//mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/globe.html

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GLOBE Data Exploration
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Participating GLOBE Schools
gt 14,000 Schools Worldwide gt 9,600 Schools in the
US
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Newer GLOBE Protocols
Atmosphere 1) addition of contrails to the Cloud
Protocols 2) Water Vapor 3) Digital Multi-Day
Max/Min/Current Air and Soil Temperatures 4)
Surface Temperature 5) The automated weather
station protocols (AWS WeatherNet, Davis,
RainWise, WeatherHawk) Phenology 1)
Hummingbirds
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Atmosphere Contrails

• No Cost
• http//asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/GLOBE
• Count-a-Thon to be repeated this fall

www.globe.gov/earthday2004/
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Atmosphere Water Vaporthe most important
greenhouse gas in the Earths atmosphere

• Hand-held, black box type instrument
• Funded by GIFTS mission
• Instruments free to school - IF TAKING DATA
• Must be near a scientific site

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AtmosphereTemperature, Temperature, Temperature
Digital min/max Surface Temperature
Air
Soil
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Atmosphere Weather Stations

• Black box
• Easy way to get a continuous data record

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Atmosphere Other Protocols

• Aerosols
• Barometric Pressure
• Relative Humidity
• Precipitation
• Surface Ozone

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Phenology Hummingbirds

• No to low cost
• Critter connection
• Potential for important discoveries

More info www.rubythroat.org www.hiltonpond.org
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Phenology Other Protocols

• Budburst
• Green-Up
• Green-down
• Other limited area protocols

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Soil Protocols

• Soil Characterization
• Soil Temperature
• Soil Moisture
• Bulk Density
• Soil Particle Density
• Soil Particle Size Distribution
• Soil pH
• Soil Fertility
• Automated Air and Soil

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Hydrology Protocols

• Water Transparency
• Water Temperature
• Dissolved Oxygen
• Electrical Conductivity
• Salinity
• pH
• Alkanility
• Nitrate
• Freshwater Macroinvertebrates

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Land Cover/Biology Protocols

• Land Cover Sample Site
• Biometry
• Mapping
• Land Cover Change
• Fire Fuel

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Getting started

• You must attend a GLOBE training
• see www.globe.gov
• We will be doing trainings here
• Topical trainings now available - choose
  carefully