Weather Studies and ICT

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Weather Studies and ICT

• John Harris - Head of Geography - Radley College
• mjh_at_radley.org.uk

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the perfect match!

• real time
• exciting relevant
• observe, record, analyse
• interactive
• free online information

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Real time

• streaming video
• BBC forecast
• via email
• Met Office
• NOAA
• NASA
• More!

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Current events

• wind
• cold
• heat
• flood
• drought
• hurricane

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Dont believe everything .

• Cloud free?
• Land by day
• And night?
• Vegetation?
• Ocean clarity?
• Terminator?
• Field of view?

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ICT Skills

• literacy
• numeracy
• graphing
• mapping
• database
• spreadsheet
• email
• online projects

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Geography Specification

• atmosphere
• temperature
• humidity
• pressure
• synoptic charts
• satellite imagery
• forecasts
• man

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Scientific Method

• observe
• record
• analyse
• experiment

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Database

• entry
• search
• max
• min
• sorting

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Spreadsheets

• tabulation
• max
• min
• mean
• range

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Graphs
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Mapping
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Online projects

• sharing data
• variations
• mapping
• graphing
• email
• expert analysis

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MetLinkInternational (RMS)
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MetLink participants

• 219 participants
• 38 countries
• any age
• basic kit

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Maps
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Detailed maps
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Live weathercams
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Live weather data
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Daily weather review
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MetFlash! Latest news
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Well, the weather has been a bit extraordinary
this month. Not so much about the very low
temperatures. We are used to them. But more about
the rapid changes in temperatures and wind
directions. The cold period normally comes in
"MetLink period", that is late January early
February. This year the temperature was dropping
down to 20 degC at Christmas and even lower at
New Year. On New Years Eve the temperature
dropped down to -34 degC here in Vörå. Some 50 km
from here as low as 40.3 degC.
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Automatic graphing
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Radley climograph
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Radley max and min
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Comparison
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Why not join MetLink 2004?
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Websites

• Google
• geography.radley.org.uk
• metlink.org
• Met Office
• BBC
• NOAA
• NASA Earth Observatory
• IAPS Geography eGroup