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nav barr ; Normalized Difference Snow Index (L4)

Exercise 3: Quality Control Procedures and Masks (L3); Quality Control Procedures and Masks (L4)

Exercise 4: Apply masks to create a corrected snow map (L3); Apply masks to create a corrected snow map (L4)

2. Mapping Sea Ice using a Microwave Imager/ Sounder (SSMIS)

Exercise 1: Download and import SSMIS data (L4)

Exercise 2: Calculate and Map Sea Ice Concentration (L4)

Exercise 3: Make corrections to sea ice map and compare to NASA product (L4)

3. Atmosphere

Exercise 1: Mapping Gloabl Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Using AIRS (L3)

Exercise 2: Mapping Gloabl Temperature and Ozone Using AIRS (L3)

4. Fire Mapping using ASTER

Exercise 1: The ASTER instrument and fire damage assessment (L3, L4)

Exercise 2: Calculate radiance and reflectance (L3, L4)

Exercise 3: Calculate the Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) and difference Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) (L3, L4)

5. Using GRACE to evaluate change in Greenland's ice sheet

Exercise 1: Download, import and map GRACE data (L3, L4)

Exercise 2: View and animate seasonal ice sheet mass changes (L3, L4)

Exercise 3: Calculate and visualize annual ice sheet mass changes (L3, L4)

Exercise 4: Calculate annual mass loss rate (L3, L4)

6. Using Landsat to examine deforestation in Brazil

Exercise 1: Identify forested and deforested areas (L3, L4)

Exercise 2: Calculate carbon emissions from deforestation (L4)

7. Using MODIS to analyze the seasonal growing cycle of crops

Exercise 1: Understand and locate MODIS images

Exercise 2: Understand the spectral signature of vegetation

Exercise 3: Seasonal change in Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (L3)

Articles, Reports, and Conferences


A World Bank Report


by Spencer Weart, director of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics.


(April 28 - July 11, 2008)
In partnership with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis;


The Economist, March 18, 2010


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