A Web-Based Resource for Investigating Environmental Change: The Emigrant Pass Observatory

Autor:	David S. Chapman, M. G. Davis
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Outreach Resource (biology) Meteorology Environmental change Observatory Download General Earth and Planetary Sciences Climate change Snow Geothermal gradient Geology Education
Zdroj:	Journal of Geoscience Education. 60:241-248
ISSN:	2158-1428 1089-9995
Popis:	We present a user-friendly, data-driven Web site (http://thermal.gg.utah.edu/facilities/epo/) for a geothermal, climate change observatory that is educational for the general public, students, and researchers alike. The Emigrant Pass Observatory (EPO), located in the Grouse Creek Mountains in northwestern Utah, gathers both meteorological data (solar radiation, air temperature, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and snow depth) and subsurface temperatures in shallow drillholes. Our website has three main functions: (1) it provides a tutorial for understanding both local climate and climate change, and their relation to diffusion of temperatures into the Earth's subsurface; (2) it facilitates user-defined accessibility to download available climate data; and (3) it contains lesson ideas for using real data to understand local climate. EPO data and resources are ideal for active learning projects. Additionally, our collaboration with ongoing outreach projects (e.g., NSF-sponsored GK–12) in Utah pr...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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