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It was great seeing all of the data that students collected for the Urban Heat Island Intensive Observation Period in December 2024. I decided to look at some of the data using a graphing tool called CODAP from the Concord Consortium. It is easy to use and makes some neat graphs fast.  First, I downloaded all of the surface temperature data from the GLOBE website for December using...


Posted in: Field Campaigns: Surface Temperature GLOBE Mission Earth News: Student Research & Activities GLOBE Science Topics: GLOBE Protocols Scientist Skills Investigation Areas: Atmosphere » Surface Temperature

In the Toledo area, Dr. C and schools in the area focused on studying artificial turf versus grass soccer and football fields. Artificial turf was much warmer than natural grass. This is combining the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Field Study with research by Vasco Mantas from the University of Coimbra in Portugal and George Xian from the USGS Eros Data Center and the AREN Project with Andy Henry and...


Posted in: Field Campaigns: Surface Temperature Investigation Areas: Atmosphere » Surface Temperature Student Research Reports: U.S. Student Research Symposia (SRS) Mission Earth Report