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ENSO Student Research Campaign Webinar: 15 November – “Collaboration Via the ENSO Student Research Campaign"

The ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) Student Research Campaign webinar, “Collaboration Via the ENSO Student Research Campaign," will be presented on Tuesday, 15 November, at 8:00 p.m. EST (1:00 a.m. UTC).

During this hour-long webinar, the discussion will focus on what collaboration as part of the ENSO Student Research Campaign might look like, including how to find teachers to collaborate with, best practices and challenge for collaboration, and a discussion of how to collaborate with scientists as well as teachers. There will also be a "Student Corner" with students sharing what they have learned collaborating in research about the El Niño impacts in their areas. You can register now for this webinar (as well as for all upcoming webinars) and view past webinars.

El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a recurring climate pattern across the tropical Pacific—the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or “ENSO” for short. The pattern can shift back and forth irregularly every two to seven years, and each phase triggers predictable disruptions of temperature, precipitation, and winds. These changes disrupt the large-scale air movements in the tropics, triggering a cascade of global side effects.

Considering the importance of this issue, the GLOBE ENSO campaign is designed to engage students in determining where and how much El Niño affects local places and to put students in contact with their local environment. During the current phase of this campaign (Phase II), students will use at least two of the GLOBE protocols of precipitation, air temperature, surface temperature, soil temperature, SMAP soil moisture and biometry - canopy and ground cover to observe changes from climate averages and correlate temperature and precipitation measurements with observations of phenology changes. Local analyses will be compared across the participating schools and examined in the broader spatial context afforded by satellite observations.

Throughout the campaign, regular guest blogs from scientists and teachers. In addition, there is information on the science of ENSO, how to participate in the campaign, analysis tools, numerous resources, and engaging discussion opportunities on the webpage. Keep checking back to discover what’s new with Phase II of the campaign!  

Event Topics: Campaigns and Projects (IOPs, etc) type: globe-events

Events origin: GLOBE Implementation Office

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