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01/08/2016

New NASA Video – GPM 2015: One Year of Storms

This new video offers a look back (via data animation) at the storms captured by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission in 2015. The GPM mission is an international network of satellites that provide the next-generation global observations of rain and snow. Through participating in GPM events and contests, GLOBE students are currently learning how a NASA mission – and how satellite information – can improve our knowledge of Earth. >>

01/08/2016

GLOBE/SMAP Block Pattern Data Information and Revised Data Report

In response to inquiries regarding data not showing up on the GLOBE Visualization Map under the SMAP Block Pattern layer, The GLOBE Program would like to get the word out that participating schools/teams must be inputting the data via the SMAP Block Pattern Soil Moisture Protocol. If another protocol is used, the data will not show up in the SMAP layer on the map. In addition, a revised data report has been issued. >>

01/08/2016

GLOBE Recognizes Top Teams for GLOBE/SMAP Data Collection for December 2015

December 2015 was a busy month for soil moisture data collection. Many new schools joined the SMAP Soil Moisture Measurement Field Campaign, almost doubling the data collection for November 2015. The GLOBE Program would like to congratulate all particpants for their excellent work and dedication to this campaign. >>

01/07/2016

SMAP and Agriculture: An Important Link – Read Latest GLOBE/SMAP Blog

How does knowing our planet’s soil moisture help us in understanding agriculture’s reaction to it? Read Brian Campbell’s latest blog and find out! >>

01/07/2016

GLOBE Program/SMAP Soil Moisture Measurement Field Campaign Webinar: 02 February

A GLOBE Program/SMAP Soil Moisture Field Campaign Webinar, entitled “1 Year of the SMAP Mission and Global Shout-Outs to all the GLOBE schools/teams collecting SMAP soil moisture data." will be held Tuesday, 02 February 2016 at 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (9 p.m. UTC). The webinar link is: https://gsfc610.adobeconnect.com/globesmap/ >>

01/07/2016

Long-Term Climate Effects on Human Settlements and Habitation Webinar: 11 January

The next webinar in the Wayne RESA ICCARS Professional Learning Network for the 2015-2016 School Year series, hosted by David Bydlowski and Andy Henry, will be held on 11 January 2016. It is entitled “Long-Term Climate Effects on Human Settlements and Habitation” and is presented by Dr. Andrea C. Simonelli. >>

12/31/2015

Surface Temperature Field Campaign Sees Warmest Temps in Eastern United States. Read Dr. C’s Latest Blog

As of the second week of the 2015 Surface Temperature Field Campaign, 26 schools, eight countries, and 9 US states had entered 414 observations – showing the warmest temperatures seen to date in any field campaign in the eastern United States. >>