MY NASA DATA E-note (Number 35)
October/November 2009

Greetings MY NASA DATA Alumni and Newslist members!

The monthly E-note is sent to anyone who is interested in learning more 
about or keeping up to date with the MY NASA DATA project. If you know 
someone who is interested in this information, the sign-up can be found at:
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/HPDOCS/email_registration.html

1. New Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data available each week!
2. New Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) and Cloud Coverage data
3. New resource in Computer Tools
4. Upcoming NSTA presentations
5. Extreme Ice Survey time-lapse photography available

1. New Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data available each week!

The Weekly Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) data is updated to the 
Live Access Server (LAS) production site on a weekly basis, 
usually by Tuesday afternoon. 
Updated data is accessible via the:
"+ Live Access Server (Intermediate Edition)" or the 
"+ Live Access Server (Advanced Edition)" link on the Data Access page 
(http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/data.html).
For example, 
from clicking the "+ Live Access Server (Advanced Edition)" link, 
Click on: "Oceans", then select "Weekly Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST)" 
via CheckBox, then click on the "Next>" link on right margin of web page 
to access this dataset.

2. New Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) and Cloud Coverage data

Updated monthly atmospheric cloud coverage and shortwave radiation data 
has been loaded in both the Advanced Live Access Server (LAS) and the 
Intermediate LAS. The Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) project recently 
delivered the entire 24-year shortwave (SW) version 3.0 data set for the 
time-period July 1983 to June 2007, extending the available data by 2.5 years. 
The monthly longwave (LW) version 3.0 data will follow sometime early next year. 
A 10-year dataset of daily SRB data continues to be available as well. 
To access the SRB data, from the LAS Advanced Edition, click on Atmosphere, 
then Atmospheric Radiation, then Surface, then click the "Next>" link.
For an example of a MY NASA DATA lesson that uses the SRB dataset, see the 
lesson, "Comparing Temperature and Solar Radiation for Common Latitudes", 
http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/preview_lesson.php?&passid=67.
Be sure to provide your comments on the lesson, using the on-line 
Teacher Feedback button found on the lesson's first page.

3. New item in Computer Tools

One tool that is available to bring certain subjects to the students' 
attention is YouTube. This video-hosting site allows what would normally 
be a static chalkboard drawing to come to life. The obstacle that many 
teachers face, however, is that this site is blocked by system 
administrators in certain school systems. One way to utilize YouTube in 
the classroom is to download the video ahead of time, and save it to 
your computer. The instructions for downloading YouTube videos are now 
available in the Computer Tools section at 
http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/howto_dnload_Utube_videos.html.

4. Upcoming NSTA presentations

Are you planning to attend the upcoming NSTA regional conferences? MY 
NASA DATA will be there!

Jim Minerich, MY NASA DATA/S'COOL ambassador, and retired educator and 
volunteer with the Eagle View Elementary/Pequot Lakes School District in 
Minnesota, will present at the Minneapolis Regional NSTA on Thursday, 
October 29, 8:00AM - 9:00AM at the Minneapolis Convention Center, L100D.

MY NASA DATA/S'COOL team member, Preston Lewis, will present at the Ft. 
Lauderdale regional NSTA on Friday, November 13, 2:00PM - 3:00PM, at the 
Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, Atlantic Ballroom Section I.

Stacy DeVeau, MY NASA DATA/S'COOL ambassador, and educator at the 
Arizona NASA Educator Resource Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 
University, will present at the Phoenix Regional NSTA on Friday, 
December 4, 12:30PM - 1:30PM, at the Phoenix Convention Center, 229A.

If you plan to present MY NASA DATA (and/or S'COOL) at an upcoming 
in-service session or professional conference, please let us know. We 
would be happy to provide (within our resources) flyers, bookmarks, and 
brochures for your presentation.

5. Extreme Ice Survey time-lapse photography available

The CIRES Education & Outreach group from the University of Colorado at 
Boulder, and the Extreme Ice Survey team also from Boulder, CO, have 
developed a set of narrated videos of the time-lapse images of melting 
glaciers:

"LEARN MORE ABOUT GLACIERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: VIDEOS"
"These time-lapse videos of glaciers in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland 
are narrated by EIS Director James Balog and Dr. Tad Pfeffer of the 
Institute for Arctic & Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. 
They are accompanied by text descriptions, location information and a 
photo of the actual time-lapse camera in the field." (Ref: 
http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/index.php/education_toc/#videos)