Explore using units in calculations with the Leaf Area Index (LAI). LAI is a ratio that describes the number of square meters of leaves per square meter of available land surface. Because of the units in the ratio, it is dimensionless.
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Explore using units for calculations with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). NDVI is a ratio of different light wavelength reflectance which can be used to map the density of green vegetation.
Students will review the NASA Space Place video, "Tectonic Forces", and answer questions about tectonic plates.
Review this page to learn about the background of volcanoes and their eruptions.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.
This mini lesson helps students visualize how the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere interact to produce changes in land and sea ice.
Students can interact with NASA data to build a custom visualizations of local, regional, or global plant growth patterns over time, using the Earth System Data Explorer to generate plots of satellite data as they develop models of this phenomenon.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.