In this mini-lesson, students analyze soil moisture quantities associated with Hurricane Harvey around Houston, Texas on August 25, 2017.
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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.
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 interpret a graph of surface temperatures taken from city districts and other types of communities.
Students analyze the data and details of a complicated graph by identifying components and data patterns.
Check out the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.