Fluid Earth Viewer Overview Provided to AMS Educators
Project team members Jason Cervenec, Aaron Wilson, and Michael Gravina shared an overview of Fluid Earth Viewer and its features to educators with the American Meteorological Society. View the video here. Closed captioning is available.
Fluid Earth Team Releases Series of Videos Explaining Weather Phenomena
The Fluid Earth Viewer team is pleased to release a series of videos exploring Earth’s weather. The first three videos explore low and high pressure systems. Future videos will explore fronts and phenomena in polar regions. Fluid Earth Viewer is…
Track the location of the RV Polarstern near the North Pole
Fluid Earth Viewer now has a tool to display the location of the RV Polarstern, currently traversing the Arctic Ocean as part of the MOSAiC expedition. In addition to the ship’s location, the tool includes current weather that the ship…
Air Pollution in the Great Lakes Region of North America
This link and series of questions looks at sulfur dioxide emitted from various industrial and electricity generating operations in North America. Link: tinyurl.com/ybo8kn2v 1. Identify two areas on the map that appear to have significant pollution being emitted. Identify two…
Temperatures and Geography in Polar Regions
This link and series of questions looks at temperatures and geography in the Arctic and Antarctic. LINK: tinyurl.com/y6vgglub 1. Is the air temperature over the North Pole or over the center of Greenland warmer? How do you know? 2. Describe…
Weather Along a Cold Front at the Midlatitudes
This link and series of questions looks at temperatures, precipitation, and winds along a cold front in North America. LINK: tinyurl.com/yb8mu5wb There are three cities pinned on the map, all at the same latitude. 1. Describe the temperatures at these…