[ESIP-all] What's New on esipfed.org

[Hardin, Danny]

Here is a summary of recent updates and additions to the Federation Website.
Please help keep Federation accomplishments visible by sending us items from
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INSIDE The FEDERATION
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Additional documents from the 10th Federation Assembly were posted this week
to several areas of the website. Check the current listings on the meeting
page at:
http://www.esipfed.org/business/library/meetings/10th_fed_meeting/index.html

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PARTNER PROFILE - TERC
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The partner in the spotlight this week is TERC. For over 37 years TERC has
emphasized an innovative, inquiry-based approach to learning by students
from every background, searching for ways to include more students in
meaningful learning experiences in science and mathematics. In 2001, TERC
programs and products reached over 1.4 million students in all 50 states and
87 countries. http://www.terc.edu/

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FEDERATION FEATURE - (Rangeview and UMAC Training held over for another
week)
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Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management Available From ARIA. 
RangeView "Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management" was developed
by components of the University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences. It is an Infomart for rangeland natural resource managers and
decision makers. http://rangeview.arizona.edu/

UMAC to Offer Remote Sensing Training Seminar for Farming.
University of North Dakota's Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium (UMAC)
invites extension agents, crop consultants, crop insurance agents and
farmers to participate in a one day training workshop at the University of
North Dakota in Grand Forks. Level I Training: Feb. 14, Feb. 28 or Mar. 7
Level II Training: Friday Feb. 7 or Mar. 28
http://elm.aero.und.edu/speakers/training_seminar.html

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IN THE NEWS
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LIGHTNING REALLY DOES STRIKE MORE THAN TWICE
NASA-funded scientists have recently learned that cloud-to-ground lightning
frequently strikes the ground in two or more places and that the chances of
being struck are about 45 percent higher than what people commonly assume.
http://www.esipfed.org/news/newsitems/03-1_lightning_twice.html

NASA MISSION WILL LOOK AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES
CloudSat, the most advanced radar designed to measure the properties of
clouds, will provide the first global measurements of cloud thickness,
height, water and ice content, and a wide range of precipitation data linked
to cloud development. The Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission is
expected to improve weather forecasting and advance our understanding of key
climate processes during its two-year design lifetime.
http://www.esipfed.org/news/newsitems/03-1_cloudsat.html

We select Earth interest stories from NASA press releases, Federation
Partners and other science news sources for inclusion on the Federation news
pages.  Recent stories are listed above. Please send us any news items from
your ESIP. For more on these and other Earth Science related stories go to:
http://www.esipfed.org/news/ 

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EDUCATOR'S ITEM 
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Travel the Amazon with Data Discovery: The Amazon
Grade Levels 6-12 CD-ROM $29.95
From: Planet Earth Science
Data Discovery: The Amazon takes its users on a simulated scientific
research mission up the Amazon River, where they learn about the ecology of
the Amazon flood plain. A fully interactive, multimedia CD-ROM, this Data
Discovery title uses actual earth data sets from NASA. The CD-ROM runs on
MacOS and Windows 95+ operating systems. It has been authored for the
middle-school level, and is also perfect for home use. A complete teacher's
guide is included on the disk. 
http://www.planearthsci.com/products/The_Amazon/Amazon_Detail.html

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DATA YOU CAN USE 
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Historical Glacier Photographs Now Available from NSIDC

NSIDC has recently added approximately 1000 digitized photographs to their
collection of historical glacier photographs. The digitized photos are
available in an online, searchable database, which contains photos of nearly
200 glaciers in Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Wyoming,
British Columbia, and Yukon Territory. The National Snow and Ice Data
Center/World Data Center for Glaciology at Boulder (NSIDC/WDC) archives the
Glacier Photograph Collection of historical glacier photographs, dating from
the 1880s to 1975. http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html  NSIDC:
http://nsidc.org/ 

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OTHER  ITEMS 
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The Standing Committee for Education will hold its next telecon February
13th at 12 noon EST.
The Executive Committee will hold its next telecon February 13th

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9. Water and Drought (227)
8. About Us (280)
7. Calendar (309)
6. Search for Data (314)
5. Business Home Page (320)
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Danny Hardin
Global Hydrology Resource Center
danny.hardin@msfc.nasa.gov
(256) 961-7792