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This is the Geoscience subset of our Data Resources collection. To browse through the entire collection of data sources and tools, just go to the Using Data in the Classroom page.


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The Visualization Tool Kit (VTK) part of Data, Simulations and Models:Tool Sheets
An image created with the Visualization Toolkit showing ice surface velocity from a modeled collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Image by Chuck Anderson, Penn State University. submitted by Chuck Anderson, ...

Exploring NASA Aerosol Data in the Classroom part of Using Data in the Classroom:Datasheets
NEO gives access to georeferenced NASA satellite imagery and provides the means for easy export into other browsers (like GoogleEarth) or analytic tools (like ImageJ or ICE). The site also contains the MODIS Blue Marble, which is a series of monthly true-color global composite images.

Exploring NASA Aerosol Data in the Classroom part of DataSheets
NEO gives access to georeferenced NASA satellite imagery and provides the means for easy export into other browsers (like GoogleEarth) or analytic tools (like ImageJ or ICE). The site also contains the MODIS Blue Marble, which is a series of monthly true-color global composite images.

Sea Ice Index part of Data, Simulations and Models:Tool Sheets
submitted by Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder General Description The Sea Ice Index ( This site may be offline. ) is a collection of data and tools to examine sea ice ...

The Gapminder World 2006 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.gapminder.org/world/
Gapminder is a non-profit venture developing information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. Goal: enable you to make sense of the world by having fun with ...

National Data Buoy Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov
The National Weather Service provides weather and marine data from buoys surrounding North America, the Carribean, and Great Britain. Historical and realtime data are featured. Data include wind, ...

Live Access to Reference Data at PMEL part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's (PMEL), Live Access Server enables the visualization and creation of marine climatologic data with on-the-fly graphics. The graphics are selected ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration's Operational Significant Event Imagery part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Organization/History/osei/
This web page provides high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events. Links are available to images on the following subjects: current events, dust storms, fires, floods, ...

Live Access Server part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ferret.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/
The Live Access Server (LAS) is a highly configurable Web server designed to provide flexible access to geo-referenced scientific data. LAS enables users to view data with on-the-fly graphics, ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Satellite Homepage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.noaa.gov/satellites.html
NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) operates satellites and manages the processing and distribution of data and images these satellites produce daily. ...



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