Water Falls Post-Visit Lesson

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Water Falls Post-Visit Lesson

• Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
• Developed by the GPM Education and Public
  Outreach Team
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Engage

• What were the main topics discussed in the movie,
  Water Falls?

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Engage

• Fresh Water
• How is fresh water helpful to life on Earth?
• How is it harmful?

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Engage

• Natural Hazards
• Which natural hazards are related to too much
  rainfall?
• Which are related to too little?

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Engage

• Too Much, Too Little

http//pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/gpm-too-much-
too-little
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Explore

• How do we measure rainfall?

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Explore
How many rain gauges are out there?
http//svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011100/a0111
65/Rain_Gauge_Comp_v3.mov
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Explore
Hurricanes
Credit NASA Earthobservatory, Super Typhoon
Utor, http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaza
rds/view.php?id81837
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• There are a number of factors responsible for
  hurricanes to either intensify or weaken.
• Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) is one of them.
• Hurricanes usually form in waters of 26.5oC
  (82oF) or higher.

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Explain
Average Sea Surface Temperatures for August
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Explain
SST 1 - August
SST 2 - February
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Explore

• What are some dangers posed by hurricanes?

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Explore

• Research Scientist Marshall Shepherd said that
  Hurricane Sandy will bring significant rains
  and inland freshwater flooding, that, he said,
  was often the deadliest threat from tropical
  systems.

http//www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/sh
epherd_bio.html
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (2012, October
26). Hurricane Sandy looks as 'Frankenstorm'
approaching U.S. East Coast. ScienceDaily.
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Explore
Hurricane Katrina - 2005
http//www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina/vi
deoshurricane-katrina
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Explore

• What tools do Earth scientists use to gather
  great amounts of data about global precipitation?

Satellites
TRMM
GPM
http//pmm.nasa.gov/node/287
http//pmm.nasa.gov/
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Explain
GPM Hurricanes Beyond the Tropics
http//pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/gpm-hurricane
s-beyond-tropics
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Explain

• How can data gathered by this mission be useful
  to those who have to decide on the actions
  citizens should take before a big storm hits?

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Explain
Hurricane Katrina (2005) was the costliest
hurricane to hit the US - 133,800,000,000!!!
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Explain
Why do think the storms in the late 1800s and
early 1900s were so deadly?
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Explain
Rainfall data image 1 Soulik
Rainfall data image 2 Dorian
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Evaluate
B
A
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Extend
http//svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a0034
13/HotTowers1280x720_H264_30fps.mp4
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Extend
Hot Towers
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Extend

• Comparing the Hot Towers of Two Storms