Climate and Environment-April 21 13:00 UTC (9AM EST/US and 15h FR)
Join us to learn more about the launching of climat data buoys from the ship and how you can use their information, along with the daily weather reading from
Print Resources
Here are links to PDFs and other printed materials that can help you frame your questions
Drifter Buoys: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/Training_CD.pdf
Deployment: http://www.jcommops.org/dbcp/deployments/techniques.html
http://www.jcommops.org/DBCP/doc/buoyDeployments/SAWS/SAWS_deployment.pdf
Drifter Specs: http://esurfmar.meteo.fr/doc/o/db/others/Metocean_b_en_02.pdf
Audio Resources
Links to audio reports that enrich the experience...
The Hudson Is Full of Tiny Plastics. And You May Be Too. Tuesday, March 24, 2015
By Steven Valentino : Producer, The Leonard Lopate Show
Video Resources
Deepen your understanding with these videos that help explain what others are doing with this data....
Argo Weather Buoys: http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/Argo_movies.html
Drifter Buoys: http://www.adp.noaa.gov/
Drifter Deploy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sANsKN9tqQc
Websites
Links to sites that support students and teachers
Ted Ed - The life cycle of plastic bottles:
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happens-to-the-plastic-you-throw-away-emma-bryce
NOAA VOS Website: http://www.vos.noaa.gov
JCOMM VOS Site: http://www.bom.gov.au/jcomm/vos/
Data Buoy Cooperation Panel(DBCP): http://www.jcommops.org/dbcp/
4 drifter Buoys will be part of the Global Drifter Programme du DBCP :
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/gdp_drifter.php
The ARGO buoys fall under: http://www.jcommops.org/argo
The buoys are coodinated by E-SURFMAR d'EUMETNET: http://www.eumetnet.eu/e-surfmar)
NOAA Scholarship programs: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/
Fun ways to teach kids about weather: http://www.education.noaa.gov/
Fun and interesting kids weather site: www.weatherwizkids.com/
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