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SATELLITES 2011 Surface Temperature Field Campaign has International Participation

naderg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:49 +0000

Students from 8 countries participated in the 2011 Surface Temperature Field Campaign. Kevin Czajkowski advised that the preliminary results for 2011 were completely different than 2010, due to virtually no snow fall in the midwest. The average temperature in Toledo during the month of December was an unusually warm 35 F (1.7 C). Fall was warm in Toledo with above average temperatures in every month except September which was average. Warm weather led to less snow that would affect the surface temperature and thus, temperatures were higher than in previous field campaigns.

These schools have entered data so far:

Roswell Kent Middle School, Akron, OH, US [118 rows]
Liceum A. Mickiewicza and Gimnazjum No. 47, Bydgoszcz, PL, PL [7 rows]
Chartiers-Houston Jr./Sr. High School, Houston, PA, US [52 rows]
Cloverleaf High School, Lodi, OH, US [116 rows]
The Morton Arboretum Youth Education Dept., Lisle, IL, US [4 rows]
Shafi’i Secondary School, Rejal Alma-a, SA [7 rows]
Gimnazjum No 7 Jana III Sobieskiego, Rzeszow, PL, PL [38 rows]
Penta Career Center, Perrysburg, OH, US [37 rows]
Lake Middle School, Millbury, OH, US [19 rows]
Brazil High, Brazil Village, TT, TT [48 rows]
Westchester Area School, New Rochelle, NY, US [21 rows]
Kilingi-Nomme Gymnasium, Parnumaa, 67, EE [12 rows]
Montague Elementary School, Montague, NJ, US [12 rows]
National Presbyterian School, Washington, DC, US [19 rows]
GLOBE Program Office – International Division, Tyler, TX, US [58 rows]
Deer Park Middle Magnet School, Randallstown, MD, US [10 rows]
Wauseon Middle School, Wauseon, OH, US [20 rows]
Huntington High School, Huntington, WV, US [292 rows]
OS Matija Antun Relkovic, Davor, HR, HR [14 rows]
Lakewood Catholic Academy, Lakewood, OH, US [54 rows]
Musselman High School, Inwood, WV, US [9 rows]
Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, OH, US [27 rows]
Ida Middle School, Ida, MI, US [24 rows]
Taaksi Basic School, Viljandi, EE [14 rows]
Highlands Elementary School, Naperville, IL, US [8 rows]
Menlo Park Academy, Cleveland, OH, US [26 rows]
John Marshall High School, Glendale, WV, US [27 rows]
Elementary School No 247, Warszawa, MZ, PL [5 rows]
Birchwood School, Cleveland, OH, US [10 rows]
Jerusalem Elementary School, Curtice, OH, US [20 rows]
Eastwood Middle School, Pemberville, OH, US [22 rows]
The University Of Toledo, Toledo, OH, US [17 rows]
Main Street School, Norwalk, OH, US [38 rows]

Dr. Czajkowski’s undergrad and graduate remote sensing students will utilize data collected during the field campaign to validate selected Landsat thermal images. REsults will be posted on SATELLITESK12.org
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AmericaView 2011 Fall Technical Meeting Held October 10-11, 2011 at Cleveland State University

naderg — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:23:35 +0000

OhioView was host to AmericaView’s Fall Technical Meeting on October 11-12, 2012.
Cleveland State University welcomed researchers, students and educators from more than 25 states as they came together to share ideas, network, and learn about leading edge trends in Remote Sensing. Retired Congressman Ralph Regula, who championed OhioView in 1996 gave the keynote address. Mr. Regula’s efforts led to the creation of AmericaView and helped broaden the understanding of the RS/GIS field. He emphasized the importance of passing on knowledge and educating the public and governmental officials about RS/GIS, and illuminated the need to develop this special field that affords a top growing number of jobs.

Topics and papers during the educational session included software tutorials on eCognition, GEOBIA (geographic object based image analysis), and sessions that discussed remote sensing and its application to emergency response assistance, educational applications, environmental monitoring, Earth Observation Day, water resources, and geospatial integration.

Kevin Czajkowski (University of Toledo) organized a special poster session integrating winning science projects by K-12 students with AmericaView member scientists. Middle school, high school and college students, scientists, practitioners and professors presenting side-by-side was a highlight of the 2011 AmericaView Fall Technical Meeting. “Showing young researchers what they might aspire to truly is an educational experience for both groups,” related Gail Nader, OhioView State Coordinator.

John Lekki of the NASA Glenn Research Center Engineer and Susan Thierl Project Manager at Ohio Aerospace Institute gave presentations on remote sensing programs and projects in northwest Ohio. A special session on the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN) was presented by Alisa L. Gallant, Senior Scientist at the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls South Dakota. To close the meeting, the group enjoyed a field trip to the NASA Glenn Research Center and a look at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Remote Sensing Toolkit

naderg — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:59:04 +0000

This remote sensing toolkit, put together by the Centre for Spatial Environmental Research (CSER) in Queensland, Australia, is a very impressive guide for those new to remote sensing, or those simply looking for more information and clear definitions. The toolkit provides information on remote sensing as it is used in mapping. The toolkit features three separate sections – marine, terrestrial, and atmospheric – encompassing the major remote sensing areas. Included in the toolkit are several case studies that show the efficacy and usefulness of remote sensing.

Earth Observation Day 2011

naderg — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:56:58 +0000

Earth Observation Day is an education and awareness effort of the AmericaView Consortium. Working closely with the U.S. Geological Survey, AmericaView is comprised of 37 state-led academic consortia (the “StateViews”) whose educational vision and goals focus on engaging students and teachers at all levels in Earth observations using remote sensing. EO Day resources–including imagery focused on surface land use/land cover, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the atmosphere–will provide teachers with the data and geospatial interpretive tools needed for inquiry-based, Earth systems focused learning in the disciplines of Earth Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, and Geography. National Science Education Standards in all fields of science stress the importance of inquiry involving observations, data gathering, and analysis. Remote sensing of the Earth allows observations from the global to the regional and local scales, and requires ground observations to validate remotely sensed observations and support data analysis and interpretation. National Geography Education Standards are closey aligned with remote sensing observations and the processes of acquiring, analyzing, and reporting information at all scales covering the Earth’s four systems (lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere). The goals for Earth Observation Day are as follows:

To introduce teachers to remote sensing as a scientific and professional discipline and as a means to study and understand earth sciences and human/cultural systems.
To introduce teachers to instructional resources that will allow them to integrate the teaching and application of remote sensing and related geospatial technologies at K-12 levels into the teaching curriculum.
To teach educators how to make valid observations of the Earth, both on the ground and in the air/space using data from satellites.
To teach educators how to develop inquiry-based activities built around Earth observations.
To help create a network of teachers, professors, and scientists working together to support and enhance existing instructional remote sensing resources and create new resources.
To connect K-16 educators with active remote sensing research efforts while at the same time providing researchers with outreach networks.

PennState Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution Project

naderg — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:05:41 +0000

The Geospatial Revolution Project is an integrated public service media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the way we think, behave, and interact.

University Park, Pa. — Geospatial information influences nearly everything we do, from driving in our cars to military war strategy to the tracking of genocides, diseases and environmental changes. Satellites, surveillance, and location-based technologies create a worldwide geographic knowledge base that is vital to solving social and environmental problems in the interconnected global community.

Penn State Public Broadcasting is launching the Geospatial Revolution Project, an integrated public media and outreach initiative about the impact of digital mapping. Visit http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/ and check out Facebook and Twitter for more details.

On Sept. 15, the first of the project’s four web-based high-definition video episodes will be released, accompanied by a website and free outreach resources, including videos, essays and discussion questions. The outreach material will be posted to Teachers’ Domain, an educators’ online resource providing digital media for classroom and professional development throughout the world. Also, educational collaborators will share the videos with their networks and members.

These tools will allow viewers to better understand and discuss the applications and impact of geospatial technologies, as well as the issues of privacy and security that they raise.

The first episode will cover the origins of geospatial information and the use of digital mapping in Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

Penn State Public Broadcasting engaged expert content advisers including faculty from Penn State’s online Master of Geographic Information Systems program, which was named the 2009 Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program by The Sloan Consortium, a non-profit online education organization.

“We are hoping our viewers will realize how broadly, deeply and irrevocably these technologies are part of our lives, mostly for good but with their social side effects as well,” said Penn State Public Broadcasting writer-director Stephen Stept. “We want folks to share these stories with family, friends and colleagues, and perhaps even to join the revolution in some way.”

Penn State Public Broadcasting, licensed to Penn State, produces non-commercial television, radio and online media. Our public service media programming and complementary outreach materials address important societal issues for Pennsylvania, the nation and the world.

Remote Sensing on a Shoestring

naderg — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:47:59 +0000

Practical Applications of Remote Sensing
Jim Lein of Ohio University recently gave this presentation to the OGRIP Ohio GIS Conference. Here are some interesting sites:

Fun Web Pages
EarthNow real-time Landsat satellite images.

J-Track – Shows the location of satellites around the Earth

Earth as Art – Has great satellite images of places on Earth.

Climate Imagery NASA Neo – Shows data layers for the entire US. The layers can be exported to GoogleEarth.

LIMA – Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica – you can get images for Multispec here.

Google Earth – Click on Downloads for Google Earth 5.

LANDSAT – OhioView Image Server – Has images from 1999 to 2007 from Ohio and other areas.

GloVIS – Source of free imagery from USGS of ASTER, Landsat, EO-1, archived scanned aerial photographs, MODIS.

Spot Imagery USGS Earth Explorer –

Aerial Photographs/Lidar – Ohio Statewide Imagery Project (OSIP) –
Has aerial photographs and lidar imagery.

Protecting Ohio’s Forest Industry

naderg — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:10:18 +0000

Protecting Ohio’s $7 Billion/yr Forest Industry

The Gypsy Moth is an invasive species and does not belong in North America. The infestation dates from 1869 when a well meaning French scientist accidentally introduced the European insect into the Boston suburbs. Ten years after the escape of a few moths in 1869, trees in Boston were being stripped of their leaves in only a few nights in late June…

Dr. Doyle R. Watts, Wright State University
Remote Sensing for Homeland Security: A Vulnerability Assessment Example

Dr. James K. Lein, Ohio University
Remote Sensing and GIS as Counterterrorism Tools in the Afghanistan War: A Case Study of the

Zhawar Kili Region
Dr. Richard Beck, University of Cincinnati

Research Fact Sheets

Evaluating Outcomes of Different “Smart Growth” Policies
Dr. Loren Siebert and Dr. Richard Klosterman, University of Akron

Web Casts: Exciting Possibilities and New Challenges for K-12 Teachers & Students
Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, The University of Toledo
Dr. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Kent State University
Dr. Carolyn Merry, Ohio State University
Dr. Pete Clapham, Cleveland State University
John Millard, Miami University

Keeping our Water Safe Fact Sheet

naderg — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:06:25 +0000

Keeping our Water Safe

Many cities in the U.S. get their drinking water from lakes and rivers, which makes the quality of that water vital to America. Toxic algae blooms constitute one of the threats to safe drinking water in Lake Erie and elsewhere…

Dr. Robert Vincent, Bowling Green State University
Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, The University of Toledo
Teacher Workshop & Student-Scientist Research Observation Project
Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, The University of Toledo
Dr. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Kent State University
Dr. Carolyn Merry, Ohio State University
Dr. James K. Lein, Ohio University

SATELLITES Blog

naderg — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:44 +0000

The mission of the OhioView Education Team, or SATELLITES, is to develop and implement a sustainable, statewide educational outreach program to engage students and teachers through integrated Earth System Science and technology that can be spread to the national level. Visit the SATELLITES blog for more information.

Remote Sensing Educational Resources

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:33:18 +0000

Students and teachers can take part in the SATELLITES blog. Kevin Czajkowski “Dr. C” has created a blog site at satellitesk12.org. There are a number of resources for students interested in Remote Sensing and GIS. Check back often for Dr. C’s regular updates.

The AmericaView Remote Sensing Consortium Educational Committee has an excellent website with lots of educational resources for remote sensing. To check it out, go to: www.earthobservationday.com

There is a great matching game with remote sensing images at: www.earthobservationday.com/index.php

Tutorials, information, and lesson plans for remote sensing projects K-12 are located at www.earthobservationday.com/pages/resources-tutorials.htm