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Satellites vs. Buoys

A little while back, I received the following question from a Visual Ocean visitor: “When might satellite sst data be more informative than buoy data?”

NGSS Middle School performance expectations for Weather and Climate - page 58

Next Generation Activity Development

Last week, I had an opportunity to look through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) alongside many other ocean educators at the COSEE Network Meeting. Our goal was to figure out how the NGSS could be used to develop activities.

A 1-year graph of river flow on the Delaware River at Trenton NJ

Streamflow on the Delaware

While temperature, pressure or humidity change with more predictable variation throughout the course of a year, streamflow is more closely correlated with major rain and snow events that occur sporadically throughout the year, often in large doses.

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