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Local science teachers attending a recent series of seminars sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have learned how to interpret images from weather satellites.
NOAA polar satellite data can be accessed by any teacher who has special electronic equipment installed in the classroom.
Teachers participating in the seminars were from grades two through 12 in Prince George's County, and from Anne Beers Elementary School in the District of Columbia. The seminars were organized at the request of the science supervisor at the Prince George's County school system.
"These seminars were extremely valuable for the scientists who participated and for the teachers who attended," said Larason Lambert, the scientist from NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service who organized the seminars. "We hope to conduct more of them in the future."
Instructors from NESDIS taught the basics of satellite remote sensing, and how to access, manage and display satellite images. A wide range of satellite data applications in meteorology, oceanography, hydrology and ecology were presented. In addition to NESDIS, instructors from the National Ocean Service and the Department of Agriculture also participated.
The seminars, conducted from October to January, were held in the NOAA Science Center in Camp Springs, Md.