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AN: ED51B-0410    [Abstracts]
TI: Promoting Use of Remote Sensing Data and Technology through Polar Case Studies for Post-Secondary Education and Research
AU: * Prakash, A
EM: prakash@gi.alaska.edu
AF: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, United States
AU: Gens, R
EM: rgens@asf.alaska.edu
AF: Alaska Satellite Facility, Geophysical Institute, UAF, 903 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775- 7320, United States
AB: Earth science education is relying increasingly on archived and near real-time remote sensing data to characterize the Earth's surface and how it is changing over time. Earth's prominent landscape elements are changing spatially and temporally in response to natural and human-induced forces. These changes are more amplified in the Polar Regions, making these regions particularly suitable to study and understand the processes operating in the Earth system. Though the significance of using remote sensing data for Earth science education and research is recognized widely, access to data and how these data can be effectively used in higher-education remains a challenge. "Polar Remote Sensing" is a web based resource of case studies generated from research work of polar researchers, and research projects of graduate and undergraduate students. These case studies are meant to serve as guiding examples on how to tap on to the wealth of existing scientific data and data analysis tools, especially for undergraduate education. The resource is developed and now being expanded through the support of NASA programs such as the Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century (ESSE21), Alaska Space Grant Program, and Geobrain. It is of particular significance in the context of the International Polar Year.
UR: http://www.polar- remotesensing.alaska.edu DE: 0700 CRYOSPHERE (4540)
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 1632 Land cover change
DE: 1640 Remote sensing (1855)
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting