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ERIC Number: EJ658101
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-0145
A Remote Sensing Class Exercise To Study the Effects of "El Nino" in South America.
Moxey, Lucas Eduardo
Journal of Science Education and Technology, v11 n4 p325-32 Dec 2002
Describes an undergraduate physical science laboratory course exercising the utilization of satellite imagery for studying the floods that resulted in the Parana River region in South America during El Nino (1997-1998), and examines vegetation cover and spectral profiles from the study area in order to further understand and assess the changes that were caused by this recurrent climatic anomaly. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Climate Change, Computer Uses in Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Physical Sciences, Satellites (Aerospace), Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Technology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: El Nino (Ocean Current); Remote Sensing