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Finding Fish Using Satellites. Pete Arvedson California Science Conference October 25, 2013. Hosted by Satellite Educators Association Lesson plan development supported by a grant from NOAA-CREST West. A Little History…. “Fishing via Satellite” lesson plan by Karen Roshong ~ 1991
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Finding Fish Using Satellites Pete Arvedson California Science Conference October 25, 2013 Hosted by Satellite Educators Association Lesson plan development supported by a grant from NOAA-CREST West
A Little History… • “Fishing via Satellite” lesson plan by Karen Roshong ~ 1991 • Published in Lessons from the Sky - 1995
Session Objectives • Explain fish behavior related to changes in water temperature • Access satellite-based sea surface temperature data • Visualize, Analyze, Interpret data • Hypothesize fish locations based on analysis
Ocean Fish Behavior • Changes in marine ecosystems have patterns… • Including temperature variations • Seasonal • Diurnal • Ocean fish metabolism is environmently dependent • Fish respond to changes in… • Oxygen availability • Food supply • Temperature
Satellites • > 24,500 objects are in Earth orbit • ~ 560 operational satellites • Many are Earth looking • Weather satellites • Geostationary (GOES) • Polar orbiting • POES • JPSS
Solar radiation reaches Earth surface Finding Fish Using Satellites - 9 California Science Conference 2013 Satellite Educators Association
Surface features reflect solar radiation to remote sensors California Science Conference 2013 Satellite Educators Association Finding Fish Using Satellites - 10
Satellite sends radio signal from remote sensors to Earth station California Science Conference 2013 Satellite Educators Association Finding Fish Using Satellites - 11
AVHRR Weather satellites 1981 – 2002 MODIS on Terra & Aqua since
SEA Surface Temperature Data • Received by NOAA • Processed to Level 1-4… • Used for research and… • Archived by NOAA NODC & NASA PO.DAAC NASA PO.DAAC
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center – Live Access Server Finding Fish Using Satellites - 14
Extension Activities • Access ocean topography image, same data – compare • Use same technique to predict different fish caught from different port • Devise a plan to “ground-truth” the satellite-based SST • Find & process a MODIS image for SST • Devise a plan for determining in which season coastal eddy currents and upwelling are most common • Explore linear relationship between SST and pixel brightness value in Level 3 data
CA Science Content Standards • Grade 6: Ecology – • Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. (e) • Grade 6: Investigation and Experimentation – • Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conduction careful investigations. (b, c) • Grades 9-12: Biology/Life Science - • Stability in an ecosystem is a balance between competing effects. (a, b, c) • Grades 9-12: Investigations and Experimentation – • Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. (a, i)
Contact Information • Pete Arvedson - arvedson@aol.com • Check out lesson plans in Satellite Educators Association (SEA) monthly Newsletter… http://www.SatEd.org • More opportunities to involve students doing research:SEA’s M.Y. S.P.A.C.E.* Program - an international high school collaborative environmental research program using satellite-based data… http://www.calstatela.edu/programs/crest/ *(Multinational Youth Studying Practical Applications of Climatic Events)