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Climate Literacy
This Animation builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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Energy Literacy
This Animation builds on the following concepts of Energy Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- Could be incorporated into a discussion of where wind power might be most effectively implemented in the US.
- Students could be assigned certain cities to focus on and identify the wind patterns.
- Educator can access the archive animations and have students compare and contrast different days and events.
About the Content
- Surface wind data comes from NOAA's National Digital Forecast Database. Map shows near-term forecasts revised once per hour.
- Resource includes caveat that map is a "personal art project."
- The Gallery section shows some wind maps from recent hurricanes.
- Comments from expert scientist: This is a very aesthetically-appealing representation of surface wind data based on forecasts. The data shown in this visualization have been spatially-smoothed in a way that is not transparently explained. It is very difficult to determine what resolution forecast data went into this map, and what resolution could be inferred.
