Module 1   Case Study NASA Database
Collect station data for Kotzebue! 1. Go to “NASA Database,” available in Module 1 of Study Resources in Investigate of Logistics at PolarHusky.com.
2. Choose Data Set after cleaning/homogeneity adjustment, type the station name Kotzebue and click Search.
This weather station is located by the community of Kotzebue in Alaska. This weather station is chosen because it goes all the way back to 1897 and up until today in 2010.
Student Page 1-7.3c
Student Page 1-7.3c
3. Click on Kotzebue.
4. Below the graph that appears, in the lower left corner select Download monthly data as text.
5. Data is displayed in columns. These are the annual average temperatures in Celsius for the time when recordings are available from this station.
6. Calculate an average for the first 10 years in the record, 1897–1906, and an average for the most recent 10 years in the record, 2001–2010.
Average for 1897–1906: Average for 2001–2010:
Calculate the difference between the two averages:
Convert the average to Fahrenheit (9/5 x ˚C) + 32 = ˚F: