Module 1   Case Study
Your Weather Data Collect Station Data for Your Community Now it is time for you to share: What’s climate change to you?
1. If you are in the United States, instead of using the NASA resource for your climate data, you can use data from the “National Climate Data Center” available in Module 01 of Study Resources in Investigate of Logistics at PolarHusky.com.
2. Click on Cities and select the city closest to your community. 3. In the dialog box select - Data Type: Mean Temperature - First Year to Display: This should be the base period year you calculated in your survey (step 3) - Period: Annual - Last Year to Display: 2010 - Base Period: Type the same year as in “First Year to Display” - Location: Leave as default (this should be the city you selected) - Select the radio button Table and sort by Year Click to submit!
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4. Calculate an average for the first 10 years in the record and an average for the most recent ten years in the record.
Average for first 10 years: Average for most recent 10 years through 2010: Calculate the difference between the two averages: Convert the average to Celsius (9/5 x ˚C) + 32 = ˚F:
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