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The Evolution of Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology.
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Kumar, Sameer; Moore, Kevin B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2002
Describes technological advances in the Global Positioning System (GPS), which is also known as the NAVSTAR GPS satellite constellation program developed in 1937, and changes in the nature of our world by GPS in the areas of agriculture, health, military, transportation, environment, wildlife biology, surveying and mapping, space applications, and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Environment, Health, Satellites (Aerospace)
A Remote Sensing Class Exercise To Study the Effects of "El Nino" in South America.
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Moxey, Lucas Eduardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 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…
Descriptors: Climate Change, Computer Uses in Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education
Introducing Real-Time AVHRR-APT Satellite Imagery in the Classroom Environment
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Moxey, Lucas; Tucker, Compton; Sloan, Jim; Chadwick, John – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
A low-cost (US$350) satellite receiving station was assembled and operated within a classroom environment in Gainesville (Florida) on October 2001 for acquiring satellite data directly from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellites. The simplicity of the satellite signal makes this source of real-time satellite data readily…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Classroom Environment, Satellites (Aerospace), Instructional Effectiveness