Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Earth Science, Technology, Weather and Climate, Remote Sensing, Satellites
Type
Mobile Apps
Learn about the satellites that monitor extreme weather and climate change in this immersive Augmented Reality (AR) app. Users are challenged to complete a series of missions, which start with an interactive journey into space to see the satellites orbiting Earth and view their instruments up close. See how the satellite instruments work, how they transmit data from space to a system of ground stations on Earth, and end with a personalized weather forecast. Learn about the electromagnetic spectrum and how the satellites see. And explore the powerful weather events and dazzling weather phenomena that they observe across our planet.
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