Research Project Ideas and Learning Activities

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Research Project Abstracts

• Urban Microclimates
• Measuring Surface Reflectance
• Surface Reflectance and the Health of Vegetation
• Measuring the Surface Reflectance of Snow
• Monitoring Solar Radiation
• Sky Photography
• Measuring Surface Radiating Temperature
• Investigating IR Radiation from the Night Sky
• Analyzing 30-year climate means
• Looking for Long-Term Changes in Cloudiness
• Looking for "Excess" Insolation on Cloudy Days
• Studying Microclimate Temperature Differences
• Using a Handheld IR Thermometer to Monitor Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
• Effect of Material on Rooftop Reflectivity and Surface Temperature
• Modeling Cloud Cover
• Modeling the Effects of Clouds on Insolation
• Using Meterological Cumulatives to Characterize Sites and Monitor Changes

Activities

• Dealing with missing data
• Comparing instrument calibrations
• An interesting article about students participating in an urban heat island project in Manchester, UK.
• An excellent activity for learning about urban heat islands