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Please see attached 2 problems.  The reading sea level graphs goes with internet problem 5.  As before, all instructions and links to the answers can be found within the documents.  

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Internet Problem 4 – Geography, Weather, and Climate
Part 1 of this Internet Problem is designed to investigate the impact of geography on weather
and climate by comparing the weather and climate of San Francisco and Denver. Part 2 involve
looking at GEOS weather satellite data for the region in which you live.
Part 1: Go to the NOAA Earth System Research Lab Climate Webpage:
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/usclimate/state.pl?lane=fast&state=CA
A) Choose San Francisco and answer the following questions:
What is the latitude of San Francisco?
What is the elevation of San Francisco?
Review the annual climate data for San Francisco and answer the flowing questions:
What is the range in annual temperatures (include highest temperature and lowest
temperature)?
What type of precipitation dominates (rain or snow)?
B) Now look at the climate page for Colorado and select Denver
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/usclimate/state.pl?lane=fast&state=CO
What is the latitude of Denver?
What is the elevation of Denver (mile-high city)?
Review the annual climate data for Denver:
a) What is the range in annual temperatures (include highs and lows)?
b) What type of precipitation dominates (rain or snow)?
C) Compare the annual climate dates from San Francisco and Denver, and refer to chapter 5 in
the text book:
a) Are the temperature ranges for both cities similar?
b) Do both cities share similar pattern of precipitation?
c) Both cities are at approximately the same latitude, and although the elevations of the cities
differ what might be another explanation for the difference in climate in both cities?
Explain your reasoning:
Part 2: GEOS Weather Satellite Data
The data at this page is from the GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) . GEOS is a series
geostationary weather satellites operated by NOAA. The GOES Program maintains 2
geostationary satellites operating in conjunction to provide observational coverage of 60% of
the Earth.

Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Image

During the day, look at the latest water vapor, visible image, and infrared image satellite data
for North America. Zoom into the area that you live.
a)
Where do you live (generally)?
b)
What is the date?
c) How does the pattern of water vapor shown in the image reflect the weather that you are
experiencing today (outside your window)?
(If you do not live in the bay area – go to http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ and scroll
down to GOES East Full Disk Pictures and/ or Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Composite
or go to http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The latest NOAA Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite was launched in February 2009.
Internet Problem 5: Local and Global Tides
Go to NOAA Tide and Current Prediction Page: Keep track of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and
LDT (Local Time). I prefer you collect your data in metric units. (Note: at the individual station
page you can change the time and units at the bottom of the page).
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
or
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html
or
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/map/
Note: In the past, some students had difficulty accessing the NOAA website. Try these three
options and use the one that works best for you. If you cannot access any of these websites try
searching the station names. I suggest you complete this assignment earlier in the week, to
avoid last minute frustrations.
A) Pier 21, Galveston TX- Station Number 8771450
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8771450
Select: Tide and Water Levels
Date: __________________________
What is the time and elevation of high and low tide?
How many high tides and low tides per day?
High tide – time and height___________________
Low tide – time and height __________________
Tidal range__________________
Hint: tidal range is the different in elevation between the daily highest tide and daily
lowest tide.
B) San Francisco Bay- Station Number 9414290:
Date: __________________________
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=9414290
What is the time and elevation of high and low tide?
How many high tides and low tides per day?
High tide – time and height___________________
Low tide – time and height __________________
Tidal range__________________
Hint: tidal range is the different in elevation between the daily highest tide and daily
lowest tide.
C) Eastport, Maine- Station Number 8410140:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8410140
The Bay of Fundy is located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: The Eastport
Maine Tidal Station is located at the southern edge on the bay mouth. This Bay of
Fundy because of its unique geographic location and topographically restricted bay
mouth has the highest tidal range in the world.
Date: __________________________
What is the time and elevation of high and low tide per day?
How many high tides and low tides?
High tide – time and height___________________
Low tide – time and height __________________
Tidal range__________________
Hint: tidal range is the different in elevation between the daily highest tide and daily
lowest tide.
D) Draw some comparison between location and timing of tide along these three
coastlines. Explain how the geographic location, ocean basin, the geometry of the
shorelines might affect the varying tidal patterns at these three locations.
Additional locations to investigate (not required):
Other global locations with unique tidal patterns are:
Cook Straits, New Zealand
The English Channel
Anchorage Alaska
See NOAA Estuaries
It seems like you are figuring out how to read the graphs.
Use predicted curve when that is all you have available and preliminary curve when it is available.
Preliminary reading are made in real time and are uncorrected, they will be corrected later and
become verified.
You will be asked to compare predicted and preliminary. Preliminary is an actual reading.
The curves on the graph are showing the variance in sea level. See the scale on the right and left to
read the variance.
In the curve below: the maximum point of the curve (going up) is the high tide (around 2.4 feet above
mean sea level) , the minimum point (going down) is the low tide (around -.1 feet from mean sea
level)

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