Chart the path of hurricanes from satellite images. Analyze the imagery using image processing software to discover tropical cyclone characteristics. Discover the weather patterns of a major storm and predict the direction and damage possible from a tropical cyclone. Apply these skills to current, or recent, severe storms with your research team. Update to include Hurricane Maria thatr swept over Puerto Rico as a Category 5 in September 2017.<
Relevant Disciplines: | Chemistry Earth & Space Science Physics |
Grade Level: | 7-12 |
Adaptable to Other Grades: | No |
Time Required (class periods): | 1-3 |
Prerequisites: | Basic ImageJ skills (optional) |
Additional Resources Available: | Yes |
Next Generation Science Standards addressed in this lesson:
MS-PS4-3
MS-ESS2-5
MS-ESS3-2
HS-PS4-2
HS-ESS2-2
HS-ESS3-1
Lesson Resources for Tracking Hurricanes from Space | |
File Type/Link | Description |
Animated gif | Katia_Stack_HUIR.gif - Stacked images of Hurricane Katia for use with ImageJ, 14.3 MB |
Image-gif | Dry_Line.gif - GOES satellite image showing dry line, 172 KB |
Image-png | Emilia.png - GOES satellite image of Eastern Pacific showing Hurricanes Daniel and Emilia, Tropical Storm Fabio, 810 KB |
Animated gif | Maria_Stack_HUIR.gif - Stacked images of Hurricane Maira for use with ImageJ, 7.0 MB |
Document-text | Katia_Data.txt - Hurricane Katia data in text file format, 2 KB |
Image-tif | Track_Chart.tif - Hurricane tracking chart from NOAA, 528 KB |
Zip Archive | Resources.zip - Zipped archive containing all 6 image and data files above, 21.6 MB |
Zip Archive | Maria-296.zip - Zipped archive containing 296-slice animated GIF stack of Hurricane Maria & data file for use with ImageJ, 55.0 MB |
Zip Archive | Maria-150.zip - Zipped archive containing 150-slice animated GIF stack of Hurricane Maria & data file for use with ImageJ, 27.8 MB |
Zip Archive | Maria-38.zip - Zipped archive containing 38-slice animated GIF stack of Hurricane Maria & data file for use with ImageJ, 6.8 MB |