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 N.A.O. Content-related links:

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/programs/index.html
From here, Martin Visbeck's web site about NAO can be accessed for additional information and material for further investigation. There are also nice links to other sites. 

http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/cag/NAO/index.html
David B. Stephenson, one of the leading investigators of NAO, has created a comprehensive "thematic web site." Excellent resource for teachers and students seeking more information.

http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/descriptions/.nao.html
Charts and data from LDEO's data set collection--excellent for developing student investigations.

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~cullen/NAO_figures.html
Heidi Cullen's web site has lots of colorful diagrams and information, some included in the NAO brochure.

http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/nao.htm
This page presents data for Iceland, Gibraltar, and the Azores that might be used to develop computer-based student projects.

http://tao.atmos.washington.edu/data_sets/nao
This is another web page with data and information that can provide useful material for student investigations.

http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/
The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction has some of he best information on the web about El Nino and related areas.

http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/topex/kids/
This site contains many activities about satellite observation geared to elementary school students. It was created by the Texas Space Grant Consortium.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides very useful information about TOPEX/Poseidon and other astronomy education topics. Teachers can obtain additional copies of the CDs and other educational materials from http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/tecd.html

Curriculum Ideas:

EXAMPLES of Air-Sea questions by Dr. Michael Passow

"Visit to an Ocean Planet" (view the PowerPoint presentation courtesy of JPL) (view the HTML version)

Here are some examples of projects that use Real-time Data, developed by the Steven's Institute, that you could participate in or get ideas from:

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