The Ozone Hole Tour
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| Audience/Grade: | 5th Grade - College Freshman |
| Discipline(s): |
Earth Sciences Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Learning Resource Type: | Teaching - Laboratory/Experiment/Field Activity |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University |
| Publisher(s): | University of Cambridge, Chemistry Department - Centre for Atmospheric Science, Digital Library for Earth System Education |
| Description: | The Ozone Hole Tour is divided into four sequential parts. This media-rich site makes good use of maps, videos, and computer simulations to convey measurement and observation of the Antarctic ozone hole. Part I covers the history in detection of the ozone hole, the nature and formation of ozone, the general nature of the ozone hole, and current governmental measures intended to reduce ozone depletion. Part II details recent ozone loss over Antarctica with emphasis on satellite measurements. Part III explores the chemistry and meteorological phenomena associated with ozone loss. Lastly, Part IV presents chemical modeling efforts at the University of Cambridge. In addition to the various visualization media, certain terminology throughout the four sections is linked to an online glossary. Finally, a reference list [found under More Info on the main page] contains links to sites related to ozone measurement, general ozone information, environmental groups and campaigns, relevant institutions, and the Scientific Visualization Studio at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). |
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| Keywords: | Ozone layer, Global warming, Atmospheric science, Environmental science, Earth science, Environmental engineering |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: | The best approach is to follow Parts I, II, III and IV in sequence as there are some terms and information described in the early sections that are referred to in the later sections. However, if you just want to 'dip in', that's fine. Each section is not very long and is broken down into various subsections for clarity. The Glossary Doubtless some of the terms and words used might be unfamiliar. For this reason, we provide a 'glossary' which can be found on the buttons on the bottom of the each page of the tour. Also, key terms and phrases in the text are linked to explanations in the glossary. If you click on these phrases, you open the glossary at that phrase. The glossary opens in a separate window so that you can keep it for reference whilst you read the Ozone Tour. |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Interactivity Level: | Medium |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | 2001 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/index.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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