2024 Viva Voce Practical Programming Challenge
Group Practical Task: Earth Data Analysis using
My NASA Data in BETA Test mode
This is your time to shine by applying the skills you've practiced this year. Be prepared to communicate your findings and get ready to troubleshoot. Don't be afraid to innovate and use other tools you know of. Think ahead about how you would take this further. Finally, lean into the challenge, engage your partners, and enjoy the ride!
My NASA Data Staff
Group Task Using My NASA Data Resources: Time Limit - 1 Hour
This task will be completed by participating GDST Space Technology Programme students, during the morning of the conference in mixed school groups. Students have prepared for this task individually during their yearly diploma tutorials, and have submitted a similar task within the requirements of their programming portfolio of tutorial exercises.
Task Instructions:
Our conference practical activity this year will make use of the newly revised My NASA Data Earth System Data Explorer tool. The students will focus on BETA Testing the new interface of this online student tool for accessing satellite data. A supporting video for the tool's new interface development is below.
Click here to download the template for your group practical task. Share the document between members of your group and include each of your names and schools on the first slide
Produce a linear regression visualisation, to predict correlations that work towards monitoring two of the phenomena below (presented in colour pairs)
When using the ESDE tool to generate data your chosen data sets across a time period, you will need to decide on a location. Decide on your location according to how you might anticipate your two chosen phenomena to correlate. In which location on Earth might you find a relationship between the two of them, and why? You may also find it helpful to refer to the relationship matrix slide set below, presenting how other similar examples of comparative data might relate to our planet. These examples may offer insight in the the sort of Earth location to target when downloading your colour-paired data sets from the ESDE:
Monthly Total Cloud Cover
Monthly Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
Monthly Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
Monthly Flow of Energy into Surface by Shortwave Radiation
Monthly Leaf Area Index
Monthly Flow of Energy into Surface by Shortwave Radiation
Monthly Flow of Energy into Surface by Longwave Radiation
Monthly Surface Air Temperature (Land) or Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperature (Ocean)
Monthly Net Flow of Energy towards Earth by Longwave and Shortwave Radiation with Clouds
Monthly Flow of Energy into Surface by Shortwave Radiation or Monthly Surface Air Temperature
After you have produced a visualisation chart with your downloaded and cleaned data, present your interpretation of what the resulting chart means at the end of your task slides
Upload your completed (and named on the first slide!) powerpoint file here for inclusion on to the conference site
Deliver your task slides and final correlation ideas to the panel during your group viva voce
The panel may consider additional scope in group task attempts for resiliency, innovation and dexterity!
My NASA Data Datasets Matrix Relationship.pptxGetting Started with the My NASA Data Earth System Data Explorer
My NASA Data: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/