Homework: NASA Earth Observations for Energy Management

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How can NASA EOs be used as part of efforts to mitigate climate resilience threats? *

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a. Track weather and climate trends using historical data

b. Visualize near real-time physical, climate, and hydro-meteorological parameters

c. Fill gaps in ground-based data

d. Enhance, evaluate, or improve other sources of data or models

e. All of the above

What are benefits of using NASA EOs in energy management? *

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a. Long historical data record in some products

b. Freely available

c. Fine spatial resolution on all products

d. Data available in a variety of formats

e. a, b, and d

What are NASA data visualization tools that can be used for climate resilience projects? *

1 point

a. Worldview

b. Giovanni

c. NASA Disasters Program Flood Dashboard

d. MODIS

e. a, b, and c

What are two challenges in the energy management sector that you recognize based on your own work or experience? *

Do you have ground-based data that you would consider adding to an analysis using NASA EOs for energy management? If so, what kind of data and in what specific application? *

In what ways can you or your organization use NASA EOs to create a more resilient energy supply? *

What are the three user communities that POWER supports? *

1 point

a. Agroclimatology (AG)

b. Sustainable Buildings (SB)

c. Renewable Energy (RE)

d. All of the above

What are the access methods for the POWER Data Archive? *

1 point

a. Data Access Viewer (DAV)

b. Application Programing Interface (API)

c. ArcGIS Image Services

d. All of the above

What is the time span for the current POWER data products? *

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a. Jan 1, 2000 to December 31, 2020

b. Jan 1, 2015 to near real-time within hours

c. Jan 1, 1984 to near real-time within 6-7 days

d. Jan 1, 1984 to December 31, 2000

What temporal averages are available for the POWER data archive? *

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a. Hourly

b. Daily

c. Monthly

d. Annual

e. Climatological

f. All of the above

What NASA projects/missions does NASA POWER provide data from? *

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What other data parameters (including temporal averages) would you be interested in having NASA POWER provide? *

POWER provides customized or “value-added” parameters to support various applications. These parameters include: *

1 point

a. Estimates of tilted solar irradiance

b. Estimates of “black-sky” or “no-sun” days

c. Heating and Cooling Degree Days

d. ASHRAE Building Climate Zones

e. All the above

POWER time series and climatological data products support: *

1 point

a. Feasibility of solar projects and configurations

b. Solar panel system monitoring

c. Building energy performance monitoring

d. Meteorological information useful for building heating and air conditioning system requirements

e. All of the above

POWER GIS web services portal is improved by: *

1 point

a. Working with NASA researchers and collaborators

b. Forming key industry partnerships

c. Working with users

d. All of the above

What other types of energy-related applications do you think POWER might be configured to support in the future? *

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