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    Several weather stations installed at UNG

    May 1, 2017
    The weather stations installed at UNG will provide important data for environmental science, geography and geographic information systems classes.

    Article By: Staff

    The University of North Georgia's (UNG) Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis (IESA) purchased five weather station systems for classroom instruction and data mining use.

    Dr. Jamie Mitchem, professor of geography at UNG, believes the study of weather provides an excellent foundation for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education as well as plenty of opportunities for exposing students to topics from a variety of disciplines.

    "Any weather situation, from a few clouds dotting the sky to the most intense hurricane, can turn into a discussion covering everything from algebra to zoology," Mitchem said. 

    Edward Mansouri, founder and CEO of WeatherSTEM, originally created the weather station program to infuse K-12 STEM curriculum with research and live data. He worked closely with UNG to provide a superior system that collects data about the north Georgia region's current weather, weather forecasts and weather notifications, to be used as an educational resource.  

    The system provides an array of public safety features including lightning alerts, severe weather alerts, temperature forecasts, environmental cameras and agricultural monitoring. It also archives past weather and gives weather forecasts for the coming days. The data can be used to teach about atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, and cloud types. 

    The system creates cloud movies, 24-hour time-lapse videos that show the sky conditions for an entire day, in less than a minute. The videos are linked with graphs of temperature, pressure, and dew point, also. 

    Dr. Jeff Turk, director of IESA, believes that students in the IESA program have many opportunities for real-world projects by way of the new weather stations.

    "The weather stations are an important source of data and information for IESA's environmental science, geography and geographic information systems classes. Plus these stations can be an excellent tool to support a variety of research initiatives at UNG," Turk said.  

    At UNG's Blue Ridge Campus, the weather station is highly important because that type of weather data has not been previously collected in that region of the state. 

    The UNG Gainesville Campus weather station is measuring soil moisture to be used by resident biologists to study spatial variations and its impact on different species of plants around the station. The system provides alerts for nearby lightning, strong winds, flooding rains and extreme temperatures. 

    Each station has its own webpage, Facebook page, Twitter handle, and phone number for access to the data from computers or mobile devices.   

    "Additionally, the weather stations are an interesting and valuable source of information for all UNG campuses and our local communities. IESA faculty, staff and students are excited to have access to these significant resources," said Turk. 

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    GIS Day shines light on historical maps

    GIS Day shines light on historical maps

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    IESA gains approval for master's degree

    UNG plans to launch a Master of Science in spatial data and information sciences in fall 2023 after receiving University System of Georgia Board of Regents approval.
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    IESA celebrates 20th anniversary

    On April 21, the Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis at UNG and its more than 100 students will mark the institute's 20th anniversary.
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    Three UNG faculty to deliver commencement speeches

    Faculty members Dr. Katherine Adams, Dr. Timothy May, and Dr. Bryson Payne will be the keynote speakers at the fall 2021 commencement ceremonies at UNG.

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