Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Interpretation of Real-Time Weather and Climate Data for Spherical Displays","University of Maryland / Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-M)","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080013,"$158,250","Phillip Arkin",Maryland,"College Park","Prince George's",MD04,"38.98539, -76.9395","2010-11-01T00:00:00 - 2015-10-31T00:00:00","The Interpretation of Real-time Weather and Climate for Spherical Displays (EarthNow) project utilizes the Science on a Sphere (SOS) Network to enable meaningful interpretation of real-time weather and climate data by museum docents and visitors viewing SOS exhibits nationwide. The project will generate and provide real-time NOAA weather, climate and ocean data to the SOS Network along with appropriate training for docents. It will also provide data interpretation summaries, data discussions and concise talking points on a regularly updated blog. This project is being implemented by a collaborative team of two weather and climate centers of NOAA/NESDIS: the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), in association with the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, the I.M. Systems Group, and the Maryland Science Center.","Maryland Science Center, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) Chicago, University of Wisconsin–Madison / Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), National Maritime Center (TNMC) Nauticus Museum, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Grand Canyon Visitor Center, Space Foundation, NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory"