Gap and Thin Spot Analysis Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN, cleanet.org)

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1 Gap and Thin Spot Analysis Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN, cleanet.org) This gap and thin spot analysis of educatial resources in the CLEAN collecti (cleanet.org) is based key terms and topical vocabularies that outline the breadth of climate science and energy awareness. The list of topics was developed, tested and refined by CLEAN team members in collaborati with the NOAA climate office. September 0 Total number of educatial resources in the CLEAN collecti addressing the listed topics listed in bold. In parenthesis the number of resources at different grade s (middle school, high school, college ). System Global Energy Balance Orbital Cycles (,0,) (,0,) (,,) Lg-term Cycles (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (0,0,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) ok Solar Radiati Seass (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,)

2 Atmospheric Compositi Greenhouse Effect Atmospheric Circulati (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) Greenhouse Gases (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) Aerosols (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) ok Evoluti of ? if we have Atmosphere time (,0,0) (,,0) (,,) (,,) Ok (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,0) Hadley Cells Ok Ocean and Feedbacks Coreolis Effect Heat Capacity of Water Thermohaline Circulati Thermal Expansi (,,0) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,0,) Albedo (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) 0 0 ok 0 (,,) (,0,0) 0 0 Ok (,,) (,,0) 0 (,0,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) ok

3 Deforestati (,,) 0 (,,) (,,) Gap Water Cycle Carb Cycle Regial s Compared to Weather Biogeochemical Processes Sources and Sinks (,,) (0,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,0) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) Causes of Change Cyclical and Natural Changes 0 (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) El Nino, La Nina, 0 ENSO (,0,) (,,) (,,) (,,) Other Oscillatis Gap - PDO, AO etc

4 Volcanic Eruptis (,0,0) (,0,0) 0 (,0,0) Solar Output Variability (,0,0) (,0,0) 0 (,0,0) Check tag otherwise gap gap Anthropogenic Changes Seasal Variability Lg-term Variability (Such as Milankovitch cycles, Snowball Earth) Greenhouse Gas Emissis (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) (,,) Land Use Changes (,0,) 0 (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) Thin spot or tagging error Measuring and Modeling Data Measurements and Observatis 0 (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) Proxy Data (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,0,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (,0,) (,,) (,,0) (,,0)

5 Global Modeling Paleoclimate Records Projectis Recstructis Scenario Development (,0,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) (0,,) (,,) 0 0 ok (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) (0,,) (,,) Impacts of Change Sea Level Rise 0 Extreme Weather Ecosystem Changes Heavy Precipitati/Floods Heat Waves Drought Hurricanes (,,0) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,0,) (,,) 0 (,0,) (,,) 0 (,,) (,,) (,,0) 0 0 (,,) 0 (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,0) 0 (,,) (,,0) 0 (,,) (,,) (,,0) Gap gap gap Gap

6 Plants and Animals Melting Ice and Permafrost (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) Ocean Warming / Acidificati Availability of Water Resources Agricultural Changes / Food Security Natial Security Public Health Ecomic Impacts (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (0,0,) (,0,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (,,) ok Gap viz (e.g. billi dollar disaster NOAA) Human Respses to Change 0 (0,00,) (,,) (,,) (,,)

7 Mitigati Strategies Adaptati Strategies Risk Management Persal Respsibility Emissis Reducti Carb-free Energy Land Use Changes Carb Capture and Storage Retrofitting Infrastructure New Infrastructure Social Innovati (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (0,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,0) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 0 (,0,0) (,0,0) 0 (,,) (,,) (,0,0) 0 (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) thin thin Thin Not right subtopics? Not right subtopics? Not right subtopics? College ccept discuss in future iterati

8 Nature of Science Process of Science Comm Miscceptis (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,0,) (0,,) (,,) 0 (,,) 0 0 Create catalog record for teaching about pages Energy Use Fossil Fuels Nuclear Energy Solar Energy Wind Energy Other Alternatives Efficiency and Cservati Carb Capture and Storage (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,0) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) 0 0 (,,) (0,,) (,0,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (0,,) (0,,0) (0,,) (,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (,,0)

9 Usage Trends 0 Energy Policy Energy Infrastructure 0 (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) 0 (0,,) (0,,) (0,,) (,,) (,,) (,,) (,,)