Concept information
Preferred term
SPARCE
Definition
- The Schools of the Pacific Rainfall Climate Experiment (SPaRCE) is a cooperative field project involving local meteorological services, elementary, middle school, high school, college, and trade school students from various Pacific islands, atolls, and the U.S. The SPaRCE program (headquartered at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma) began in January 1993 with only a handful of Pacific schools. Since its implementation, the project has quickly grown. There are currently over 160 schools from approximately 22 different countries enrolled. Goals of the SPARCE Program: 1. Increase the number of rain gauges, as well as other meteorological instrumentation, across the Pacific and incorporate collected observations into a comprehensive Pacific database to be used for climate research purposes 2. Foster interest and increase the awareness among students and teachers of the need for cooperation among different nations in investigating potential climate change 3. Educate students and teachers about the importance of rainfall (particularly in the Pacific region) to climate studies 4. Provide the students and teachers with an opportunity to make a major contribution to the global climate research effort by collecting and analyzing Pacific meteorological data 5. Foster scientific and cultural exchange between students from different countries For more information, link to "http://www.evac.ou.edu/sparce/" [Summary provided by SPARCE] (en)
Broader concept
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URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/7012c628-9aeb-49b0-aed0-3d97b42cd360
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