US Colonial Era Data Study

Project Leader

John Buchanan (FCAS; NY John.Buchanan@ISO.com)

Ralph Archbold (CSP, CPAE; PA www.ben1776.com)

Dr Philip Brohan (Met Office Hadley Centre via ACRE, UK)

Gil Compo (Research Scientist, CDC CIRES/NOAA-ESRL,University of Colorado at Boulder, CO)

James Fleming (Professor, Colby College, ME

Eric Freeman (Meteorologist, NOAA-NCDC, NC)

Dr Stuart Green (Clinical Professor, University of California-Irvine, CA)

Tom Knutson (Research Meteorologist, NOAA-GFDL, NJ)

Richard Kurtz (Science Teacher, Commack High School, NY)

Student Climate Research Campaign - GLOBE (Boulder, CO)

The Colonial Era Data Study is a wide ranging educational based climate change research project. This research combines the areas of history, mathematics/statistics, Earth science, computer/data visualization, and global communication. For Phase 1, we created a YouTube video starring Ralph Archbold as Ben Franklin, demonstrating the relevance and value of colonial era records in the modern analysis of climate change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_LayE_wirI.  

A description of Phase 2 of CEDS, expanding these concepts to middle and high school students, is contained in this YouTube video produced in Calgary at the August 2010 GLOBE annual conference http://www.youtube.com/user/globeprogram#p/a/u/2/PzjZ2xdWfC0

Additional information is contained in the Comments description below, along with various relevant links.