Community-based Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) Risk Education: The SunWise Program Handbook |
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Page 1 - Engineers (COE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Geological Survey (USGS). In 1971 the COE published an inventory of the nation's coastlines in "A Report on the National Shoreline Study.
Page 11 - The pigmentation is not uniform. Shades of tan, brown and black are present. Dashes of red, white and blue add to the mottled appearance. ^^^^^fr^" Border Irregularity The edges are ragged, notched or blurred.
Page 28 - ... within your resource and time constraints. Questions to consider when selecting products include: • How much information does your audience really need to have? How much does your audience need to know now? The simplest, most effective, most straightforward product generally is most effective. • Is the product likely to appeal to the target audience? How much time will it take to interact with the product? Is the audience likely to make that time? • How easy and cost-effective will the...
Page 29 - ... effective. • Is the product likely to appeal to the target audience? How much time will it take to interact with the product? Is the audience likely to make that time? • How easy and cost-effective will the product be to distribute or, in the case of an event, organize? • How many people is this product likely to reach? For an event, how many people are likely to attend? • What time frame is needed to develop and distribute the product? • How much will it cost to develop the product?...
Page 63 - Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy.
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Page 64 - ... viscosity, • stability, • heat mass transfer rates, • entropy, • refractive index, • surface tension, • toxicity, and • flammability. 2.7 Stratospheric Ozone Layer Here, we explain some very important definitions and names before going into details. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths shorter than visible light. The sun produces UV, which is commonly split into three bands known as UVA, UVB, and UVC: • UVA. This is a band of...
Page 29 - ... likely to attend? • What time frame is needed to develop and distribute the product? • How much will it cost to develop the product? Do you have access to the talent and resources needed for development? • What other related products are already available? Can you build on existing products? • When will the material be out of date? (You probably will want to spend fewer resources on products with shorter lifetimes.) • Would it be effective to have distinct phases of products over time?...
Page 34 - However, it's not likely that school children will be engaged by this level of detail. When developing outreach products, be sure to consider any special needs of the target audience. For example, if your community has a substantial number of people who speak litde or no English, you will need to prepare communication materials in their native language. The rest of this section contains...
Page 34 - As you develop communication materials for a specific audience, remember to consider what the audience members are already likely to know, what you want them to know, and what they are likely to understand. Then tailor your information accordingly. Provide only information that will be valuable and interesting to the target audience. For example, environmentalists in your community might be interested in why dissolved oxygen levels are important to aquatic life.