UCASTER
3 Try It
How to Use the Demo
Browse to any web page and click on the UCASTER icon in the toolbar. This will pop up a mini-portal that may take a while to populate. The UCASTER portal will display keywords from the page, related NSDL links, related tweets, and interactive applications.
This demo focuses on the topic of weather. You will get much more interesting results with pages related to weather or if by using one of the links below.
Disclaimer: This demo is a proof-of-concept. It is not optimized and has undergone limited testing. If you are having trouble, try a different page or take a look at the video.
Sample Content
- Web page about tornados.
- Web page about what causes high pressure.
- Lesson plan about the water cycle.
- PDF file about weather and climate for Death Valley National Park.
- PDF file about cold weather safety
- Google Search on the term jet stream.
UCASTER Portal
Screen shot
The demo portal will return results similar to the image below. For more details on these results and what's going on behind the scenes click Next.