Title :
K-12 students as ground observers of contrails in support of scientific research
Author :
Chambers, L.H. ; Moore, S.W. ; Fischer, J.D. ; Sepulveda, R. ; Clark, C.
Author_Institution :
NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA
Abstract :
Scientists are very interested in the formation of contrails, both the type and the coverage. To be detected by a satellite-born instrument, the contrail must be of a certain size, which means that some contrails go undetected. The K-12 education community is assisting with the study of contrails by participating in a network of student observers. To provide a venue for student contrail observations, the GLOBE Contrails protocol was developed as part of the GLOBE Atmospheric Science protocols. The first year of observations has provided a rich resource for researcher
Keywords :
Web sites; aerosols; clouds; education; geophysics computing; GLOBE Atmospheric Science protocols; GLOBE Contrails protocol; K-12 education community; K-12 students; contrails ground observer; satellite-born instrument; scientific research; student contrail observations; student observers network; Atmosphere; Clouds; Collaboration; Earth; Ground support; Instruments; NASA; Protocols; Satellites; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370237
