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The CERES S’COOL Project: Bringing Cloud Science and Satellite Data to the K-12 Classroom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
Seminar to NOAA, Feb. 23, 2009
Dr. Lin H. Chambers, NASA Langley Research Center
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S’COOL Project 2National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Objectives
• Present the S’COOL Project
• Explore potential synergies between NASA and NOAA
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S’COOL Project 3National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The CERES S’COOL Project• Began January 1997
• Students' Cloud Observations On-Line
• EPO arm of CERES Project
• Involves school children in real science.
• Provides ground truth measurements to assist in the validation of the CERES instrument.
• Students and scientists
compare the surface- and
space-based observations to
learn more about clouds
and climate.
Chambers et al., June 2003.
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S’COOL Project 4National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Long-Lasting Project
• Jan. 13, 2009
• 12th anniversary of S’COOL
• Global Cloud Observation Day
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S’COOL Project 5National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Website - http://scool.larc.nasa.gov
School-Based
participation
Roving Observers
International
Regular Updates
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S’COOL Project 6National Aeronautics and Space Administration
For Participants - Fixed Sites
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S’COOL Project 7National Aeronautics and Space Administration
When to Observe: Terra/Aqua Overpass
Time varies each day
Observation window is +/- 15 minutes
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S’COOL Project 8National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• 1-page form
• Earth System observation includes:
– Sky
– Surface
– Near-surface air
– Open-ended comments
What to Observe
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S’COOL Project 9National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Database Exploration
Interactiveweb accessto observationdatabase
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S’COOL Project 10National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Friendly Visualization
Browse reports
Or
Download spreadsheet file for analysis
Ties to A-Train satellites
CERES cloud retrieval
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S’COOL Project 11National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Active Interaction
Auto-email notification when satellite data match a ground report.
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S’COOL Project 12National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Educational Data Analysis
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S’COOL Project 13National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Educational Data Analysis - II
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S’COOL Project 14National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Learning Materials
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S’COOL Project 15National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Data Analysis - S. Houser, J. Madigan
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S’COOL Project 16National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Data Analysis - S. Houser, J. Madigan
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S’COOL Project 17National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Data Analysis - S. Houser, J. Madigan
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S’COOL Project 18National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Total events = 301
S’COOL Data Analysis - S. Houser, J. Madigan
Terra-SSF Percent Cloud Cover at Upper Levels
Total events = 2288 Total events = 2714
Total events = 974
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S’COOL Project 19National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Terra - SSFTotal events = 496
Total events = 102
Total events = 337
S’COOL Data Analysis - S. Houser, J. Madigan
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S’COOL Project 20National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Obs for Aqua – SSF Matches (total=11347)
Persistent Contrails Reported 1124
Only Contrails (no cirrus) 338
Only Cirrus (no contrails) 6384
Either Contrails or Cirrus Reported 7519
High Level Clouds
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S’COOL Project 21National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S’COOL Project Results• > 75,000 observations from 49 countries and all 50
states• 45 % from outside the US• > 2,800 registered participants from 70+ countries
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S’COOL Project 22National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New to S’COOL: Roving Observationshttp://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/Rover
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S’COOL Project 23National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New to S’COOL: Roving Observations
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S’COOL Project 24National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A True S’COOL Rover
http://www.aroundtheamericas.com
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The Around the Americas Project (Pacific Science
Center):An Educational
Adventure to Protect Our Ocean Home
June 2009 To
June 2010
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S’COOL Project 25National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA - NOAA Connections
• Future CERES instruments (?)• Other - TBD?
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S’COOL Project 26National Aeronautics and Space Administration