Dear Educator,
We are enlisting schools and interested groups to participate in a hands-on project relevant to the NASA Earth Science Enterprise. The project is called S'COOL, for Students' Cloud Observations On-Line. Students will make ground truth measurements for the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) experiment. Ground truth measurements are land-based observations to compare with satellite data for the purpose of improving the satellite results.
The S'COOL Project is now in its operational phase. Teachers and others are invited to participate as it best fits with the material they are teaching in the classroom or areas of interest. Occasional Intensive Observing Periods (IOP) will still be announced, during which we would like to receive the most observations possible to contribute to validation of the CERES instrument data (see Website http://scool.larc.nasa.gov).
Participants are asked to make some basic weather observations and to record the type and features of clouds in the sky at the time that the satellite passes over their location. Observations are then, either entered in an online form, emailed, faxed or mailed to NASA for entry into an online database. Students have access to their results as well as those from others participating. Satellite observations for matching times will also be captured so that the participants and CERES scientists can evaluate the results.
Those interested in participating can use our handy On-Line form.
If you have trouble with the form, then try this.
There is no cost involved.
S'COOL is a joint project of the Atmospheric Science Competency, Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC), and Office of Education at NASA's Langley Research Center. Additional information and background materials can be found on the World Wide Web at http://scool.larc.nasa.gov or by request to the address above.
Consider becoming part of our observation team at your location,
The S'COOL Team
S'COOL
What to Observe
Report Form
Glossary