Summary
(Summary adapted from the S'COOL web site.)

S'COOL - Students' Cloud Observations On-Line - is a project which involves school children in real science. They provide ground truth (calibration) measurements such as cloud cover, type, and height to assist in the validation of the CERES instrument. They can also compare the surface- and space-based observations to learn more about ... clouds and climate.

Qualifications for the project include any primary or secondary school teacher and their class. S'COOL recommends that students be at least 9 - 10 years old, but younger students are welcome if the teacher feels it appropriate. If selected, participants will receive some instructional materials, satellite overpass times, and information necessary for reporting results. Particpating classes record basic weather observations 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 other participating schools. Some satellite observations for matching times will also be captured so that the students and CERES scientists can evaluate the results.

Multimedia Sample

View full image Caption Description:  Satellite Images from NOAA-14 Polar Orbiter, January 16, 1997

Service Citation

Originators: NASA Langley Title: The CERES S'COOL Project Provider: NASA Langley URL: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/

Service Keywords

EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT >CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >ARCHIVING

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD TYPES ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD HEIGHT ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >WATER VAPOR

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System

Service Provider

NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC > Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA Service Organization URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ Service Provider Personnel Name: LEONARD R. MCMASTER Phone: 757-864-5914 Fax: 757-864-5914 Email: l.r.mcmaster at larc.nasa.gov Contact Address: MS 401 NASA Langley Research Center United States City: Hampton Province or State: VA Postal Code: 23681-0001 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Online (WWW) Distribution_Format: HTML

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2000-03-10 SERF Last Revision Date: 2009-07-27

  View Text Only Format