Contrail Formation in Southeastern Michigan 12th Grade https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=66666491&threadId=66671571 2026-05-02T08:41:40Z 2026-05-02T08:41:40Z Eslam Khair https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=66666491&messageId=66671570 2020-05-08T21:51:39Z 2020-05-08T21:49:30Z

<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Project Title:</span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong></strong>Contrail Formation in Southeastern Michigan<br /></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">School Name: </span></span></strong><a href="https://www.globe.gov/web/crestwood-high-school"><span style="font-family: Arial">Crestwood High School<br /></span></a><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Teacher Name: </span></span></strong><a href="https://www.globe.gov/web/drjohns"><span style="font-family: Arial">Diana Rae Johns<br /></span></a><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Student Name: </span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial">Noor Abu-Rus Zaharaa Altwaij<br /></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Grade Level: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial">Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)<br /></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Project Description: </span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Contrail Formation in Southeastern Michigan with Potential Regional and Global Impacts<br /></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial"><strong>Abstract: </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial">This research attempted to determine the extent to which contrails formed by planes flying at high altitudes are affected by the presence or absence of large bodies of water such as the Great Lakes. Contrails are anthropogenic clouds that appear as streaks in the sky following the condensation of aircraft engine exhaust on aerosols at the cloud, higher altitudes found in the atmosphere where many aircrafts fly. Near daily cloud observations from August 2019 through February 2019 were made using GLOBE Cloud protocols and then the data was uploaded to GLOBE via the NASA-GLOBE Cloud Observer App and/or through direct data entry. This data was then compared with NASA satellite images using the information emailed to the researchers from LaRC-GLOBE-Clouds@mail.nasa.gov. Crestwood High School contrail data was then analyzed with data that other schools uploaded using the GLOBE Visualization System. The analyzed data showed that contrail formation was strongly correlated with cold upper altitude temperatures (as shown in satellite images).<br /></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Protocols: </span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Clouds<br /></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Language:</span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">  English<br /></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial">Presentation Poster: </span></span></strong><a href="https://www.globe.gov/documents/10157/35586e98-ebe2-47e4-a57f-39930b133666"><span style="font-family: Arial">View Document<br /></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10px;"></span></span></span>Report Page: <a href="https://www.globe.gov/do-globe/research-resources/student-research-reports/projectdetail/globe/contrail-formation-in-southeastern-michigan-with-potential-regional-and-global-impac-1">Link</a>

Eslam Khair 2020-05-08T21:49:30Z