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The September/October/November 2023 NASA GLOBE Clouds Quarterly Update is now available! Find out how to sign up for NASA GLOBE Clouds communications in Spanish. Join our GLOBE Observer Connect series on October 5 at 8pm ET to learn about changes in the atmosphere and animal behaviors during an eclipse. Learn how to create a family emergency plan in case of extreme weather. Check out our โGLOBE Clouds by the numbersโ section to see how many observations were made in the last quarter. Meet our expert, GLOBE Clouds Outreach Coordinator Rosalba Giarratano. Finally, learn about extreme heat ...
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Join the NASA GLOBE Clouds team and become GLOBE trained in cloud observations. Learn why clouds are important, how does NASA study clouds, and what are satellite matches. The clouds pacing guides will be used as starting points on how to do cloud observations in your classrooms or educational settings.
Sign up today!
https://www.globe.gov/get-trained/workshops/workshop/jT1U/161501
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Novedades trimestrales de NASA GLOBE Clouds
Diciembre/Enero/Febrero 2022-2023
Las novedades trimestrales de NASA GLOBE Nubes 2022-2023 estรกn disponibles.
Anuncio acerca de NOAA-20
En 2023, serรก posible hacer coincidir tus observaciones satelitales con un nuevo satรฉlite. Obtรฉn mรกs informaciรณn sobre NOAA-20 y cรณmo aumentar la posibilidad de obtener una coincidencia con satรฉlites.
NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE termina en 2022
Despuรฉs de lograr una increรญble cantidad de clasificaciรณn de fotos del cielo, NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE estรก llegando a su fin; sin embargo, puedes conocer ...
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds Quarterly Update is available for winter 2022-23!
NOAA-20 Announcement
In 2023, it will be possible for you to match your satellite observations with a new satellite. Learn more about NOAA-20 and how to increase the chance to get a satellite match.
NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE Ends in 2022
After achieving an incredible number of sky photosโ classification, NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE is coming to an end, but you can learn about its success stories and download its data in this year-end report.
Cloud Observation Tip: Cloud Iridescence
Cloud iridescence occurs ...
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Uno de los momentos mรกs emocionantes al realizar una observaciรณn de nubes es recibir tu correo electrรณnico personalizado de la NASA. El correo electrรณnico incluye datos sobre tu observaciรณn, hora y ubicaciรณn, y los compara con los datos obtenidos por satรฉlites aproximadamente al mismo tiempo y en tu ubicaciรณn.
Comprensiรณn de las tres partes de tu tabla de coincidencias con satรฉlites: general, detallada e imรกgenes
Para cada secciรณn, observa las comparaciones generales entre tu reporte y los datos resultantes. Recuerda, tu punto de vista del cielo (desde el suelo mirando hacia ...
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El equipo de NASA GLOBE Nubes se complace en anunciar la adiciรณn de NOAA-20, un nuevo satรฉlite, a las capacidades de comparaciรณn de satรฉlites. Esto significa que cuando realizas tus observaciones de nubes, pueden coincidir con NOAA-20, pero ยฟquรฉ es NOAA-20?
Todo sobre NOAA-20
NOAA-20, anteriormente conocido como JPSS-1, es uno de los cinco satรฉlites que integrarรกn el Sistema Conjunto de Satรฉlites Polares, o JPSS por las siglas en inglรฉs. Esta constelaciรณn de satรฉlites orbitan uno tras otro a lo largo de la misma trayectoria. Los satรฉlites JPSS giran alrededor de la Tierra de polo ...
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds Quarterly Update is available for September/October/November 2022!
Match to a Million Satellite Matches Celebration
Thanks to you, The GLOBE Program has reached one million satellite observations matched to your cloud reports! Share in the celebration and thank you videos made just for you.
GLOBE Clouds New Satellite Matching: NOAA-20
The NASA GLOBE Clouds team will soon be adding NOAA-20 to our satellite matching capabilities. Learn more about NOAA-20 and updates to the GLOBE Clouds satellite matching schedule.
Meet an Expert: Naudia Graham ...
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CLOUDS
Did you know that clouds can both warm and cool our planet? Keeping an eye on clouds helps NASA study our climate. You can notice some of these changes by just looking at the clouds.
Here are some examples you might have already noticed:
Do all clouds cast shadows? Low thick clouds tend to cast the most shadows. The shadows show you how the cloud is blocking the light from the sun from reaching the ground. This is similar to you placing your hand in front of your eyes when it is too sunny. Your hand is blocking the light from reaching your eyes. This is the same as the ...
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Have you heard there is a new clouds project? It is called NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE. It is a merger of GLOBE Clouds and The Zooniverse online citizen science platform. A one-week pacing guide is now available!
Sky photographs are one of the most requested portions of a GLOBE Clouds observation. This is because there is so much you can do with them. Photographs give scientists the opportunity to be right there with you. Details within a photograph can be used to compare with satellite data, confirm dust or haze observations, and give insight to unique cloud types like ...
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Many protocol-trained GLOBE members may have noticed a recent update to the GLOBE Programโs GLOBE Observer app. The change brings a new look and a new way to submit GLOBE atmospheric measurements. If you were used to entering meteorological conditions in the Cloud Tool, youโll see this option is no longer there. Donโt worry, you can still submit these observations through the Atmosphere Data Entry section. You just need to do a few extra steps to get it all set up. The new update gives you the opportunity to save your favorite or go to observations as a bundle, a step you ...
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Every time you take a cloud observation, the NASA GLOBE Clouds team matches your observation to satellite data. Why do we do this? Your view of clouds is from a different perspective than what is observed from a satellite. Satellites look down at clouds and see the top. When you make your observation, you are looking up towards the sky and seeing the bottom of the clouds. When there is a match, scientists then have a top-down view of clouds from a satellite and a bottom-up view from your spot. When you mix these two views together, you have a more complete picture of the sky. ...
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds team highlights cloud observers Hilde Faฬlun Strรธm (Norway) and Sunniva Sorby (Canada), who created Hearts In The Ice to call attention to all the rapid changes occurring in the polar regions due to the changing climate. These citizen scientists made history last year by being the first women to overwinter solo in the high Arctic. They spent 12 consecutive months without running water or electricity at a remote trappers cabin called โBamsebuโ in Svalbard, Norway. While they were there, they made numerous GLOBE cloud observations as ...
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds team is continuously working with scientists around the world finding ways that cloud observations from citizen scientists impact the most. As we find new ways of using the data, we want to remind you how important each part of your cloud report is to the scientific community. All cloud observations can help with big questions such as the link between clouds and climate. Dr. Patrick Taylor is an atmospheric scientist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In the Clouds and Earthโs Climate video , Patrick discusses how he studies clouds to ...
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Each cloud observation submitted using the GLOBE Observer app or through The GLOBE Program is compared to data from multiple satellites. A satellite match is when satellite data is identified that corresponds to a cloud observation. For orbiting satellites the observation must be within 15 minutes before or after a satelliteโs overpass. Geostationary satellites, like the GOES satellites, are always observing the same location. If you are in the United States, you are likely to get a satellite match to a GOES satellite. These satellites are sending data every 15 minutes. As long ...
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds team at NASA Langley Research Center is working with NASA scientist Dr. Bill Smith to use GLOBE Cloud observations made by people just like you to solve the Terminator Problem!
Wait, what? Well, the Solar Terminator or twilight zone is that line that separates the daylit side of a planet from the dark night side. The image on the left is an example. It was taken from the International Space Station as it crossed the terminator on April 17, 2019 as it orbits 254 miles above the Gulf of Guinea on Africaโs mid-western coast.
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INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)
Scientists are wondering what is happening over Antarctica and where are the noctilucent clouds. Noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds are the highest occurring cloud types (form about 50 miles or 80 Km above the Earth's surface). They form in the Mesosphere and are thin clouds made up of ice crystals that form from left over fine dust from meteors. Because they are so high up in the sky, you see them when the sun is low or almost nighttime. The form during the summer months over the north and south poles. That is when it is coldest that high up in the sky ( in the mesosphere ...
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Santa Fe Indian School Cafรฉ Scientifique presents Marilรฉ Colรณn Robles, a NASA scientists to share how you can become a citizen scientist and help NASA
Learn how to do cloud observations with: Marilรฉ Colรณn Robles, Project Scientist for NASA Globe Clouds
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Cafรฉ Descriptio n:
Marilรฉ Colรณn Robles, Project Scientist for NASA GLOBE Clouds Science Systems and Applications, Inc. will be presenting information about cloud and aerosol data that NASA uses and how you as a citizen scientist can help in the collection of this data.
Please register to the event ...
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Two weeks ago, I attended the ESRI Ocean, Weather and Climate (OWC) Forum. This Forum featured over 30 speakers across two half-days in the forms of lightning talks, keynote speakers and software demos. It was illuminating to see such a wide range of uses and projects with ESRIโs ArcGIS software within the Ocean, Weather and Climate realms. The demos shared some advanced mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) opportunities within the ArcGIS Pro software. ArcGIS Pro is ESRIโs desktop paid application and has a ...
septiembre/octubre/noviembre 2020
Nuevos recursos disponibles
Gracias a nuestra comunidad de nubes, el reto comunitario de nubes 2020 fue un gran รฉxito al mostrar cรณmo la ciencia es mejor juntos. Recibimos excelentes fotografรญas y obras de artes de los participantes, algunas de las cuales se destacaron en el video de agradecimiento.
Si no pudistes participar del reto o quieres seguir trabajando en รฉl, visita la pรกgina de la guรญa para familias de nubes GLOBE para obtener los recursos. Encontrarรกs vรญdeos sobre la ciencias de nubes (inglรฉs) y ...
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September/October/November 2020
Cloud Challenge Resources Available
Thanks to our cloud community, the 2020 Community Cloud Challenge was a great success showing how Science is Better Together! We received some great photos and artwork from participants, some of which were highlighted in the thank you video .
If you missed the challenge or want to keep working on it, visit the GLOBE Clouds Family Guide page for the resources. You will find videos about the Science of Clouds and the Family Cloud Challenge page with a Choice ...
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