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Cadets from the Wisconsin Wing - Great Lakes Regions
observing the sky.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley Research Center. These observations help ...
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For my (Area of Interest) AOI project I collected my 37 points using
GLOBE observer, google maps, and a grid creator. These tools made
collecting my data points a lot easier.
To start I plotted where all my AOI points would be based on a
central point. Using CVS and GeoJson files I was able to get all 37
AOI points in that area. When choosing a center point for your grid
you should consider things that will affect your ability to take
photos before placing your center point. Originally I had placed my
AOI points in West Bloomfield but due to the large amount of private ...
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The Problem
You've got a list of AOI coordinates. Google Maps will show them
to you, but it won't tell you the best order to visit them. If
you’ve got more than a few points, this becomes a mess—guesswork,
wasted time, and unnecessary backtracking.
We need a tool that will plan the most efficient route for us
instead of figuring things out ourselves. That’s what this does,
here’s how:
The Solution
This problem is a textbook example of the classic Traveling
Salesman Problem (TSP): How can we find the shortest route
that visits each ...
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EARTH AS A SYSTEM
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EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Kansas Wing cadets making
observations.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley Research Center. These observations help validate
satellite data and ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Riverside Composite Squadron
Heraldry Oklahoma Wing (SWR-OK-092) Cadets gathering and
recording data.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Cadet C/SRA Wall taking photo of aircraft pointed out by SM
Palermo of St. George Composite Squadron Utah Wing (RMR-UT-051).
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS