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By Marile Colon Robles, posted Nov 22, 2019 3:03:23 PM

The GLOBE Fall Cloud Observation Challenge brought in more than 45,000 observations from citizen scientists in more than 17,000 locations in 93 countries on every continent — including Antarctica. This influx of cloud observations is super helpful to NASA scientists who work with geostationary satellites and the suite of satellite instruments known as the Clouds and the Earth's Energy Radiant System (CERES). By comparing geostationary and CERES observations from a particular area to data submitted by citizen scientists, scientists can differentiate between wispy cirrus clouds and ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   OTHER   COMPETITIONS   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE @ES   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EVALUATION WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   VIDEO   IOPS   REGIONS   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Student Research Reports: STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   Teacher's Guide: TIME REQUIREMENTS   STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS   GRADE LEVELS   DOCUMENT TYPES   LANGUAGES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

Purple Skies observed Dallas, TX on October 27, 2019. Purple skies during sunsets and sunrises ( blog explaining science ) have been observed by our GLOBE participants! Thank you to all those sending in their observations and participating of the Fall Clouds Challenge !    Educator Angie Rizzi , part of the Science Education team at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, created this lesson for teachers who want to use this event to talk about aerosols and sky color. The activity incorporates the Elementary GLOBE Sky Observers activity with ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   OTHER   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE @ES   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   IOPS   REGIONS   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Student Research Reports: STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   Teacher's Guide: TIME REQUIREMENTS   STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS   GRADE LEVELS   DOCUMENT TYPES   LANGUAGES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS