COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources WEBSITES

Our Speaker Dr. Terence (Terry) Kubar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Kubar/

Water and Carbon Cycles http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/COSE/WaterCarbon/index.cfm (part of the Climate, Oceans and Solid Earth Surfaces group in the JPL Science Division)

CloudSat information CloudSat Home page http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/

CloudSat overview http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/main/index.html

“CloudSat: Looking Inside Clouds” streaming video http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/on_demand_video.html?param=/mov/14 6890main_03-27-06cloudsat- 320cc.mov&_id=78572&_title=CloudSat%3A%20Looking%20Inside%20Clouds&_tnima ge=146889main_clouds-th.jpg

CloudSat Art Gallery including: The Story of Clouds, Clouds and Culture, Cloud Classification http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/cloud_art

Photographs, images, etc. from NASA with anything to do with CloudSat http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/view/all/what/CloudSat

Google Maps Cloudsat Browser! CloudSat/MODIS Joint Atmosphere Map Browser http://meteo04.chpc.utah.edu/cgi-bin/cloudsat/browser/gmap.pl

CloudSat Data Processing Center http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/

Articles about the CloudSat mission “Graeme Stephens describes satellite's look at Earth's water cycle” (90 second EarthSky interview) AUDIO and script http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/earth/graeme-stephens-describes-satellites- look-at-earths-water-cycle COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources “CloudSat: How Clouds Relate to Climate” Space Today Online: Covering Space from Earth to the Edge of the Universe, © 2004 http://www.spacetoday.org/Satellites/TerraAqua/CloudSatStory.html

“CloudSat to Revolutionize Study of Clouds and Climate” Science Daily, May 4, 1999 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990504070907.htm

“First Images from NASA’s CloudSat have Scientists Sky High” PR/Newswire, 6 June 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/529606/first_images_from_nasas_cloudsat_ha ve_scientists_sky_high/index.html

“NASA’s CloudSat Snaps 3D Weather” by Lester Haines, The Register (UK), 7 June 2006 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/07/cloudsat_images/

Cloud Identification Charts, Classification, Atmosphere diagrams Cloud Atlas with simple schematics from Bob Houze at the University of Washington http://www.atmos.washington.edu/Atlas/index.html

A very simple cloud schematic with some definitions http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/clouds/

NASA/NOAA Cloud Chart: Introduction to Clouds With tips on cloud identification, cloud quiz, dichotomous cloud key, online cloud chart http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/cloud_chart/ cloud type tutorial (video/animation) http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html one page cloud chart to print in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/Cloud_ID.php

NOAA/NWS and NASA’S Sky Watcher Chart front and back Newer version: www.nws.noaa.gov/os/brochures/cloudchart.pdf Older version: www.arh.noaa.gov/brochures/docs/CloudChart.pdf

Layers of the earth’s atmosphere, UCAR Windows to the Universe www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/images/stratosphere_diagra m_big_jpg_image.html&fr=t start here to explore the UCAR site on the atmosphere from the beginning: www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/overview.html&fr=t COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources Cloud Basics to Cloud Microphysics How Big Is a Cloud? (Earthwatch Radio script, 2006) It might seem simple to look up in the sky and see how cloudy it is. But the closer you look, the harder it gets. http://ewradio.org/program.aspx?ProgramID=4199

NASA: The Role of Clouds http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/rolecld.html with simple diagram of the earth’s heat budget http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/cloudeffects.jpg

Claire Parkinson discusses uses of the Aqua satellite data, 2009 www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/earth/claire-parkinson-uses-aqua-satellite-to-view- whole-earth

Primer on clouds, including formation mechanisms, cloud types, and precipitation www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/teachers_guides/module7_clouds_e.html#cbasic

Cloud microphysics professor at the University of Washington www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood

Clouds, weather, climate, and climate change Climate VS. Weather: What’s the difference? EPA For Kids: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html NCAR & UCAR: http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/

Bruce Wielicki on clouds and Earth's energy balance http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/earth/bruce-wielicki-on-clouds-and-earths- energy-balance

Ilan Koren on smoke and clouds over the Amazon http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/earth/ilan-koren-on-smoke-and-clouds- over-the-amazon

“Norman Loeb studies clouds' effect on Earth's climate” (both 90 second & 8 minute versions of the EarthSky interview) AUDIO and script http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/earth/norman-loeb-studies-clouds-effect-on- earths-climate-low-b

Global Warming FAQs by Steve Sherwood (Prof of Physical Meteorology & Atmospheric Climate Dynamics at the Climate Change Research Centre at The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia) http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/staff/profiles/sherwood/ClimateFAQ.html COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources Lesson Plans, Curricula & Teaching Tools How are clouds formed? (from NASA) Background: http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/s_cloudsForm.html Lesson plan: http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/s_cloudsForm_a.html Video! http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/videos/s_cloudsForm_H.html

How do clouds form? Education World lesson http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp030.shtml

Earth’s energy budget lesson from NOAA for high school: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/lessons/earth_energy_budget_lesson.html

Climate Science Labs with Lesley and Anton VIDEO Convection: http://www.vimeo.com/8355310 Cloud in a Jar: http://www.vimeo.com/8335766 CO2 effects on Temperature: http://www.vimeo.com/8356244

NOAA Education: Weather for Kids http://www.education.noaa.gov/sweather.html

Western Regional Climate Center: Educational and Travel pages http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/EDUCATIONAL.html

Weather word games and Glossaries interactive online Hangman of weather vocabulary http://www.quia.com/hm/321039.html interactive online Jeopardy for 1 or 2 players of weather vocabulary http://www.quia.com/cb/216529.html weather vocabulary in English and Spanish: www.spanish-talk.co.uk/spanish-vocabulary/spanish-weather-vocabulary/ http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/weathervocab.htm drawings of weather and words http://labmat.com.pt/bri/wp-content/gallery/vocabulary-worksheets/the-weather- vocabulary_0.jpg

Weather.com glossary www.weather.com/glossary/a.html weather & climate glossary http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/ams/glossary.html COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources Cloud Galleries: photos, images, etc. Cloud Gallery http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/images/index.html

Satellite Image Gallery http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/satpic_gallery/satpic_gallery.html http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/images.html

Photographs, images, etc. from NASA with anything to do with CloudSat http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/view/all/what/CloudSat

CloudSat Art Gallery including: The Story of Clouds, Clouds and Culture, Cloud Classification http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/cloud_art

More General Education Resources Search here for scripts and/or audio on science, often directly from scientists: Isla Earth Radio: www.islaearth.org EarthSky: www.earthsky.org Our Ocean World podcast: www.ouroceanworld.com/main/podcasthelp.htm EarthWatch Radio: ewradio.org (no longer produces new stories, but the archive is searchable)

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory List of links to climate and weather websites http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimate/websites.html

The GLOBE program “A worldwide community of students, teachers, scientists, and citizens working together to better understand, sustain, and improve Earth's environment at local, regional, and global scales.” http://www.globe.gov/

BOOKS The Discovery of Global Warming Useful book on the history of global warming by Spencer Weart Harvard University Press; Revised and Expanded Edition edition, 2008, 240 pages, ISBN-10: 067403189X (a bit of a preview provided here: http://www.aip.org/history/climate/) COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources Clouds 2004 Barnes and Noble Books, New York Photographs by Pekka Pariainen, text by Henry Fountain, ISBN: 0-7607-5635-X

The Nature Companions Weather Watching 2006 Fog City Press consultant editor Richard Whitaker, ISBN: 1-740893-79-4

The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book: A Unique Way to Predict the Weather Accurately and Easily by Reading the Clouds (Paperback) by Louis D. Rubin Sr. Algonquin Books, 1989, 71 pages, ISBN-10: 0912697105

Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather (Paperback) by Vincent J. Schaefer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2nd edition, 1998, 128 pages, ISBN-10: 0395906636

The Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd Edition (Paperback) by Robert Henson Rough Guides; 2nd edition, 2008, 384 pages, ISBN-10: 1858281059

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate) (Hardcover) by Lynne Cherry Dawn Pubns; Library Binding edition, 2008, 66 pages, Reading level: Ages 9-12, ISBN- 10: 1584691034

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines for Teaching About Global Warming (Paperback) By Carol L. Malnor Dawn Publications (CA); Tch edition, 2008, 56 pages, ISBN-10: 1584691050

The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback) By Breen Ideals, 2008, 144 pages, Reading level: Ages 9-12, ISBN-10: 0824968239

Weather and Climate: Geography Facts and Experiments (Young Discoverers Series) (Paperback) By Barbara Taylor Kingfisher, 2002, 32 pages, Reading level: Ages 4-8, ISBN-10: 0753455099 COSEE-West “Cloud Structure, Composition, and Feedbacks in the current climate and a warming world” February 3, 2010 & February 6, 2010 Resources The Cloud Book (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola Holiday House,1984, 32 pages, Reading level: Ages 4-8, ISBN-10: 0823405311

Air, Water, & Weather: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It (Paperback) by William C. Robertson National Science Teachers Association; sku PB169X6 edition, 2005, 134 pages ISBN-10: 0873552385

A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder By Walter Wick Scholastic Inc., 199, 40 pages, ISBN-10: 0590023195

Weather By Simon, Seymour Collins, 2006, 40 pages, Reading level: Ages 4-8, ISBN-10: 0060884398

FICTION: Groundhog Predicts the Weather By Koscielniak, Bruce Geoffrey Houghton, 1998, ISBN 0395883989 There aren't many books about Groundhog's Day but this is a good one. It's also a bit of a satire about the ridiculous use of media hype in our culture. You may have wondered how the whole thing started. It seems that this groundhog by the name of Geoffrey woke up one February second, didn't see his shadow and walked to the local newspaper to report that spring would come soon. When indeed it did, the media seized on it with the result that by the next year there were so many lights and cameras, Geoffrey couldn't tell whether he saw his shadow or not.

Thunder Cake By Polacco, Patricia Paper Star, 1997, ISBN 0698115813 A Russian grandmother helps her young charge overcome the fear of thunder by preparing the title recipe during a storm. While gathering the ingredients, they measure the proximity of the storm because the cake must be in the oven by the time the storm hits. Bartholomew and the Oobleck By Dr. Seuss Random, 1970, ISBN 0394800753 Seuss's zany story tells about a selfish king who's bored with the usual weather. He commands his magicians to create a new substance to fall from the sky. Havoc results.