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Fog and Low Clouds: Using Satellite Data to Improve Transportation Safety
The front of this beautiful poster shows a view of Earth from geostationary orbit, plus insets of fog and low clouds, especially as they affect human transportation. The poster back explains how fog and low clouds form and defines different types of fog. The poster explains how two weather satellites can accurately detect fog from space. It also includes an activity to make fog in a bottle, plus discussion questions and a link to "answers" on this website.
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GOES-R: The next generation of geostationary environmental satellites.
The poster front is a detailed rendering of the new GOES-R environmental satellite, with brief descriptions of what it will do. The back details the data products that will be possible with the GOES-R, and how they will benefit society both in terms of immediate forecasting and in terms of long-term climate modeling.
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Poster front illustrates and describes types of high-, low-, and mid-altitude clouds. Poster back explains Earth's water cycle and the role of clouds in maintaining it and providing fresh (non-salty) water to land plants and animals. A crossword puzzle and cloud identification quiz reinforce the concepts.
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Poster front illustrates both the Geostationary Operational Environment Satellites (GOES) and the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), and their functions and accomplishments. Back material includes two articles and activities on many of the different parameters meteorologists measure and terms they define in order to describe and predict the weather.
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GOES/POES Wild World of Weather Adventure Game.
Download question cards here. A self-contained board game about all kinds of weather and the places it occurs. Besides the game instructions, includes two articles and activities on many of the different parameters meteorologists measure and terms they define in order to describe and predict the weather.
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History of GOES Weather Satellites
Explains why we need weather satellites, what they measure and how, and how the technologies have improved since the first generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), thus imparting more benefits to society. Poster is formatted as a horizontal timeline, 42" wide x 11" high.
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Voyage on the High Seas: A Jason 1 Ocean Adventure
Self-contained board game about the oceans. Download game cards here, if needed. Also included on the poster back are articles on mapping the oceans using altimetry, how winds drive ocean currents (also an activity), an explanation of El Niño, and an ocean-related crossword puzzle.
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Poster front shows Hurricane Katrina as it looked from space just as it rammed into the Gulf Coast. Other images and captions show how the hurricane was tracked and its path predicted. Materials on the back of the poster explain how hurricanes form and how the GOES satellites create images of them and help meteorologists to predict their behavior.