eacher’s Guide Acknowledgments
The was developed for the MAPS-NET project graduate course,
, conducted at the University of Maryland,
College Park, Department of Meteoro l o g y. It is a collaborative eff o rt of NASA’s MAPS-NET
project; the Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park; and
Maryland precollege teachers, with additional contributions noted. Special thanks to
Dr. Gerald Soffen, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center for nurturing this project and
series of publications. Special thanks to Ms. Theresa Schwerin, WT Chen & Company,
who developed and directed the MAPS-NET concept. Special thanks to Dr. Robert Hudson,
Chairman and Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College
Park for his commitment to and active involvement in enhancing science education.
E d i t o r, Wr i t e r, Illustrator, Ms. Colleen Steele, MAPS-NET Project Manager,
WT Chen & Company
Weather Systems and Satellite Imagery Chapter, and additional material
Mr. William F. Ryan, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park
Graphic Design, NASA Printing and Design
We gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of the following people in
preparing this document: Dr. Philip Ardanuy, Research and Data Systems Corporation;
Mr. William Bandeen, Hughes STX Corporation: Mr. Kevin Boone, Southern High
School; Mr. Louis Caudill, NASA Headquarters; Mr. Austin Conaty, University of
Maryland, College Park; Mr. Bill Davis, DuVal High School; Mr. Charles Davis, Dallas
Remote Imaging Group; Ms. Claudia Dauksys, WT Chen & Company; Mr. John
Entwistle, Damascus High School; Mr. Richard Farrar, Northern High School; Mr. Ron
G i rd, National Weather Service; Dr. George Huffman, Science Systems and Applications,
Inc.; Dr. Nahid Khazenie, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Mr. Greg Helms, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center: Ms. Mary Hughes, NOAA NESDIS; Mr. Loren Johnson,
Satellite Data Systems, Inc.; Dr. Jack Kaye, NASA Headquarters; Dr. David F. McGinnis,
NOAA NESDIS; Captain David Miller, United States Air Force; Mr. Terry Nixon, Maryland
Science Center; Ms. Carolyn Ossont, DuVal High School; Ms. Lisa Ostendorf, NASA
Headquarters; Ms. EllaJay Parfitt, Southeast Middle School; Mr. Dale Peters, Linganore
High School; Dr. Robert Price, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Mr. Martin Ruzek,
Universities Space Research Association; Mr. Buzz Sellman, Dexter, Michigan; Dr. Owen
Thompson, University of Maryland, College Park; Dr. Shelby Tilford, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies; Mr. John Tillery, Fairfax County Public Schools; Dr. Jeff
Wallach, Dallas Remote Imaging Group; Ms. Linda Webb, Jarrettsville Elementary
School; Mr. Allen White, New Market Middle School; and Mr. Tom Wrublewski, NOAA.
Satellite images courtesy of: Professor G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario; Dr. Mohan K. Ramamurthy, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign; Space
Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Mr.
David Tetreault, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
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