T/G Layout 1

Matrix, National Science Education Standards........................................

Looking at Earth from Space....................................................

NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth...................................................

Sample Uses for Direct Readout Images and Data in Earth Science Study...................

Weather Systems and Satellite Imagery.............................................

Introduction to Mid-Latitude Weather Systems...................................

geosynchronous and polar-orbiting satellite views of Earth

GOES image of wave pattern

the comma cloud

Wave Motion and the General Circulation.....................................

differential heating of Earth

Intertropical Convergence Zone

Ferrel and Hadley cells

Coriolis effect and general circulation

baroclinic stability/instability

Cyclonic Disturbances and Baroclinic Instability.................................

polar front theory

baroclinic theory

jet streams, jet streak

divergence

upper air information and charts

Clouds...............................................................

saturation pressure of an air parcel

dew point temperature, relative humidity

advection

adiabatic assumption

adiabatic cloud formation

cloud identification

Additional Common Weather Patterns........................................

coastal storm development

Mesoscale Convective Systems

hurricanes

Satellite Images and the Internet............................................

obtaining images and data via the internet

sources of meteorological images

Environmental Satellites.......................................................

Orbits...................................................................

Ground Station Set-up.......................................................

Resources................................................................
Bulletin Boards
Federal Agencies and Programs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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