19th Annual CIMSS High School Workshop
submitted by Patrick Rowley
Ten high school students from as far away as Connecticut participated in the 2011 CIMSS High School Workshop on Atmospheric and Earth Sciences on 26-30 June 2011. The workshop included field trips to WKOW-TV 27, Weather Central, the National Weather Service forecast office in Sullivan, the UW Geology Museum, Washburn Observatory (day and night… we saw Saturn!), the UW Planetarium, the airport to see the “Satellites See Wisconsin” exhibit, Devil’s Lake and the surrounding area for a tour of geologic features, and a limnology dredging expedition on Lake Mendota.
Numerous presentations at SSEC were given, including: Earth System Science, 3D Globe, weather briefings, basic meteorology, tropical weather and forecasting (a crowd favorite), GIS and remote sensing, Antarctica, climate change, and aviation weather. Another favorite was the McIDAS workshop led by Gary Wade.
Students, chaperones, and WKOW's Brian Olson pose in front
of the green screen at WKOW-TV 27.
Students work with Chris Rozoff on hurricane forecasting.
Busy Tour Schedule Keeps AOSS Tour Guides Hopping
In an extremely busy summer tour schedule Patrick Rowley, Margaret Mooney, Mark Hobson, and Rick Kohrs guided approximately 900 students of a wide range of ages and from many schools statewide through the AOSS Building, with stops at the Science on a Sphere, the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, and, of course, the satellite farm and spectacular views from the roof.
LeeWellhouse fields questions about Antarctic studies.
