Presentations at 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment
Steve Ackerman gave talks at the 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment, both on NOAA related projects. The first, titled "Trends in Satellite Observations of the Great Lakes" was done in collaboration A. Heidinger and B. Maddux and explored trends in cloud cover as seen by MODIS and AVHRR (PATMOS-x). There are interesting spatial patterns in cloud cover. For example, the Great Lakes are more cloudy than the land regions during winter, while in summer the cloud amounts are similar. No long-term trend in cloud cover over the Great Lakes was detected in the PATMOS-x product.
The second talk, "A Global Perspective of Scientific Visualization: Developing Impacting and Understandable Imagery to Engage Audiences" was presented in the session "Thrilling Imagery and the Science of Design: Engaging the Public with Remote Sensing." The talk was co-authored with D. Pisut and discussed our collaborative NOAA project on how best to incorporate real-time and climate data sets on the sphere, while providing appropriate docent training.