Satellite Photographs of Clouds Report Writing Guidelines
You can earn up to 6 pts for report content and up to 4 pts for
writing quality.
Content
Here are some of the ideas that you might want to
address in your report. Satellites are able to detect both
visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) light coming from clouds.
What is the source of the VIS and IR light?
IR satellite photographs are probably more commonly seen.
Why is that, what advantage do they have? What determines
whether a cloud will appear white or grey on both types of
satellite photographs? It might be difficult to
distinguish between cirrostratus and cumulonimbus clouds on an
IR photograph, between low level stratus and cumulonimbus clouds
on a visible photograph. How could you use both IR and VIS
photographs to distinguish between these very different types of
clouds.
It is possible to see the ground on both VIS and IR photographs
when there are no clouds over a particular region. The
ground changes from dark to light gray during the day on IR
photographs. Why is this? Why doesn't the nearby
ocean also change in the same way during the day?
Writing Quality
Explain the material in your
own words - your report should be your understanding and
explanation of the material. Try to include specific
details and examples from the reading section. The
separate parts of your paper should blend together into one
seamless coherent report. Your report should
be nearly free of misspelled words and grammatical errors.
This is supposed to be an
opportunity to quickly and easily earn a few 1S1P points.
You only need to read the reference material that was
assigned. Please include citations if you do decide to
read any other sources.