Group 4: Here is the link to the spreadsheet where you can enter your albedo data. Remember: Take four digital photographs and analyze them with ImageJ following the instructions given out in class (or available via the Handouts page). The spreadsheet will calculate the albedo for you.
For your (re)viewing pleasure, here are a couple of the videos used in class today . . .
If you want to practice your Roy G. Biv singing (so that you will be GREAT when we revisit him in a couple of months), you can find the song here via the They Might Be Giants web site).
Some photos of today's lab are available via the Media page.
Do you want to show people the tool we learned to use today? Click on the image below . . .
Want more on albedo? Check out this page from the EarthguideOnlineClassroom.
Group 4: Click on the image below to start your homework. Read the Case Study. Then do Parts 1 and 2 (download and install software and data sets).
Today's vocabulary is available on the handouts page. Also, if you want a nice, full-color version of the energy balance diagram, you can download a big one from there as well. If you want to review the information about the greenhouse effect and Earth's energy balance, here are two animations. One from the BBC and one from the University of California.
Looking for definitions of prefixes? Try this site or this one.
Group 4: Begin the research project that is due on Friday, February 3. Click on the To Do: Journal Activity link on this site. Do not do in your notebooks. Type up as a report.
If you are looking for material from before our work on the Atmosphere and Weather, click on the link below . . .