AOS 100/101 Cloud Project

Tweet Pictures of Weather Phenomena

Tweet @uwaos100_2014 with a link to a picture that you took!

Upload through Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Example Tweet

Use a hashtag to identify your tweet• First two letters of first name• First three letters of last name

Greg Tripoli #GrTri

Example Tweet

Greg Tripoli@uwaos100_2014 Stratus clouds not quite reaching the horizon produced a vivid sunset on the west side tonight! #GrTri pic.twitter.com/Ao5ruL3s

Example Tweet

Cloud ProjectThe Rules:• Tweet 12 pictures with short explanation• Must be UNIQUE pictures• At least 3 pictures per month• Extra pictures will be counted towards extra credit (max. 1 per

month)• One picture of optical phenomena per month can also be taken

for extra credit• Put three of your pictures into cloud scrapbook (due at end of the

semester)

Academic Misconduct

• Caution: If we find any picture sharing or fraudulent pictures…– You will receive -15% for the project – Maximum course grade of 70%

1. Date and Time: Friday, October 21, 2011 at 3 pm

2. Original Tweet and Picture: @uwaos100_2014 Cirrus clouds at Picnic Point. A warm front is moving in. #GrTri

3. Location and circumstance: This picture was taken while walking along the path on Picnic Point in Madison.

4. Direction: The camera was pointing northeast and at the horizon

5. Description: Mares tail cirrus. These are thin fibrous clouds composed entirely of ice which have a distinctive hooked appearance resulting from wind shear across the falling ice particles.

6. Estimated Height or Temperature: The cloud is estimated to be at approximately 30000 ft above the ground.

7. Weather Situation and Web Weather Map: These clouds were formed on the northeast side of a warm front that stretched from the Minneapolis, Minnesota area southeastward to Dubuque, Iowa (see figure xx).

8. Theory on How It Was Formed: These clouds were likely formed by the rising currents of air over the top of the warm front .

Example Scrapbook Entry

Point Structure

Total Project is worth 15% of overall grade• 12 Tweets are worth 7.5% • Cloud Scrapbook 7.5%

Questions?

Stephen Ogdensogden@wisc.edu@uwaos100_2014