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LIVING ON A RESTLESS EARTH

Earth Science Week: October 10 - 16, 2004

METEOROLOGY*
The Study of the Atmosphere,
especially weather
From the Greek meteoron* meaning "high in the sky"

NASA, Apollo 17 image of EARTH, note the clouds

The atmosphere is in constant motion and clouds,
especially storms, make this very apparent.

Note the band of clouds near the equator in both of these images.

Infrared GOES Satellite Image of EARTH, note the clouds

Infrared Satellite Image of the western hemisphere, Oct. 11, 2004

Tropical storms, such as hurricane Ivan,
transport huge amounts of tropical heat and moisture to higher latitudes.

Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 13, 2004 Click to see an explanation of this image.

As a result, they are of major interest to meteorologists and many others, particularly those in their path.

Storms are a very obvious type of natural hazard, but they also help to redistribute heat over Earth's surface making our planet much more hospitable to life by moderating climatic extremes between the tropics and the polar regions.

Click on the following links to learn more about Earth and the Earth Sciences.

Earth Science Links

Go to LCC EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 2004 Page 1
Go to LCC Earth Science WEB LINKS Page
Go to LCC Earth Science Image of the Week

Go to Meteorology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Go to Meteorology Guide: the online guides
Go to NASA Earth Observatory
Go to GOES - Geostationary Satellite Server
Go to See the new USPS cloud stamps

CLICK on the colored links above to go to those LCC Web Pages.

LCC Earth Science Week 2004 Meteorology 10-14-04
David Cordero
dcordero@lcc.ctc.edu