Innovative Atmospheric Monitoring Creative Techniques with Limited Resources

Langue : Anglais

Auteurs : Kucera Paul A., Wegner Kristin

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Innovative Atmospheric Monitoring: Creative Techniques with Limited Resources addresses a need for educators, researchers, and operational institutes to find solutions to increase atmospheric monitoring capacities with limited resources. The book addresses the need to provide examples of how to use observations to better understand the atmosphere and how to implement weather monitoring technology for use with diverse learners.

The authors present an applied approach, describing the need for innovative systems. Many examples, tools, designs, and other resources are included to enable the readers to start making and using their own sensors and to help instructors design educational experiences that guide students to use these monitoring systems to answer relevant societal questions. Innovative Atmospheric Monitoring addresses the issue of having access to sensors for monitoring and studying the atmospheric system. Many institutions from universities and national meteorological and hydrological services have limited resources to acquire equipment. This book provides low-cost, reliable innovative solutions to build and use sensor equipment. As such, it is most relevant for audiences in atmospheric science.

1. Introduction: The goals of the book2. Background: Why there is a need for innovation for monitoring and prediction? 3. Innovation: Current state of innovative technologies4. System Design: Design of the 3D-Printed Automatic Weather Stations (3D-PAWS). 5. Applications: example applications using the innovative solutions6. Tools: Software applications to utilize and apply the observations7. Education and Outreach (e.g., GLOBE and example education protocols)8. Conclusion – Future direction and community support

Dr. Kucera is an Assistant Director of the COMET Program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and leads the international capacity development program. His expertise is in weather radar, development of weather observation systems, satellite meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and international program development for the modernization of hydrometeorological services. Dr. Kucera received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2002, M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from Texas Tech University in 1993, and B.S. in Meteorology for the University of North Dakota in 1992. He also has over five years of university teaching experience.
Kristin Wegner is a project manager at The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). She leads citizen science, education, and technology projects internationally. Her expertise is in international community development and technology education. Ms. Wegner has a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Purdue University, a Master’s in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University, studied at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia as a Rotary Scholar, and is working on her PhD in Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. She has developed and facilitated dozens of trainings for teachers and citizen scientists around the world.

Presents coverage of the whole journey of atmospheric monitoring, from design to implementation and utilization of the data generated
Includes applied examples, providing a framework for how the readers can get started using the innovation solutions
Provides information on supporting software and designs to further enable the reader to start using the example monitoring technology and provides a framework for building (new) sensors