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What's GLOBE?
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The GLOBE Program was an idea of Al Gore, the Vice President of the United States of America. His idea was to have children study the environment and cooperate with scientists.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, NOAA, started the program in 1995. From then, 6500 schools are registered as GLOBE schools in 74 countries all over the world, from Benin to Fiji, from Argentina to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, from Greece to Canada.
In Greece, the program started in March 1997 under the name "Alexandros", a Macedonian king which spread the Greek language by conquering countries, from Greece to India. There are 24 schools in it, 11 in the greater Athens area (Attica) and 13 out of it. From these, 5 are private institutions and 19 are public (run by the government).
The Schools in the
area of Attica (supplied by the
University of Athens)
The Schools out of the area of
Attica (on the University of
Athens site)
(There you may find e-mail addresses for each school).
In Greece the program is run by the Remote Sensing Team of the Section of Applied Physics of the University of Athens. It's coordinator is Costas Cartalis. You may find the Greek GLOBE site at this address:
Other neighbouring countries in the GLOBE program include the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Italy and Croatia.
Here are some of the measurement/observation categories.
Atmospheric Temperature
Rainfall
Snowfall
Ground Humidity
Biology
Surface Measurements
Cloud Observations
Here are descriptions of the three most common measurement and observation types.
Atmospheric Temperature
The "Atmospheric Temperature" is the most popular. It's the one on TV, on the NWS reports etc.
We measure with an "U" type thermometer.
We measure minimum, current (during the measurements)and maximum temperatures.
Then the thermometer is reset and we measure again after 24 hours.
Cloud Observation
These observations are clearly visual. We observe:
Cloud Type
Cloud Height
Cloud Density (clear, scattered, broken, overcast)
We measure every 24 hours.
Solid - Liquid Precipitation
Measurements upon this:
Daily Rain Precipitation in millimeters
For large amounts of rain we measure the pH of the water with a pH pen.
Snowfall in millimeters
Water produced by snowfall (melted snow) in millimeters
Measurement of the pH of the water produced by snowfall (melted snow) with a pH pen.
Precipitation is measured every 24 hours.
The measurements are taken at when the sun is at it's highest point (local solar noon - 12:00 CET)
We also measure in:
Weekends
School/Public Holidays
Vacations
You shall find the measurements through the School Search option at the Globe Site.
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