Becca Hatheway Spark UCAR Science Education Randy Russell Spark UCAR Science Education WHAT IS A...

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Becca Hatheway Spark UCAR Science Education Randy Russell Spark UCAR Science Education WHAT IS A “MODEL”? MODELING THE ATMOSPHERE AN ACTIVITY FROM THE LITTLE SHOP OF PHYSICS

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WHAT IS A “MODEL”?

MODELING THE ATMOSPHEREAN ACTIVITY FROM THE LITTLE SHOP OF PHYSICS

LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE

TROPOSPHERE AND STRATOSPHERE

IMAGE OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE TAKEN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

MODEL RUN #1

MODEL RUN #2

MODEL RUN #3

MODEL RUN #4

“All models are wrong, some are useful.”George Box, industrial

statistician

Resources from this workshop:spark.ucar.edu/workshops

Available the week of December 12th