Clouds over Gymnasium Schloß NeuhausClouds over Gymnasium Schloß Neuhaus
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The Weatherwatcher Group of Gymnasium Schloss Neuhaus - Im Schloßpark - 33104 Paderborn The Weatherwatcher Group of Gymnasium Schloss Neuhaus - Im Schloßpark - 33104 Paderborn presents presents
first results of one year looking into the cloudsfirst results of one year looking into the clouds
IntroductionIntroduction
The students working with the Weather Group at the GSN found out that the the sky above our school is more often
covered than without clouds. They observed that there are quick changes of temperature. Our observations can be compared very well to the quicklookimages.The winter temperatures become warmer compared to other
centuries.Storms occur regularly in Germany since at least thirty years ago.
Summary (Abstract)Summary (Abstract)
MethodsMethods
ProceduresProcedures
1.8.8
03.01.2007/6.8°C
ImagesImages
The sky was very often covered with clouds 50%-90%. Very often we found cumulus, altocumulus, stratus
or altostratus. So we normally could not find the contrails. We observed two storms with nimbostratus clouds, the worst
was Kyrill on 18th of January. The temperature from January to April was warmer than
in the years ago. One hundred years ago we found a description ofice and snow in Germany in an old book. In another description of weather history we found out, that
storms and thunderstorms happen very often in the time from
January to April. We were very happy to observe, that our cloud observations
and our photos showed the similar cloud coverage as the
quicklook images at the CEN page.
Discussion
ResultResultss
Gymnasium Schloss Neuhaus33104 [email protected] The students are 11 to 15 years old
School InformationSchool Information
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AnalysisEintrag: 1807
Schlagworte: kalt; Schnee
Ortsangaben: Spiesheim
Zeitangabe: 15.03.1850
Quellenzeitangabe:
Originaltext „d. 15t kalt und Schnee"
Bemerkungen: Spiesheim liegt nicht in den Grenzen des heutigen Bundeslandes Hessen, sondern in Rheinland-Pfalz, gehörte aber von 1803-1945 zum Großherzogtum Hessen (Darmstadt).Bearbeitungsstand 13.08.2006
Beleg: Hausbuch des Spiesheimer Schmiedemeisters Andreas Stephan, Privatbesitz Bearbeiterin: Ingolf Jung
** Storms over Germany **
www.unwetterzentrale.de shows clearly, that in the last thirty years at least ten storms devastated different German regions in in months November to February.
1. Climate change cam be noticed even in the surroundings The temperature will be higher than in the years before.
2. Storms and thunderstorms will take place more often and they will be more destructive.
3. The clouds will be dirtier and they will cover the sky more often.
HypothesesHypotheses
This research is part of the CloudSat Education Network. This research is part of the CloudSat Education Network. For more information go to http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/educationFor more information go to http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/education
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ConclusionsConclusions
1. We compared some of the quicklook images with our photos and with our data.2. We searched for old data from ten years ago from January to April and compared them to the recent figures.3. We searched for special weather events in the months of January to April
in the years before.
s
8.4.2007/22.1°C
Kyrill: 18.01.2007
220km/h – no overfly
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Procedures
Most of the times we watched the clouds the sky was covered about 50% to 90%, especially in autumn and winter.
The cloud image often changed very quickly from one hour to the next.
The temperature was higher than in the years or even in the centuries before.
The connection between the cloud images above our School and climate change or pollution cannot be made. We only see
some hints during our observations.The quicklooks of CEN often show a similar situation to our
cloud observations from the school’s roof.The storm “Kyrill” in January was not necessarily a sign for the
climate change. Devastating storms are found in a German storm chronicle and they occur very often in wintertime or in
spring in our region. Temperatures in Germany in spring
The coldest spring was in 1786 with 4,1° C
Since 1990 There have been several springstimes with a average temperature of 9,…°C