• Week 2: Identifying Weather Features (opens 10 May)

    This second week of the course, we will learn to distinguish clouds in satellite images. The basic characteristics of clouds in the atmosphere are their height and their thickness. We will look how we can identify clouds by 1) their height: high, mid-level, and low clouds, and by 2) their thickness: thick or thin clouds.

    Further, we will learn to identify two important cloud systems - Convective clouds, Fog/Low clouds and Dust. For this, we will use the satellite products learned in week 1.

    • أيقونة الصفحة
      Identifying Atmospheric Features (lesson)
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      معاينة
    • أيقونة رابط إلكتروني
      Identifying Atmospheric Features (Live Session #3)
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        Tuesday, 14 May, 09:00-10:30 UTC - - Session was recorded

      Agenda: 
      - Identification of clouds and atmospheric phenomena (SAWS) 
      - Q & A

      Presentation slides:
      Identifying Clouds (Tshidi) (PDF)
      Identifyingconvection, fog/low clouds and dust (Kgolo Dube, SAWS)

    • أيقونة رابط إلكتروني
      Add a weather event
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      Please find a satellite image or animation showing a interesting weather feature within your region. Paste the satellite picture and add a few words explaining the feature.
      Remember to add your name, the date and time and the name of the satellite product.

      After adding your image, remember to click the button   above to complete this activity!

    • End of week 2 - Take-Home Message from the Instructors