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21 July 2005
A Matter of Scale
Meteorologists like to break the atmosphere down into scales. We have the microscale and the meso scale and synoptic scales and global or planetary scales. Most forecasters concern themselves with the synoptic scale. If you have a house that is 10 km long it is a mesocale house. Ten Meters long and it is a local scale house. 10,000 km long and your house is a planetary scale house! Synoptic …
2 July 2005
Launch Criteria for Discovery
Right now the weather for the shuttle launch on Wednesday looks pretty good. I would say the chance of a shower scrubbing the launch is only about 25%. When I worked in Florida, I covered several shuttle launches. They truly are something to see. TV definitely does not due it justice. Especially a night launch. When you watch on TV they stay zoomed into the shuttle but at the press …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.