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Clouds over Gymnasium Schloß Neuhaus
The Weatherwatcher Group of Gymnasium Schloss Neuhaus - Im Schloßpark - 33104 Paderborn presents
first results of one year looking into the clouds
Introduction
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Analysis
Discussion
s
Summary (Abstract)
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 quicklook
images.
The winter temperatures become warmer compared to other
centuries.
Storms occur regularly in Germany since at least thirty
years ago.
Procedures
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The sky was very often covered with clouds 50%-90%.
Very often we found cumulus, altocumulus, stratus
Schlagworte: kalt; Schnee
or altostratus. So we normally could not find the contrails.
Ortsangaben: Spiesheim
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observed two storms with nimbostratus clouds, the worst
Zeitangabe:
was Kyrill on 18th of January.
Quellenzeitangabe:
 The
January to April was warmer than
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Bemerkungen:
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Bundeslandes
sondern
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hundred
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ago
we found a description
ofice
1803-1945 zum Großherzogtum Hessen (Darmstadt).
 in Germany in an old book.
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 In another description of weather history we found out, that
Beleg: Hausbuch des Spiesheimer Schmiedemeisters Andreas Stephan,
storms and thunderstorms happen very often in the time from
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Bearbeiterin:
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January
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 We were very happy to observe, that our cloud observations
Storms
over
Germany
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and our photos
showed
the similar
cloud coverage
as the
quicklook images at the
CENclearly,
page. that in the last
www.unwetterzentrale.de
shows
Eintrag: 1807
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.
Procedures
**
thirty years at least ten storms devastated different
German regions in in months November to February.
Temperatures in Germany in spring
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.
The coldest spring was in 1786 with 4,1° C
Since 1990 There have been several springstimes
with a average temperature of 9,…°C
Images
Hypotheses
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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.
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CloudSat Education Network
School Information
Gymnasium Schloss Neuhaus
33104 Paderborn
[email protected]
The students are 11 to 15 years old
Kyrill: 18.01.2007
220km/h – no overfly
We take part in the cloudsat
project, because it connects
school and life in a wonderful
way.
NASA JPL/Colorado State University
This research is part of the CloudSat Education Network.
For more information go to http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/education