Our Research Experience
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Our Research Experience |
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As part of our experience with the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Environmental
Institute, we focused on one aspect of environmental research under the
direct instruction of a mentor. Our mentor, Dr. Joel Tenenbaum of SUNY
Purchase, focused on looking at climate change in relation to the accuracy
of climate data. In addition to acquiring background information on the
history of supersonic aircraft and the politics behind them, we analyzed
the depiction of the jet stream in relation to aircraft data. In order to be
educated about climate data, we discussed the hierarchy of forecasting and
studied the characteristics of Earth's convective circulations. Lastly, we
briefly calculated the relationship between strengths of high pressure and
low pressure with the speed of wind by looking at its derivatives.
After absorbing all this information, we formulated a question focusing on one flight and compared its data to the analyses from three international weather centers. We wanted to find out if the data recorded by the aircraft differed from the analyses. |
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