This extra tidbit of research responds to Jessica’s feedback about how I overstate the usefulness of the TSI and need to explore how other instruments measure cloud properties. It is important to consider how other types of instruments measure cloud properties. Cloud radars provide a different perspective of the sky than visual observations from sky […]

My personal and academic growth is hard to measure. I often feel like my accomplishments have been achieved by sacrificing growth in other areas of my life. I feel unbalanced, like I have only worked out my right arm for the past four years and now have to switch to my left. I worry about […]

WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND ALL I CAN DO IS WRITE IN CAPS LOCK. false alarm. deep breathes. Alrighty… so I have literally no time and a million things to do still. Here I am going to digest some of Jim’s feedback and write a few clear goals to address the suggestions. […]

I was feeling the need for another source to flesh out my discussion and relate back to my main points. I think I found just the one! The text deals with “uncomfortable knowledge,” which is what I feel like I have created with this automatic classifier. I have simplified and reduced the sky and weather to […]

I feel like my thesis is finally coming to together as a cohesive document! I cut out the social network methodology because I felt like it wasn’t adding anything to my argument. I cut out a substantial chunk of my top of the hourglass and clarified and streamlined my arguments. I also added reflection/production process […]

It has been four days since I turned in my honors draft and four days since I last looked at my thesis. This is the longest I have gone without it in 2 months. I felt a lot of relief after turning the draft in and I am genuinely excited to get feedback and begin […]

I am finishing up the sections that I have put off until the end. This means that they are not as well researched, not fun to write, and very much procrastinated on. Specifically, I have neglected to research data communication. I thought have more articles than I really do. Luckily, this section does not have […]

I find it helpful to refer back to the rubric once and I while, but I spend way too long looking for it everytime! https://moodle.lclark.edu/pluginfile.php/352846/mod_resource/content/1/SituatedRubric-Fall2015.pdf

Okay. So maybe this was obvious, but I met with the head of the writing center and he recommended that I write my introduction. I just wrote up a draft, which I will definitely edit as I go, but it ended up being incredibly  illuminating. It gave me a chance to refocus and attempt to […]

My current methodology is two-fold. I am investigating the network of prominent authors as well as their institutional affiliation. I am also investigating the forces that influence my research like the algorithms and programs. In addition, I am evaluating the validity of the how well these algorithms classify cloud type. I feel like my methodology […]

As resources for scientists have increased, single author papers have decreased substantially. With the practice of “big science” in tandem with increased funding, working in teams is often necessary. Better communication methods and ease of mobility have helped collaboration intra-institution as well as internationally. Wolfgang Glänzel and András Schubert are critical of representing scientific networks through […]

So I finally checked out a source that I have had for a while but haven’t gotten a chance to read. It is the 60 year report from the World Meteorological Organization. It outlines the history of their organization, their goals, and what kinds of projects they are working one. I pulled out some interesting […]

I am trying to focus science studies specifically on meteorology, although I should look for some climate ones too. Here is my reading list for the weekend! Majdik, Zoltan P., Carrie Anne Platt, and Mark Meister. 2011. “Calculating the Weather: Deductive Reasoning and Disciplinary Telos in Cleveland Abbe’s Rhetorical Transformation of Meteorology.” Quarterly Journal of […]

Here we go! I recently realized how little time I have and how I really need to start writing. I have written up a quick list of weekly writing and research goals. Hopefully I can stick to them and write and research concurrently. The goals follow sections in my outline although they are in in […]

I recently encountered an article which helped me think about my research in a more environmental studies way. In Hulme’s Cosmopolitan Climates Hybridity, Foresight and Meaning, he talks about how local/global and nature/culture are evident in the discipline of meteorology and climatology. One really cool thing about this article is the section of the entanglement of […]

I met with Jessica about my thesis this morning and am processing the conversation with this post. We mainly talked about how to situate and frame more clearly. I think all the pieces of my thesis are there and will largely remain the same, but it comes down to asking and wording the right questions […]

I am processing my thesis outline feedback and I think one of the most important things I can do is rewrite my framing and focus questions because these questions should convey the hourglass shape and lead into a clear situated context. How did atmospheric science develop and how has its technology and observations shaped our […]

I went in to talk to Andy Bernstein because I am looking at historical documents for the background of this thesis and needed some guidance. I found one of his papers really illuminating. It was about a couple, the Nonakas, who planned to spent the winter on Mt Fuji and take meteorological data. It was […]

“We must, however, warn the young student of meteorology … against limiting his conceptions of the Modifications to the particular forms here represented; A correct comprehension of the subject is only to be obtained by a habitual observation of nature.” (Howard viii) Luke Howard (1772-1864) was  a meteorologist who applied the linnaean classification to clouds […]

I am currently grappling with situating a global phenomenon like clouds and atmosphere. This brought me to the difficulties in actually collecting these kinds of measurements. There are all sorts of gaps both spatially and temporally which complicates taking averages and looking at trends. Studying the Science of Global Atmospheric Research There are many problematic […]