Get your own copy of the applets for learning about how cloud height and thickness effect what you see in the image.

Enjoy!!

To use the applets on your own Web server:

  1. Make a directory on your server machine
  2. Download the file: sathick.zip
  3. Unzip it right in the directory
  4. Modify the HTML files as needed:
    • IRCloud.html -- cloud height and surface temperatuer vs. brightness
    • IRThick.html -- cloud thickness and surface temperature vs. brightness
    • VisThick.html -- cloud thickness and surface cover type vs. visible brightness
  5. Have your students aim their browsers at the HTML files!


The Verner E. Suomi Virtual Museum development funded in part by the National Science Foundation Grant #EAR9809458.  Material presented is Copyrighted (C) 1999 by Steve Ackerman and Tom Whittaker.  If you have questions or comments, please let us know!