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Blending Education and Research in Atmospheric Science—A Case Study

MAY 01, 1997
Everyone benefits when the students from a class on atmospheric measurement are drawn into a complex field project.
Stephen A. Cohn
John Hallett
Darko Koracin

Our atmosphere is a great natural laboratory. Atmospheric scientists can use this laboratory to look for physical phenomena, to teach physical ideas and to develop practical technologies.

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More about the authors

Stephen A. Cohn, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

John Hallett, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno.

Darko Koracin, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno.

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