{"id":7290,"date":"2015-03-16T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2015-03-16T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T21:50:27","slug":"aoss-will-open-doors-saturday-for-science-expeditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/7290","title":{"rendered":"AOSS will open doors Saturday for Science Expeditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences building opens its doors this Saturday\u00a0as part of UW-Madison’s Science Expeditions, a weekend-long event that welcomes learners and explorers of all ages to campus to experience science first-hand.<\/p>\n

The AOSS Open House\u00a0will take place on Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The activities planned are sure to appeal to children and adults alike, showcasing the broad range of weather-related scientific research happening in our building.<\/p>\n

The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center will demonstrate\u00a0interactive weather instruments, as well as cold-weather gear worn at the South Pole. Nearby, a\u00a0colorful, rotating water tank from Professor Galen McKinley’s Ocean Research Group\u00a0will show\u00a0onlookers important weather processes in action, visualizing\u00a0how water and air movement plays a role in climate research.<\/p>\n

Our 3D globe demonstrations will allow\u00a0visitors to see some of the the high-quality animated satellite imagery produced here at SSEC, as well as tours of our roof (the second-tallest in Madison) and its impressive arrangement\u00a0of\u00a0satellite dishes.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0variety of weather and climate applets and satellite-imagery computer modules will also be up and running for visitors to explore.<\/p>\n

More details on this free, public event are available on our website<\/a>. For maps and information, including a full schedule of Science Expeditions destinations, visit UW-Madison’s science outreach webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Antarctic<\/a>

Antarctic cold-weather gear and a 3D globe are just a couple examples of the weather-themed activities that will be available at this weekend’s AOSS Open House. Credit: Rick Kohrs, SSEC.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hands-on learning in store for Science Expeditions visitors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles"],"acf":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7290"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7441,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions\/7441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}