Assignment:
Atmospheric Science
1. Record daily weather in San Antonio, Texas for the week of 25th October 2020 to 31st October 2020 and download current weather maps from an available website. Do you notice any patterns on the maps that tend to be associated with particular weather conditions? Reflecting on the observations you made and the readings from this week, can you make any connections between your observations and what you learned in this module? Write a two to three paragraph journal assignment that describes your observations and reflection.
2. Using the knowledge of the atmosphere you learned from this week's resources, explain in three to four paragraphs why the Columbia Space Shuttle exploded on February 1, 2003, at a height of 39 miles when reentry began at the altitude of 76 miles.