Now, become a citizen scientist and submit pictures to NASA
As part of its Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) initiative, NASA has called out to the general public to click as many pictures of clouds as they can. The US space agency needs citizens' help in logging the various cloud cover formations and weather patterns in the sky. You can submit your cloud pictures between March 15 and April 15.
This will help NASA track weather and climate systems
These pictures, in addition to NASA's own, will help the space agency identify the types of cloud covers it sees in its satellite imagery. The pictures can also be vital in identifying the different types of clouds and tracking weather and climate systems, NASA said.
NASA will highlight person with most number of submitted images
You do not need to have any prior weather spotting experience. All you need is NASA's GLOBE app to take part in the project. You can submit up to 10 pictures every day and the citizen scientist with the most number of submitted images will be highlighted on the project website and other social media platforms.
Citizen Scientists are important to us: NASA
"The GLOBE Program is offering this challenge to show people how important it is to NASA to have citizen scientist observations; observations from the ground up," NASA's Marilé Colón Robles said. "We're going from winter to spring, so the types of storms will change, which will also change the types of clouds," she added.
