Our hypothesis is that
the higher the altitude, the more snowfall the will receive. Altitude is a big factor because usually
the higher you are the less dense the air is so there for the more snowfall you
will receive.
Counties:
Buncombe
Davidson
Edgecombe
Lenoir
Pitt
Out of these counties I
think that the county with the most snowfall will be
All the counties I
looked at had to have some type of snowfall recorded. They year that it went
back to did not matter. All the counties ended in 2007 because you want updated
data. I pulled my data from Climod and that is a research website the research
different things related to the climate and the changes. Using the graphing I
compared the different months of usual snowfall and the different counties. The
most
Research:
We went to the
state climate office at NC State and collected date from different sources. Out
of that data we compared them
Then we graphed
them to answer our question. Out of
our research at the state climate office we discovered that the altitude does
not
Effect the amount of snowfall an area
receives.
Experiment:
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1
Analysis:
What we determined
from our research is that the altitude doesn’t really matter but it is a
great thing to think about
When you are
determining how much snowfall you will get in a certain area.
Conclusion:
Our
conclusion/answer is that the altitude does affect the amount of snowfall that
a certain area receives in an amount of time. When we were graphing the Mountains part
of the state it had the most amount of snowfall nut at some points in time the
piedmont had the most amounts of snowfall. I would say that our hypotheses was
correct but with flaws as everyone’s hypotheses is. The piedmont had
almost just as much snow as the Mountains did so they almost measured out in
the end. IN further more to the project my partner and I came upon a very
interesting pattern in the amount of snowfall. When you look at Ashville’s
snowfall it has a pattern, every 20 years or so they have a huge snowfall. So
if you took this into perspective then you can probably guess the weather
pattern and tell them the weather pattern, the weather stations would find this
very helpful in the prediction of snowfall in a certain area.
Resources:
http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/
Special Thanks To:
Ashley Frazier
Elwood Peters
Kelly Stuart
Climatology lab at NC State Campus
A little about our mentors:
Ashley Frazier was a great help with the finding
information and being very patient with us. We knew nothing about the
climatology lab before we stared and she taught us every thing we needed to
know.
Elwood Peter helped us get started and into the
program. With any thing we needed help with he had it done so truly a thanks to
him. With out him we wouldn’t be here (he introduced us to the program).
Kelly Stuart is not only our amazing teacher at school
but she also took out her own time to drive us and looking after us in the
climatology lab. She gave us advice and was always there when we needed her to
be. She was truly an amazing help.
Climatology lab at NC state campus let us come in once
a week and let us use there information and computers. We truly enjoyed working
there and getting a new experience.
All of these people are truly first place winners in
our Book! <3 We love you all!
Other pictures of snow fall include:
As you know snowfall usually
doesn’t come to
