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DESCRIPTION:The colors of the thermal pools at Yellowstone National Park in
 evitably spark visitor curiosity and are sometimes explained incompletely 
 or incorrectly. Such curiosity led my colleagues and me to measure spectra
  of these colors and build a computer model to better understand them. Thi
 s talk will show how the wavelength- dependent reflectance of the microbia
 l mats that grow on the rocks beneath the water and optical absorption and
  scattering in the air and water combine to create the observed colors. Th
 e talk will close with some humorous (but important) lessons learned about
  the difficulties of communicating scientific concepts accurately through 
 the news media. These lessons were learned from widespread news coverage o
 f the journal paper we published about thermal pool colors and subsequent 
 online discussion. The hope is that listeners will leave this talk with a 
 greater understanding of the Yellowstone pool colors and a more careful co
 nsideration of what they read.\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Dr. Joseph Shaw\n\nRoom: 
 108\, Bldg: Barnard Hall\, Bozeman\, Montana\, United States
LOCATION:Room: 108\, Bldg: Barnard Hall\, Bozeman\, Montana\, United States
ORGANIZER:shamsunnahar.edib@montana.edu
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:IEEE Seminar - The Colors of Yellowstone
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/564853
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="">The <span class="outlook-search-h
 ighlight" data-markjs="true">colors</span> <span class="outlook-search-hig
 hlight" data-markjs="true">of</span> the thermal pools at <span class="out
 look-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">Yellowstone</span> National Park
 &nbsp\;inevitably spark visitor curiosity and are sometimes explained&nbsp
 \;incompletely or incorrectly. Such curiosity led my colleagues and&nbsp\;
 me to measure spectra <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="
 true">of</span> these <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="
 true">colors</span> and build a computer model&nbsp\;to better understand 
 them. This talk will show how the wavelength-&nbsp\;dependent reflectance 
 <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">of</span> the mi
 crobial mats that grow on the rocks&nbsp\;beneath the water and optical ab
 sorption and scattering in the air&nbsp\;and water combine to create the o
 bserved <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">colors</
 span>. The talk will&nbsp\;close with some humorous (but important) lesson
 s learned about&nbsp\;the difficulties <span class="outlook-search-highlig
 ht" data-markjs="true">of</span> communicating scientific concepts accurat
 ely&nbsp\;through the news media. These lessons were learned from&nbsp\;wi
 despread news coverage <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs=
 "true">of</span> the journal paper we published&nbsp\;about thermal pool <
 span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">colors</span> and
  subsequent online discussion. The&nbsp\;hope is that listeners will leave
  this talk with a greater&nbsp\;understanding <span class="outlook-search-
 highlight" data-markjs="true">of</span> the <span class="outlook-search-hi
 ghlight" data-markjs="true">Yellowstone</span> pool <span class="outlook-s
 earch-highlight" data-markjs="true">colors</span> and a more careful&nbsp\
 ;consideration <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">o
 f</span> what they read.</p>
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