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Measuring the face of the sky
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Measuring the face of the sky
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a natural history of weather data in the United States
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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This dissertation is a cultural history of weather data that charts the evolution of data collection and visualization practices from the 1847 Smithsonian Institution Meteorological Project to NASA's 2012 GOES-14 satellite. While the history of meteorological science has tended to approach the rise of standard data practices through a study of institutional or government-centered histories, this dissertation positions volunteer, amateur, and cooperative practices at the center of data-making rather than at its edge. The first two chapters analyze data collection and visualization practices from 1800-1870, arguing that popular modes of weather data collection and visualization began by employing the sensing body as the first instrument of data labor. The remaining three chapters chart how data practice strategically moved away from local networks of touch to global and semi-galactic collection, transmission, and visualization modes. Rooted in historical archival practice as well as traditional literary methodologies, this dissertation bridges methodological and topical gaps between new media studies and environmental history by analyzing a popular genealogy of environmental data in the United States. Taking data as a form of culture, this project finally argues that we should study weather data as a cultural practice not to deconstruct the veracity of data, but rather to make full sense of the ways humans are implicated in weather and climate systems, from modes of measurement to the release of greenhouse gases.
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American Studies
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Meteorology--United States--History
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Meteorological satellites--United States
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by Sara Grossman
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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