Wild Weather — Wet
- Public Event
| Presented By: | Caltech Committee on Institute Programs |
This program takes a ride with the rains from the wettest place in Europe—the Norwegian town of Bergen where it rains 265 days a year—to the wettest country in the world, India, where 25 billion tons of water fall each day during the monsoon period. Following the route of the Thermohaline Conveyor, we come to the warm seas of the Caribbean and the awesome power of floods. In Texas, the opposite is true; there is no rain, which is why local farmers are hoping to manufacture it. [A BBC/TLC co-production.]
William C. Patzert of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will introduce the film and guide the post-screening discussion.
| This is a special one-hour school-day performance. For more field trip opportunities, download our field trip flyer [PDF]. For more information or to make reservations, please contact Mary Herrera at 626-395-6059 or send email to [email protected]. A limited number of complimentary tickets are available through the generosity of the Connie Wei-Luen Kao Memorial Scholarship, Nova programing and other donors. |
| Season Sponsor: | Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union |
| Series Sponsors: | East West Bank Connie Wei-Luen Kao Memorial Fund Ralph & Shirley Shapiro |