Aerosols and Warming Change with Time - Version 1

  • Released Monday, August 13, 2001
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As the aerosol content and solar heating change with time, the atmosphere and the Earth's surface experience different warming and cooling. This animation displays a time series of the INDOEX region with 8-day averages showing aerosol and solar reflectance (albedo) data from the Terra satellite From these, we see how these inputs generate warming of the atmosphere (Atmospheric Forcing - red regions) and cooling of the surface (Surface Forcing - dark regions). Areas of missing data (due to clouds, etc.) are either black or transparent.

Movie showing how aerosol content and albedo can change temperature forcing.

Data for January 8, 2001

Data for January 8, 2001

Data for January 16, 2001

Data for January 16, 2001

Data for January 24, 2001

Data for January 24, 2001

Data for February 1, 2001

Data for February 1, 2001

Data for February 9, 2001

Data for February 9, 2001

Data for February 17, 2001

Data for February 17, 2001

Data for February 25, 2001

Data for February 25, 2001

Data for March 5, 2001

Data for March 5, 2001

Data for March 13, 2001

Data for March 13, 2001

Data for March 21, 2001.

Data for March 21, 2001.

Combined color bar for all datasets

Combined color bar for all datasets

Video slate reads, 'Aerosols over INDOEX; Cooling the ground but warming the atmosphere; Version 1'.

Video slate reads, 'Aerosols over INDOEX; Cooling the ground but warming the atmosphere; Version 1'.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Monday, August 13, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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Datasets used in this visualization

  • [Terra: CERES]

    ID: 114
    Sensor: CERESDates used: 2001/01/01-2001/03/21

    The CERES instrument aboard many Earth-orbiting satellites records the flow of reflected Solar radiation and reprocessed longwave radiation in the Earth's radiation budget.

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  • [Terra: MODIS]

    ID: 116
    Sensor: MODISDates used: 2001/01/01-2001/03/21
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