Earth ID: 10523

The Particle Puzzle

Released on November 4, 2009

This short video, which is part of a seven part video podcast series about NASA's Glory mission, explores the complexity of small airborne particles called aerosols. Aerosols play a key role in the climate system, but they remain a terra incognito of sorts for climatologists because of challenges associated with measuring the ubiquitous particles. Glory's Aerosol Polarimetery Sensor (APS), a unique instrument that measures the polarization of light as it scatters off the aerosols, offers a new and more accurate way to measure the perplexing particles

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Credits

Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Lead Animator
Chere Petty (UMBC): Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Ryan Zuber (UMBC): Animator
Jesse Allen (SSAI): Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Stefanie Misztal (UMBC): Video Editor
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Video Editor
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Producer
James Hansen Ph.D. (NASA/GSFC GISS): Scientist
Michael Mishchenko (NASA/GSFC GISS): Scientist
Brian Cairns (NASA/GSFC GISS): Scientist
John Satrom (STSI): Scientist
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Videographer
Sarah DeWitt (NASA/GSFC): Videographer
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Videographer
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Writer

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Mission:
Glory

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Glory

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This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2009-108 -- The Particle Puzzle
G2008-138 -- The Road to Glory Podcast

Keywords:
SVS >> Global Warming
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Remote Sensing
GCMD >> Earth Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Climate Change
SVS >> Glory
SVS >> APS
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0