Earth ID: 10605

Know Your Earth: Earth Observing Fleet Studies Climate

Released on July 2, 2010

This animated video shares a series of fascinating facts about how climate change affects oceans, land, the atmosphere, and ice sheets around the world. With the help of an animated astronaut touring the Earth, the video explains how NASA's Earth observing satellite fleet enables scientists to gather accurate data and understand those changes.

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Credits

Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC): Lead Animator
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Jennifer A. Shoemaker (UMBC): Video Editor
Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC): Video Editor
Jennifer A. Shoemaker (UMBC): Producer
Brian Campbell (SAIC): Producer
Moustafa Chahine (NASA/JPL CalTech): Scientist
Tom Pagano (NASA/JPL CalTech): Scientist
Chris Justice (University of Maryland): Scientist
Jerry Ziemke (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Inbal Becker Reshef (University of Maryland): Scientist
Jennifer A. Shoemaker (UMBC): Writer
Brian Campbell (SAIC): Writer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Missions:
Aura
QuikSCAT
Terra

Data Used:

Aqua/AMSR-E

For more information, please click http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/

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QuikSCAT/SeaWinds

1/1/2006 - 2/16/2006

SeaWinds is a scanning dual pencil-beam Ku-band scatterometer.

http://www.mers.byu.edu/Seawinds.html

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Aura/MLS/Ozone

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) also referred to as: NDVI

NASA

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> Global Warming
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Ice
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
GCMD >> Earth Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Climate Indicators
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans
SVS >> Climate Change
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