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ID: 823
Chemical Model Animation of O2 being Broken Up and Reforming as O3
Visualizations by
James W. Williams
Released on April 9, 1999
Ozone is formed when high energy ultra-violet radiation from the sun breaks apart molecular oxygen. An oxygen atom then combines with an oxygen molecule producing a new molecule with three atoms of oxygen, ozone.
For More Information
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/UARS/ozone_models.html
Visualization Credits
James W. Williams
(GST): Lead Animator
Jesse Allen
(Raytheon): Animator
Greg Shirah
(NASA/GSFC): Animator
Mark Schoeberl
(NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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UARS
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Chemistry
SVS >> Oxygen
NASA Science >> Earth
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