Earth ID: 824

Chemical Model Animation of O3 Absorbing Low-energy UV

Visualizations by James W. Williams Released on April 9, 1999

Ozone is a strong absorber of lower energy ultraviolet radiation which can kill living organisms. This radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer when it breaks the ozone bonds. An oxygen atom is released, but the atom quickly re-combines with another oxygen molecule to regenerate ozone.

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Chemical Model Animations
Showing weaker UV photons break the O3 molecules, which makes them into O2 molecules".

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:
SVS >> Oxygen
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
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