Polar Vortex (WMS)
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The polar vortex is an atmospheric regional event that isolates polar air from the air at temperate latitudes, producing conditions favorable for wintertime polar ozone depletion and other chemical perturbations. The location, size, and shape of the polar vortex is derived from potential vorticity (PV) data.
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This animation shows a flat map version of the southern polar vortex at 550 degrees Kelvin during part of 2004.
Duration: 9.0 seconds
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| Animation Number: | 3098 |
| Animator: | Eric Sokolowsky (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2005-02-01 |
| Scientists: | Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Ernest Hilsenrath (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Anne Douglass (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Michelle Santee (NASA/JPL CalTech) |
| Data set: | GMAO Potential Vorticity |
| Data Collected: | 2004-08-13 - 2004-11-15 |
| Series: | WMS |
Keywords:
SVS
>> Atmosphere
SVS
>> Pole
GCMD
>> EARTH SCIENCE
>> Atmosphere
>> Atmospheric Winds
>> Vorticity
GCMD
>> Location
>> Antarctica
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| DEPC Metadata is available here. |
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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