Earth ID: 2192

Tropospheric Ozone in Tropical Air Masses from Earth Probe TOMS

Visualizations by Horace Mitchell Released on July 1, 2001

This animation illustrates the movement of tropical air masses bringing tropospheric ozone into the northern temperate latitudes.

Visualization Credits

Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Anne Thompson (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jacquelyn Witte (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
A. M. Thompson, R. D. Hudson, A. D. Frolov, J. C. Witte, T. Kucsera, Tropospheric Ozone from Space: Tracking Pollution with the TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) Instrument, IGARRS, July 1, 2001

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Data Used:

Earth Probe/TOMS

1999/07/01-1999/07/31

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Tropospheric Ozone

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
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