NASA's Aquarius Returns Global Maps of Soil Moisture
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- Visualizations by:
- Trent L. Schindler
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- Produced by:
- Kayvon Sharghi
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NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water contained within soil particles, is an important player in Earth's water cycle. This animated version of Aquarius' measurements reveals a dynamic pattern of worldwide shifts between dry and moist soils.
Here is the YouTube video.
This is a narrated video about NASA's observations of soil moisture and its applications.
For complete transcript, click here.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Data visualizers
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Writer
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase)
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Video editor
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Scientists
- Rajat Bindlish (USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
- Tom Jackson (USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
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Producers
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA) [Lead]
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Narration
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA)
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Narrator
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
Aquarius Soil Moisture
(ID: 2014062)
Monday, July 7, 2014 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Richard Chen
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