NASA's Aquarius Returns Global Maps of Soil Moisture
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.
This is a rotating globe with soil moisture maps made by the Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite.
This is a video demonstrating soil moisture in different weather.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Data visualizers
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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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)
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Animator
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Video editor
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Narration
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA)
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Narrator
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Writer
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, July 7, 2014.
This page was last updated on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 12:11 AM EDT.
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Aquarius Soil Moisture
(ID: 2014062)
Monday, July 7, 2014 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Richard Chen (NASA)