A Sea of Data with PACE
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- Visualizations by:
- Chris Burns,
- Walt Feimer, and
- Greg Shirah
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- Written by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Jeremy Werdell
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- Interviewees:
- Jeremy Werdell
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
- View full credits
Music: "Natural Time Cycles," "Anywhere But Here," "Discovering New Things," Universal Production Music
Complete transcript available.
Video Descriptions available.
PACE's data will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide. In addition, it will reveal how aerosols might fuel phytoplankton growth in the surface ocean. Novel uses of PACE data will benefit our economy and society. For example, it will help identify the extent and duration of harmful algal blooms. PACE will extend and expand NASA's long-term observations of our living planet. By doing so, it will take Earth's pulse in new ways for decades to come.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Chris Burns (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Kel Elkins (USRA)
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Writer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Jeremy Werdell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Interviewee
- Jeremy Werdell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Narrator
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Videographers
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
- Michael Starobin (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Related Pages
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ID: 14454 Produced Video
PACE's Instruments Reveal a New Dimension of Atmospheric Information
Read moreTwo instruments on NASA’s upcoming PACE satellite mission will look at aerosols and clouds – the A and C in the mission’s name, Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem – to help scientists learn more about their characteristics and interactions in Earth’s systems.PACE’s instruments that will help scientists view features of Earth’s atmosphere are polarimeters, which measure light properties. There are characteristics of light that we can see with our eyes, such as color, but others that are invisible to the human eye, like what scientists call polarization. ||
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ID: 14361 Produced Video
The Insanely Important World of Phytoplankton
Read moreMusic: "Born to Hold On," "Busy Body," "Hidden Beings," "In Doubt," "Investigation," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.Video descriptions available. || Phyto_thumb.png (1920x1080) [5.3 MB] || Phyto_thumb_print.jpg (1024x576) [333.1 KB] || Phyto_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [120.8 KB] || Phyto_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || Phytoplankton_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [219.4 MB] || Phytoplankton_prores.mov (1920x1080) [4.8 GB] || Phytoplankton_prores.webm (1920x1080) [39.3 MB] || Phytoplankton.en_US.srt [8.1 KB] || Phytoplankton.en_US.vtt [7.7 KB] ||
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ID: 14315 Produced Video
Tracking Carbon from Wildfires to Ocean Blooms
Read moreMusic: "On the Trail," "Idle at Midnight," "Synthetic Comfort," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.Video descriptive text available.The following footage is provided by pond5.com through licensing and may not be excised: 00:00-00:12, 01:03-01:13, 01:15-01:23, 01:37-01:45, 02:07-02:21, 03:31-03:34, 03:43-03:47, 04:06-04:19, and 04:36-04:46 || PACE_Fire_thumb_print.jpg (1024x523) [95.6 KB] || PACE_Fire_thumb.png (3168x1620) [5.4 MB] || PACE_Fire_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [75.2 KB] || PACE_Fire_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || PACE_Fires_Carbon_prores.mov (1920x1080) [4.9 GB] || PACE_Fires_Carbon.mp4 (1920x1080) [370.0 MB] || PACE_Fires_Carbon_prores.webm (1920x1080) [40.0 MB] || PACE_Fires.en_US.srt [7.7 KB] || PACE_Fires.en_US.vtt [7.4 KB] ||
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ID: 14269 Produced Video
NASA’s Webb Telescope Links Galaxies Near and Far
Read moreA trio of faint objects (circled) captured in the James Webb Space Telescope’s deep image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 exhibit properties remarkably similar to rare, small galaxies called “green peas” found much closer to home. The cluster’s mass makes it a gravitational lens, which both magnifies and distorts the appearance of background galaxies. We view these early peas as they existed when the universe was about 5% its current age of 13.8 billion years. The farthest pea, at left, contains just 2% the oxygen abundance of a galaxy like our own and might be the most chemically primitive galaxy yet identified. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_1080_print.jpg (1024x880) [161.9 KB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_1080.png (2513x2160) [3.8 MB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_2160.png (2513x2160) [3.8 MB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_full.png (3840x3302) [8.2 MB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [71.2 KB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_1080_web.png (320x275) [103.8 KB] || early_peas_behind_SMACS_0723_1080_thm.png (80x40) [5.1 KB] ||
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ID: 5019 Visualization
PACE orbit with swaths and instrument fields of view
Read morePACE orbiting the Earth showing OCI, HARP2, and SPEXone instument fields of view followed by instrument ground swath patterns || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_HD.09000_print.jpg (1024x576) [110.6 KB] || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_HD.09000_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.6 KB] || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_HD.09000_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_HD_1080p59.94.mp4 (1920x1080) [70.0 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/ (1920x1080) [768.0 KB] || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_HD_1080p59.94.webm (1920x1080) [20.3 MB] || pace_orbit_swath.42_FINAL_4K_2160p59.94.mp4 (3840x2160) [269.9 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] || frames/9600x3240_16x9_30p/ (9600x3240) [768.0 KB] ||
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