Aqua/AIRS Sees Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere
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- Visualizations by:
- Lori Perkins
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The researchers believe strong convection (thunderstorms) in this belt, and South America's high Andes Mountains, lift carbon dioxide from major sources on Earth's surface, such as the respiration of plants, forest fires and facilities for producing synthetic fuels and generating power. This carbon dioxide is then carried into the 'free troposphere,' the part of the troposphere that is too high to be influenced by Earth's surface. There, it becomes trapped in the mid-latitude jet stream, which transports it rapidly around the world.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Edward Olsen (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Moustafa Chahine (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Tom Pagano (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Series
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Aqua Wind (Collected with the AIRS sensor)
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