Earth Science Heads-up Display
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- Visualizations by:
- Horace Mitchell
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On September 10, 2014, NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) was celebrated in an evening event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. The title of this event was "Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet", and the speakers at this event included several Earth Scientists from Goddard Space Flight Center. This animation was used in the beginning of the event to illustrate the interconnectedness of the many Earth-based data sets that NASA has produced over the last decade or so. The animation simulates a view of the Earth from the International Space Station, over which interconnected data sets are displayed as if on a head-up display.
Animation simulating a head-up display on the Space Station for comparing data related to Earth System Science.
This video is also available on our YouTube channel.
Albedo Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds Atmospheric Chemistry/Nitrogen Compounds Atmospheric Radiation Atmospheric science Atmospheric Winds Biology Biosphere Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Clouds Cryology Cryosphere Earth Science Fires Geology Gravity Gravity/gravitational Field Ground Water Human Dimensions Human geography Hydrology Hydrosphere Hyperwall Incoming Solar Radiation ISS Land Surface Land Temperature Leaf Area Index NASM Natural hazards Nitrogen Dioxide ocean color Ocean Optics Oceans Outgoing Longwave Radiation Physical oceanography precipitation Salinity Salinity/Density Snow Cover Snow/Ice Solid Earth Vegetation Vegetation Index Water Table Wind Profiles
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).
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Animator
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Piers Sellers (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Alison Schuyler Ogden (NASA/GSFC)
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Project support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Datasets used in this visualization
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Terra and Aqua Fire Location (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Credit: Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland - http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)
See more visualizations using this data setSeaStar Global Biosphere (Collected with the SeaWiFS sensor)
SeaWiFS Global Biosphere is a combination of the Land NDVI and Chlorophyll Concentration data sets. All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
Dataset can be found at: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/PRODUCTS/
See more visualizations using this data setAqua Incoming Solar Radiation (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Data from SORCE for the flux magnitude at the Earth's orbit, coupled with solar incidence angles based on CERES measurement locations and times
See more visualizations using this data setTerra and Aqua NDVI (A.K.A. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Aqua Outgoing Longwave Radiation Flux (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.