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            "description": "Rectangular flat map projection shows Sea Surface Salinity measurements taken by Aquarius in its whole life span (September 2011 - May 2015). || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30_print.jpg (1024x576) [137.4 KB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.4 KB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30_web.png (320x180) [80.4 KB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [83.1 MB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [12.0 MB] || flatmap_4k (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || flatmap_no_timeCbar_4k (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_4353.key [88.0 MB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_4353.pptx [85.4 MB] || aquarius_sss_timeCbar_flatmap_4k_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [259.0 MB] || aquarius-sea-surface-salinity-2011-2015.hwshow [203 bytes] || ",
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                "alt_text": "Aquarius color bar showing salinity range from 30 to 40 PSU, going from blue to green to red.",
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            "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "title": "AXIOM-1 Sea Surface Salinity, Sea Ice Thickness and Atmospheric Precipitable Water",
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            "release_date": "2015-02-13T00:00:00-05:00",
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                "alt_text": "This animation shows sea surface sailinity, sea ice thickness, and atmospheric precipitable water.",
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            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity 2011-2014 - Rotating Globes",
            "description": "3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe focused on the northern hemisphere with date and color bar || aquarius_sss_3yrs_SpinningGlobe_north0000_print.jpg (1024x576) [55.8 KB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_SpinningGlobe_north1329_720.webmhd.webm (960x540) [6.4 MB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_SpinningGlobe_north_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [23.4 MB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_SpinningGlobe_north1329_720.mp4 (1280x720) [11.9 MB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_SpinningGlobe_north (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || ",
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            "page_type": "Produced Video",
            "title": "NASA On Air: NASA's Aquarius Measures Ocean Salinity (3/13/2014)",
            "description": "LEAD: NASA's Aquarius instrument is observing the saltiness of the ocean surface from space.1. Bright orange colors = very salty. Blue = lower saltiness.2. Flying 400 miles above Earth, Aquarius can detect a change as little as a pinch of salt in a gallon of water.3. Scientists are studying why some hurricanes that pass over the Amazon River plume of lower saltiness tend to get stronger.TAG: Aquarius should help with El Niño forecasting as well.More information: http://aquarius.umaine.edu/cgi/sci_results.htm || Aquarius.jpg (1920x1080) [893.5 KB] || Aquarius_web.png (320x180) [51.3 KB] || Aquarius_thm.png (80x40) [4.5 KB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [16.5 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_prores.avi (1280x720) [18.3 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [23.4 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [58.1 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [90.3 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER.webmhd.webm (960x540) [6.7 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [170.8 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [170.8 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [562.4 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [555.3 MB] || WC_Aquarius-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [653.6 MB] || ",
            "release_date": "2014-03-13T00:00:00-04:00",
            "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:51:05.930509-04:00",
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                "alt_text": "LEAD: NASA's Aquarius instrument is observing the saltiness of the ocean surface from space.\r\r1. Bright orange colors = very salty. Blue = lower saltiness.\r\r2. Flying 400 miles above Earth, Aquarius can detect a change as little as a pinch of salt in a gallon of water.\r\r3. Scientists are studying why some hurricanes that pass over the Amazon River plume of lower saltiness tend to get stronger.\r\rTAG: Aquarius should help with El Niño forecasting as well.\rMore information: http://aquarius.umaine.edu/cgi/sci_results.htm",
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            "id": 30493,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30493/",
            "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "title": "Daily Salinity Maps",
            "description": "New daily maps show seasonal variations in salinity in the oceans of the world. || ",
            "release_date": "2014-02-11T00:00:00-05:00",
            "update_date": "2025-02-02T23:32:30.238795-05:00",
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                "alt_text": "Ocean surface salinity",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4045/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Tour 2012",
            "description": "The Aquarius spacecraft is designed to measure global sea surface salinity. It is important to understand salinity, the amount of dissolved salts in water, because it will lead us to better understanding of the water cycle and can lead to improved climate models. Aquarius is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of ArgentinaThis visualization celebrates over a year of successful Aquarius observations. Sea surface salinity is shown at various locations around the globe highlighting the following:the Atlantic Ocean is generally much more salty than the Pacificlow salinity waters in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific are transported westwardhigh influxes of fresh water from the Amazon River basin can be clearly seenlow salinity waters are transported by the Labrador current to the southhigh influxes of fresh water from the Ganges River basin can be seen keeping the Eastern Indian Ocean lower salinity than the Western Indian OceanThe range of time shown is December 2011 through Decemeber 2012. The data continuously loops through this range every 6 seconds. This visualization was generated based on version 2.0 of the Aquarius data products with all 3 scanning beams. || ",
            "release_date": "2013-02-27T12:00:00-05:00",
            "update_date": "2025-02-02T22:10:40.775151-05:00",
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                "media_type": "Image",
                "alt_text": "A tour of Aquarius sea surface salinity data highlighting interesting features including: the North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Amazon outflow, Labrador current, and Indian Ocean.",
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            "id": 4046,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4046/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity on Rotating Globes 2012",
            "description": "The Aquarius spacecraft is designed to measure global sea surface salinity. It is important to understand salinity, the amount of dissolved salts in water, because it will lead us to better understanding of the water cycle and can lead to improved climate models. Aquarius is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of ArgentinaThis visualization celebrates over a year of successful Aquarius observations. Sea surface salinity in the northern hemisphere is shown as the globe slowly rotates. The data cycles through a single year, 2012, and repeats. Two versions of the visualization are provied: a version with dates and a scientific color bar and another version without dates and a simpler color bar. The range of time shown is December 2011 through Decemeber 2012. The data continuously loops through this range every 6 seconds. This visualization was generated based on version 2.0 of the Aquarius data products with all 3 scanning beams.http://The Aquarius spacecraft || ",
            "release_date": "2013-02-27T12:00:00-05:00",
            "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:52:22.392507-04:00",
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                "alt_text": "Aquarius spinning globe without dates and with public colorbar.",
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        {
            "id": 3863,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3863/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Aquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean Salinity",
            "description": "NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries.Aquarius, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas) observatory, is making NASA's first space observations of ocean surface salinity variations - a key component of Earth's climate. Salinity changes are linked to the cycling of freshwater around the planet and influence ocean circulation.The new map, which shows a tapestry of salinity patterns, demonstrates Aquarius' ability to detect large-scale salinity distribution features clearly and with sharp contrast. The map is a composite of the data since Aquarius became operational on Aug. 25. The mission was launched June 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Aquarius/SAC-D is a collaboration between NASA and Argentina's space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).To produce the map, Aquarius scientists compared the early data with ocean surface salinity reference data. Although the early data contain some uncertainties, and months of additional calibration and validation work remain, scientists are impressed by the data's quality.The map shows several well-known ocean salinity features such as higher salinity in the subtropics; higher average salinity in the Atlantic Ocean compared to the Pacific and Indian Oceans; and lower salinity in rainy belts near the equator, in the northernmost Pacific Ocean and elsewhere. These features are related to large-scale patterns of rainfall and evaporation over the ocean, river outflow and ocean circulation. Aquarius will monitor how these features change and study their link to climate and weather variations.Other important regional features are evident, including a sharp contrast between the arid, high-salinity Arabian Sea west of the Indian subcontinent, and the low-salinity Bay of Bengal to the east, which is dominated by the Ganges River and south Asia monsoon rains. The data also show important smaller details, such as a larger-than-expected extent of low-salinity water associated with outflow from the Amazon River.Aquarius was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for NASA's Earth Systems Science Pathfinder Program. JPL is managing Aquarius through its commissioning phase and will archive mission data. Goddard will manage Aquarius mission operations and process science data. CONAE provided the SAC-D spacecraft and the mission operations center. || ",
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                "alt_text": "Salinity as measured by Aquarius",
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            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density",
            "description": "Sea Surface TemperatureThe oceans of the world are heated at the surface by the sun, and this heating is uneven for many reasons. The Earth's axial rotation, revolution about the sun, and tilt all play a role, as do the wind-driven ocean surface currents. The first animation in this group shows the long-term average sea surface temperature, with red and yellow depicting warmer waters and blue depicting colder waters. The most obvious feature of this temperature map is the variation of the temperature by latitude, from the warm region along the equator to the cold regions near the poles. Another visible feature is the cooler regions just off the western coasts of North America, South America, and Africa. On these coasts, winds blow from land to ocean and push the warm water away from the coast, allowing cooler water to rise up from deeper in the ocean. || ",
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                "alt_text": "An animation of average Sea Surface Temperature on a globe.",
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            "title": "Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity 2011-2014 - Flat Maps",
            "description": "Rectangular flat map projection (Atlantic-centered) with grid lines showing Sea Surface Salinity measurements taken by Aquarius between September 2011 and September 2014. || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid0000_print.jpg (1024x576) [136.5 KB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid0000_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.6 KB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid0000_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid0000_web.png (320x180) [88.6 KB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.6 MB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid_1080.webmhd.webm (960x540) [8.5 MB] || aquarius_sss_3yrs_atlantic_rect_grid (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || ",
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                "alt_text": "Rectangular flat map projection (Atlantic-centered) with grid lines showing Sea Surface Salinity measurements taken by Aquarius between September 2011 and September 2014. ",
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        {
            "id": 30499,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30499/",
            "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "title": "Ocean Salinity and Daily Argo Coverage",
            "description": "Salinity has been measured at sea for centuries, first using buckets to collect samples, and later (within the past few decades) with instruments known as “CTDs,” which simultaneously measure conductivity (as a proxy for salinity), temperature, and ocean depth (based on pressure). This technology is used to provide single point samples throughout the ocean. The Argo program has over 3500 profiling floats with CTDs currently deployed in all ocean basins. The Argo array of profiling floats is the first attempt to monitor the global subsurface (upper 2000 meters) ocean temperature and salinity fields in real time. The first floats were deployed in late 1999 and it took another 8 years to reach the global target of 3000 operating floats delivering data every 10 days. While ~3500 floats seem like a lot, on a daily basis the ocean is still very undersampled.This visualization shows ocean salinity at 150 meters as derived by an eddy-resolving ocean model. The gray dots represent the daily locations of Argo floats from January 1993 to December 2010. Ocean salinity and temperature data from Argo floats have proved extremely useful, and can be used in combination with data from other sources (such as from NASA’s Aquarius mission and other satellite missions) to observe and model long-term ocean signals related to climate change. || ",
            "release_date": "2014-05-13T00:00:00-04:00",
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                "alt_text": "Modeled ocean salinity and daily locations of Argo floats, 1993 to 2010.",
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        {
            "id": 4050,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4050/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Flat Maps 2012",
            "description": "The Aquarius spacecraft is designed to measure global sea surface salinity. It is important to understand salinity, the amount of dissolved salts in water, because it will lead us to better understanding of the water cycle and can lead to improved climate models. Aquarius is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of ArgentinaThis visualization celebrates over a year of successful Aquarius observations. Sea surface salinity is shown on a flat map using a simple cartesian and extended Molleide projections. Versions are included with and without dates/color bars.The range of time shown is December 2011 through Decemeber 2012. The data continuously loops through this range every 6 seconds. This visualization was generated based on version 2.0 of the Aquarius data products with all 3 scanning beams. || ",
            "release_date": "2013-02-28T13:00:00-05:00",
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                "media_type": "Image",
                "alt_text": "Extended Mollweide projection of Aquarius sea surface salinity",
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