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            "title": "Global Carbon Dioxide 2020-2021",
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            "title": "Internal Ocean Tides",
            "description": "Data visualization featuring internal tides data from NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center simulation run. The visualization sequence starts with a view of the Americas and the Pacific Ocean and soon after exposes the undersea mountain range along the Hawaiian Ridge. Internal tides data appear on the water surface and the direction of the waves reveal the interplay between the steep bathymetry and the tidal energy generated in the region. Zooming out to a global view, we spot other areas around the globe where large tides are generated, such as Tahiti, Southwest Indian Ocean and Luzon Strait and observe the motions and patterns presented by data. || InternalTides_1024x576_2944.jpg (1024x576) [614.4 KB] || InternalTides_1024x576_2944_searchweb.png (320x180) [134.6 KB] || InternalTides_1024x576_2944_web.png (320x180) [134.6 KB] || InternalTides_1024x576_2944_thm.png (80x40) [21.2 KB] || InternalTides_1280x720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [62.4 MB] || InternalTides_1920x1080_60fps_2944.tif (1920x1080) [7.9 MB] || InternalTides_1280x720p30.webm (1280x720) [15.1 MB] || InternalTides_1920x1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [120.7 MB] || InternalTides (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || InternalTides_3840x2160_60fps_2944.tif (3840x2160) [31.6 MB] || InternalTides_3840x2160_p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [376.1 MB] || InternalTides_1920x1080p30.mp4.hwshow [192 bytes] || ",
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            "title": "Internal Tides: Global Views",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
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            "description": "Data visualization featuring the glacier rich region of the Himalayas, along with many of Earth’s highest peaks. The visualization sequence starts with a wide view of the Tibetan plateau and moves along a hiking path highlighting Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt Nuptse, the Everest Base Camp, the Khumbhu glacier, all the way to Imja Lake. Moving to a top-down view of Imja Lake, a time series of Landsat data unveils its dramatic growth for the period 1989-2019.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || imja_final_4k.4600_print.jpg (1024x576) [114.8 KB] || imja_final_4k.4600_searchweb.png (320x180) [101.5 KB] || imja_final_4k.4600_web.png (320x180) [101.5 KB] || imja_final_4k.4600_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || imja_final_HD_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [72.9 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || imja_final_HD_1080p60.webm (1920x1080) [19.7 MB] || with_cities (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.30013.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || imja_final_4k_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [215.1 MB] || imja_final_2160p60_prores.mov (3840x2160) [16.9 GB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth Day 2020: Gulf Stream ocean current pull out to Earth observing fleet",
            "description": "Ocean currents from the ECCO-2 model: starting underwater, then pulling back to see the Gulf Stream, pulling back farther revealing the Earth observing fleetThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [274.9 KB] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [138.0 KB] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01_1080p60.webm (1920x1080) [13.8 MB] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [140.9 MB] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01.mp4 (1920x1080) [203.9 MB] || 9600x3240_16x9_30p (9600x3240) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.29348.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || gulf_stream_to_fleet_final01.mp4.hwshow [448 bytes] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4628/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2018-03-23T13:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Sea Ice Maximum extent 2018",
            "description": "This visualization shows the Arctic sea ice as it expands from October 1, 2017 to its annual maximum extent that occurred on March 17th, 2018.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || SeaIceMax_2018.1071_print.jpg (1024x576) [195.9 KB] || SeaIceMax_2018_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.1 MB] || SeaIceMax_2018_2160p30.webm (3840x2160) [7.6 MB] || Sea_Ice_with_dates (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceMax_2018_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [134.9 MB] || ArcticSeaIceMax_2018_YouTube_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [171.5 MB] || SeaIceMax_2018_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [216 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2018-01-31T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Sixty Years of Earth Observations: from Explorer-1 (1958) to CYGNSS (2017)",
            "description": "Earth observing spacecraft from Explorer-1 to CYGNSSThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || explorer1_68_1920x1080.09999_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.7 KB] || explorer1_68_1920x1080.09999_searchweb.png (320x180) [76.7 KB] || explorer1_68_1920x1080.09999_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || explorer1_68_1920x1080_p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [73.6 MB] || firsts (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || explorer1_68_1920x1080_p30.webm (1920x1080) [35.9 MB] || explorer1_68_1920x1080_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [124.5 MB] || explorer1_68_1920x1080.1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [128.5 MB] || 9600x3240_16x9_30p (9600x3240) [0 Item(s)] || 3840x2160_16x9_60p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || explorer1_68_3840x2160_p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [461.5 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-11-20T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "NASA's Near-Earth Science Mission Fleet: March 2017",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4563/",
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            "release_date": "2017-11-13T13:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Ocean flows at surface and 2000 meters below sea level",
            "description": "Visualization showing global ocean currents from Jan 01, 2010 to Dec 31, 2012 at sea level then at 2000 meters below sea level. || final01_world_current.1000_print.jpg (1024x576) [241.7 KB] || final01_world_current.1000_searchweb.png (320x180) [103.0 KB] || final01_world_current.1000_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || global (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || final01_world_current.webm (1920x1080) [6.4 MB] || final01_world_current.mp4 (1920x1080) [100.7 MB] || final01_world_current.m4v (640x360) [13.5 MB] || final01_world_current.mp4.hwshow [187 bytes] || ",
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        {
            "id": 4590,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4590/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-10-27T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Southern Africa Drought",
            "description": "When a giant swell of warm water, known as El Niño emerged in the Pacific Ocean in 2015, scientists knew to look for impacts.  As El Niño changed global weather patterns Southern Africa went into severe drought. On top of already dry conditions, the region experienced its lowest rainfall in 35 years.With the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, launched in 2015, NASA has dedicated soil moisture measurements for the first time – and could see this severe drought emerging.  SMAP's highly sensitive microwave radiometer detects the energy emitted by soil depending on how wet or how dry it is.  The old gardener's trick is to squeeze a handful of dirt in your hand and see whether it clumps or falls apart. Think of SMAP doing the same thing – with a lot more precision, all around the world, every 3 days.SMAP allowed us to see a connection between Pacific Ocean water temperatures and the moisture of the soil in Southern Africa. These measurements are now being put to operational use more than ever. SMAP's data was fed into the USDA's global crop yield forecasts – the Foreign Agriculture Service reports that help drive multi-billion dollar commodity markets around the world. In fact, the Foreign Ag Service scientist for this region said that with SMAP they now have the first reliable soil moisture data in 30 years.As crops failed and soils were left bare, we used the Terra and Aqua satellites to assess these effects on the vegetation from a local to regional scale.  The Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) reflects the health of vegetation on the land surface.As this drought spread across Southern Africa, nearly 30 million people were at risk of drastic food shortages. Four out of 10 people did not have access to clean drinking water.The analyses and data provided by NASA scientists are also critical to a USAID program called the Famine Early Warning Systems Network. As food crises arise, the global view provided by NASA scientists informs decisions about where governments and relief agencies should send help.In Southern Africa in 2015 and 2016, nearly 350 million dollars of emergency water and food aid were delivered, in part based on NASA data, to aid millions of people.As the peak of the drought hits in January 2016, the animations show the low soil moisture conditions in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Correspondingly the low vegetation appears in that region as well. || ",
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            "id": 4586,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4586/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-10-05T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Hurricane Tracks from 2017 with Precipitation and Cloud Data",
            "description": "2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017) || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_searchweb.png (180x320) [111.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || atlantic (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.webm (1920x1080) [28.1 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [504.9 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || hurricane_tracks2017_640x360p30.mp4 (640x360) [78.6 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.5 GB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4565/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-05-04T19:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Seasonal Changes in Carbon Dioxide",
            "description": "Narrated visualization showing seasonal drawdown in carbon dioxideThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || co2_science_comp.0740_print.jpg (1024x576) [118.8 KB] || co2_science_comp.0740_searchweb.png (180x320) [75.9 KB] || co2_science_comp.0740_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || CO2_Science_001_DDMMYY.m4v (1280x720) [66.6 MB] || CO2_Science_001_DDMMYY.webmhd.webm (1080x606) [17.7 MB] || CO2_Science_001_MM.m4v (1280x720) [66.5 MB] || comp (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || CO2_Science_001_DDMMYY.mp4 (1920x1080) [147.8 MB] || CO2_Science_001_MM.mp4 (1920x1080) [147.9 MB] || CO2_Science.en_US.srt [1.7 KB] || CO2_Science.en_US.vtt [1.7 KB] || CO2_Science_001_DDMMYY.mov (1920x1080) [1.1 GB] || CO2_Science_001_MM.mov (1920x1080) [1.1 GB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4558/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-04-19T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA's Earth Observing Fleet: March 2017",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-03-22T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Arctic Daily Sea Ice Concentration from Arctic Minimum 2016 to Arctic Maximum 2017",
            "description": "This movie begins at Arctic Minimum on September 10, 2016 and shows daily sea ice concentration until the Arctic maximum on March 7, 2017.  The 2017 Arctic maximum was 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles). The average maximum (1981-2010) is 15.64 million square kilometers. || print_Arctic_Max_2017_March07.8218_print.jpg (1024x576) [138.6 KB] || print_Arctic_Max_2017_March07.8218_searchweb.png (320x180) [75.7 KB] || print_Arctic_Max_2017_March07.8218_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || NorthPole_seaIce_MIN2016_til_Max2017_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.8 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || NorthPole_seaIce_MIN2016_til_Max2017_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [3.9 MB] || print_Arctic_Max_2017_March07.8218.tif (3840x2160) [10.4 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || NorthPole_seaIce_MIN2016_til_Max2017_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [210 bytes] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4514/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2016-12-13T14:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Carbon Dioxide from GMAO using Assimilated OCO-2 Data",
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        {
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4096/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2013-08-22T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Summer Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: May - August 2013",
            "description": "The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water \"SHIZUKU\" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature.In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from May 16, 2013 through August 15, 2013. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || ",
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        {
            "id": 4052,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4052/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2013-04-03T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Arctic Daily Sea Ice Concentration from March 2012 to February 2013",
            "description": "This animation shows the seasonal change in the extent of the Arctic sea ice between March 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013. The annual cycle starts with the maximum extent reached on March 15, 2012. Every summer the Arctic ice cap melts down to its minimum extent before colder weather builds the ice cover back up. This new ice generated on an annual basis is called \"first-year\" ice and is thinner than the older sea ice. The perennial ice is the portion of the ice cap that spans multiple years and represents its thickest component. On September 13, 2012, the sea ice minimum covered 3.439 million square kilometers, that is down by more than 3.571 million square kilometers from the high of 7.011 million square kilometers measured in 1980. The annual maximum extent for 2013 reached on February 28 reached an extent of 15.09 million square kilometers. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 3927,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3927/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-06-07T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "ICESCAPE Mission Measures High Chlorophyll-a Under the Ice",
            "description": "ICESCAPE is a multi-year NASA mission to study biogeochemical and ecological impacts of climate change in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in the Arctic. During 2011, the ICESCAPE mission acquired data while sailing on the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy. This visualization shows both the technique used by the ICESCAPE mission to take data measurements as well as some of the data that was taken.The visualization shows the ICESCAPE ship's path through the Chukchi and Beaufort seas north of Alaska from July 3, 2011 through July 8, 2011. The ship stops and takes measurements along the way. The measurements are taken by canisters lowered to various depths that sample the water. The measurement depths range from 1.8 meters to 149.3 meters below sea level. The sets of measurements are broken into two transects. The first transect is the trip out into the ice. The second transect is the trip back. Topography (above sea level) is exaggerated 10 times. Bathymetry (below sea level) is exaggerated 200 times in order differentiate the measurements.The colors of the measurements (i.e,. stations) correspond to the color bar below which represent chlorophyll-a concentrations. Measurements that are depicted by spheres were acquired while the ship was in open water while measurements depicted by cubes were acquired when the ship was in ice. As data is collected, a wall of interpolated data is generated.An important finding of this research was that high concentrations of chlorophyll-a were found under the ice. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3972,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3972/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-05-29T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth Sciences Division Poster",
            "description": "This high-resolution image of the earth is designed for printing at 300 dpi on a large format poster printer at a size of 154.5 inches long and 72 inches high. The image is 46,352 pixels wide and 21,600 pixels high. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3939,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3939/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-04-16T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Orbits",
            "description": "The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), also to be named Landsat 8 after its scheduled launch in February 2013, will be the eighth in the series of Landsat satellites. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have been observing and measuring Earth's continental and coastal landscapes at 15 to 30 meter resolution, where human impacts and natural changes can be monitored and characterized over time.This animation portrays how the LDCM satellite will orbit the Earth 13 times per day at an altitude of 705 km collecting landcover data. With a cross-track width of 185 km, the satellite will completely cover the globe in a 16 day period compiling a total of 233 orbits. A day number and the elapsed time are shown to clearly depict the passage of time which starts slowly in the beginning and increases to day-by-day steps at the end of the animation. The terrain is exaggerated by 6 times during the first day portrayed, but is increased to 12 times when the camera pulls out to a global view. An artificial orbit trail is shown following the spacecraft to indicate its position when the satellite itself is too small to be visible. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3912,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3912/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-03-16T10:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature",
            "description": "This visualization shows sea surface current flows. The flows are colored by corresponding sea surface temperature data. This visualization is rendered for display on very high resolution devices like hyperwalls or for print media.This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project entitled Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II (ECCO2). ECCO2 uses the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) to synthesize satellite and in-situ data of the global ocean and sea-ice at resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow current systems, which transport heat and carbon in the oceans. The ECCO2 model simulates ocean flows at all depths, but only surface flows are used in this visualization. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3913,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3913/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-02-15T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Gulf Stream Sea Surface Currents and Temperatures",
            "description": "This visualization shows the Gulf Stream stretching from the Gulf of Mexico all the way over towards Western Europe. This visualization was designed for a very wide, high resolution display (e.g., a 5x3 hyperwall display).This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project entitled Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II (ECCO2). ECCO2 uses the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) to synthesize satellite and in-situ data of the global ocean and sea-ice at resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow current systems, which transport heat and carbon in the oceans. The ECCO2 model simulates ocean flows at all depths, but only surface flows are used in this visualization. There are 2 versions provided: one with the flows colored with gray, the other with flows colored using sea surface temperature data. The sea surface temperature data is also from the ECCO2 model. The dark patterns under the ocean represent the undersea bathymetry. Topographic land exaggeration is 20x and bathymetric exaggeration is 40x. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3827,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3827/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2011-08-15T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Perpetual Ocean",
            "description": "This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience.This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project: Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2. ECCO2 uses the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) to synthesize satellite and in-situ data of the global ocean and sea-ice at resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow current systems, which transport heat and carbon in the oceans. ECCO2 provides ocean flows at all depths, but only surface flows are used in this visualization. The dark patterns under the ocean represent the undersea bathymetry. Topographic land exaggeration is 20x and bathymetric exaggeration is 40x. This visualization was shown at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Computer Animation Festival.Don't miss these related visualizations:Excerpt form Dynamic EarthGulf Stream Sea Surface Currents and TemperaturesOcean Current Flows around the Mediterranean Sea for UNESCOGlobal Sea Surface Currents and TemperatureFlat Map Ocean Current Flows with Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) || ",
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        {
            "id": 3829,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3829/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2011-05-10T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Aquarius studies Ocean and Wind Flows",
            "description": "Aquarius is a focused satellite mission to measure global Sea Surface Salinity. During its nominal three-year mission, Aquarius will map the salinity at the ocean surface to improve our understanding of Earth's water cycle and ocean circulation. Aquarius will help scientists see how freshwater moves between the ocean and the atmosphere. It will monitor changes in the water cycle due to rainfall, evaporation, ice melting, and river runoff. Aquarius will also demonstrate a measurement capability that can be applied to future operational missions. Ocean circulation is driven in large part by changes in water density, which is determined by temperature and salinity. Cold, high-salinity water masses sink and trigger the ocean's \"themalhaline circulation\" - the surface and deep currents that distribute solar energy to regulate Earth's climate. By measuring salinity, Aquarius will provide new insight into this global process. Aquarius' measurements of ocean salinity will provide a new perspective on the ocean and its links to climate, greatly expanding upon limited past measurements. Aquarius salinity data - combined with data from other sensors that measure sea level, ocean color, temperature, winds and rainfall will give us a much clearer picture of how the ocean works, how it is linked to climate, and how it may respond to climate change.Aquarius will provide information that will help improve predictions of future climate trends and short-term climate events such as El Niño and La Niña. Precise salinity measurements from Aquarius will reveal changes in patterns of global precipitation and evaporation and show how these changes may affect ocean circulation. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3764,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3764/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2010-08-19T14:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "How Much Carbon do Plants Take from the Atmosphere?",
            "description": "Plant life converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass through photosynthesis, a process called 'fixing'. This is one of the main ways in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and is a major part of the carbon cycle. The amount of carbon removed is called the gross primary productivity (GPP), and the change in GPP due to rising global temperatures is very important factor in the response of the Earth to climate change.Data from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite has been recently used to calculate the GPP for the whole world for the last 10 years. This animation shows a time sequence of GPP on land as measured by MODIS during the years 2000 through 2009. Two things to note are the year-long productivity of the tropical regions and the large seasonal productivity in the northern hemisphere. A close look at the animation also reveals major urban areas for which the productivity is negligible.For a look at why the decade from 2000 through 2009 meant lower productivity, see the page 'How has the Atmospheric Carbon Uptake from Plants Changed in the Last Decade?' || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3765/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2010-08-19T14:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "How has the Atmospheric Carbon Uptake from Plants Changed in the Last Decade?",
            "description": "Plant life converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass through photosynthesis. This process, called fixing, is one of the main ways in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and is a major part of the carbon cycle. Plants release a fraction of this fixed carbon by respiration in order to get energy to live and to move carbon to other organs. The amount of carbon removed minus the amount of carbon respired is called the net primary productivity (NPP) and is the amount of carbon turned into biomass.The change in NPP due to rising global temperatures is a very important factor in the response of the Earth to climate change. Measurements of radiation and leaf area from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite have recently been used to calculate the change in NPP for the whole world for the last 10 years. This animation shows a time sequence of annual NPP deviation from normal (or 'anomaly') on land as measured by MODIS during the years 2000 through 2009. Annual NPP, especially its departures from a long-term mean condition, will demonstrate the effects of environmental drivers such as ENSO (El Niño) events, climate change, droughts, pollution episodes, land degradation, and agricultural expansion.Earlier studies of productivity between 1982 and 1999 showed that prouctivity went up as global temperatures rose, because longer, warmer growing seasons were better for plant growth. This new study indicates that this is still true in the northern hemisphere, but that increased temperatures have meant increased drought and dryness in the tropics and the southern hemisphere. As a result, the global net productivity has actually decreased in the period from 2000 through 2009.Regionally, negative annual NPP anomalies were mainly caused by large-scale droughts. In 2000, droughts reduced NPP in North America and China; in 2002, droughts reduced NPP in North America and Australia; in 2003, drought caused by a major heat wave reduced NPP in Europe; in 2005, severe droughts in the Amazon, Africa, and Australia greatly reduced both regional and global NPP; from 2007 through 2009 over large parts of Australia, continuous droughts reduced continental NPP.For an animation of daily productivity, see the page How Much Carbon do Plants Take from the Atmosphere?. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3652,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3652/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-10-09T13:24:00-04:00",
            "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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        {
            "id": 3619,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3619/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-09-01T18:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009",
            "description": "The cryosphere consists of those parts of the Earth's surface where water is found in solid form, including areas of snow, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost, ice sheets, and icebergs. In these regions, surface temperatures remain below freezing for a portion of each year. Since ice and snow exist relatively close to their melting point, they frequently change from solid to liquid and back again due to fluctuations in surface temperature. Although direct measurements of the cryosphere can be difficult to obtain due to the remote locations of many of these areas, using satellite observations scientists monitor changes in the global and regional climate by observing how regions of the Earth's cryosphere shrink and expand.This animation portrays fluctuations in the cryosphere through observations collected from a variety of satellite-based sensors. The animation begins in Antarctica, showing some unique features of the Antarctic landscape found nowhere else on earth. Ice shelves, ice streams, glaciers, and the formation of massive icebergs can be seen clearly in the flyover of the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica. A time series shows the movement of iceberg B15A, an iceberg 295 kilometers in length which broke off of the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. Moving farther along the coastline, a time series of the Larsen ice shelf shows the collapse of over 3,200 square kilometers ice since January 2002. As we depart from the Antarctic, we see the seasonal change of sea ice and how it nearly doubles the apparent area of the continent during the winter.From Antarctica, the animation travels over South America showing glacier locations on this mostly tropical continent. We then move further north to observe daily changes in snow cover over the North American continent. The clouds show winter storms moving across the United States and Canada, leaving trails of snow cover behind. In a close-up view of the western US, we compare the difference in land cover between two years: 2003 when the region received a normal amount of snow and 2002 when little snow was accumulated. The difference in the surrounding vegetation due to the lack of spring melt water from the mountain snow pack is evident.As the animation moves from the western US to the Arctic region, the areas affected by permafrost are visible. As time marches forward from March to September, the daily snow and sea ice recede and reveal the vast areas of permafrost surrounding the Arctic Ocean.The animation shows a one-year cycle of Arctic sea ice followed by the mean September minimum sea ice for each year from 1979 through 2008. The superimposed graph of the area of Arctic sea ice at this minimum clearly shows the dramatic decrease in Artic sea ice over the last few years.While moving from the Arctic to Greenland, the animation shows the constant motion of the Arctic polar ice using daily measures of sea ice activity. Sea ice flows from the Arctic into Baffin Bay as the seasonal ice expands southward. As we draw close to the Greenland coast, the animation shows the recent changes in the Jakobshavn glacier. Although Jakobshavn receded only slightly from 1964 to 2001, the animation shows significant recession from 2001 through 2009. As the animation pulls out from Jakobshavn, the effect of the increased flow rate of Greenland costal glaciers is shown by the thinning ice shelf regions near the Greenland coast.This animation shows a wealth of data collected from satellite observations of the cryosphere and the impact that recent cryospheric changes are making on our planet.For more information on the data sets used in this visualization, visit NASA's EOS DAAC website.Note: This animation is an update of the animation 'A Short Tour of the Cryosphere', which is itself an abridged version of the animation 'A Tour of the Cryosphere'. The popularity of the earlier animations and their continuing relevance prompted us to update the datasets in parts of the animation and to remake it in high definition. In certain cases, our experiences in using the earlier work have led us to tweak the presentation of some of the material to make it clearer. Our thanks to Dr. Robert Bindschadler for suggesting and supporting this remake. || ",
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            "release_date": "2005-12-04T23:55:00-05:00",
            "title": "A Tour of the Cryosphere",
            "description": "A new HD version of this animation is available here.Click here to go to the media download section.The cryosphere consists of those parts of the Earth's surface where water is found in solid form, including areas of snow, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost, ice sheets, and icebergs. In these regions, surface temperatures remain below freezing for a portion of each year. Since ice and snow exist relatively close to their melting point, they frequently change from solid to liquid and back again due to fluctuations in surface temperature. Although direct measurements of the cryosphere can be difficult to obtain due to the remote locations of many of these areas, using satellite observations scientists monitor changes in the global and regional climate by observing how regions of the Earth's cryosphere shrink and expand.This animation portrays fluctuations in the cryosphere through observations collected from a variety of satellite-based sensors. The animation begins in Antarctica, showing ice thickness ranging from 2.7 to 4.8 kilometers thick along with swaths of polar stratospheric clouds. In a tour of this frozen continent, the animation shows some unique features of the Antarctic landscape found nowhere else on earth. Ice shelves, ice streams, glaciers, and the formation of massive icebergs can be seen. A time series shows the movement of iceberg B15A, an iceberg 295 kilometers in length which broke off of the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. Moving farther along the coastline, a time series of the Larsen ice shelf shows the collapse of over 3,200 square kilometers ice since January 2002. As we depart from the Antarctic, we see the seasonal change of sea ice and how it nearly doubles the size of the continent during the winter.From Antarctica, the animation travels over South America showing areas of permafrost over this mostly tropical continent. We then move further north to observe daily changes in snow cover over the North American continent. The clouds show winter storms moving across the United States and Canada, leaving trails of snow cover behind. In a close-up view of the western US, we compare the difference in land cover between two years: 2003 when the region received a normal amount of snow and 2002 when little snow was accumulated. The difference in the surrounding vegetation due to the lack of spring melt water from the mountain snow pack is evident.As the animation moves from the western US to the Arctic region, the areas effected by permafrost are visible. In December, we see how the incoming solar radiation primarily heats the Southern Hemisphere. As time marches forward from December to June, the daily snow and sea ice recede as the incoming solar radiation moves northward to warm the Northern Hemisphere.Using satellite swaths that wrap the globe, the animation shows three types of instantaneous measurements of solar radiation observed on June 20, 2003: shortwave (reflected) radiation, longwave (thermal) radiation and net flux (showing areas of heating and cooling). Correlation between reflected radiation and clouds are evident. When the animation fades to show the monthly global average net flux, we see that the polar regions serve to cool the global climate by radiating solar energy back into space throughout the year.The animation shows a one-year cycle of the monthly average Arctic sea ice concentration followed by the mean September minimum sea ice for each year from 1979 through 2004. A red outline indicates the mean sea ice extent for September over 22 years, from 1979 to 2002. The minimum Arctic sea ice animation clearly shows how over the last 5 years the quantity of polar ice has decreased by 10 - 14% from the 22 year average.While moving from the Arctic to Greenland, the animation shows the constant motion of the Arctic polar ice using daily measures of sea ice activity. Sea ice flows from the Arctic into Baffin Bay as the seasonal ice expands southward. As we draw close to the Greenland coast, the animation shows the recent changes in the Jakobshavn glacier. Although Jakobshavn receded only slightly from 1042 to 2001, the animation shows significant recession over the past three years, from 2002 through 2004.This animation shows a wealth of data collected from satellite observations of the cryosphere and the impact that recent cryospheric changes are making on our planet.For more information on the data sets used in this visualization, visit NASA's EOS DAAC website. || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2002-04-18T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Himalayas Exaggerated (version 2.2)",
            "description": "Satellite photographs (from Terra-MODIS) and computer-generated models help visualize Bangladesh's place in the world. Located in South Asia, it is virtually surrounded by India and the Bay of Bengal to the south. But in many ways, the country's fate is dominated by the world's highest mountain range looming to the north-the Himalayas. || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2002-01-18T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Lake Kivu Zoom-in",
            "description": "Zoom down to Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Africa.  The northern tip of this lake is considered to be the most likely spot for the next deadly gas eruption (similar to the 1984 and 1986 eruptions at Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos respectively) due to its proximity to volcanically active areas to the north.  For more information on similar gas eruptions please see animations #2346 and #2348. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2354/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2002-01-18T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Lake Kivu Zoom-out",
            "description": "Zoom out from Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Africa to a global view of the African continent.  (This animation is a reverse treatment of animation #2353.) || Animation starting at Lake Kivu which then zooms out to take in a global view of Africa. || a002354.00005_print.png (720x480) [603.7 KB] || kivuout_pre.jpg (320x238) [10.0 KB] || a002354.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.5 MB] || a002354.dv (720x480) [44.6 MB] || kivuout.mpg (352x240) [2.2 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2002-01-15T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Lac de Mbakaou Zoom-out",
            "description": "Zoom out from Lake Mbakaou, Cameroon, Africa to a global view of the African continent. This animation is a reverse treatment of animation #2335. || Animation starting at Lake Mbakaou which then zooms out to take in a global view of the African continent. || a002336.00005_print.png (720x480) [745.9 KB] || mbakout_pre.jpg (320x238) [13.7 KB] || a002336.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.7 MB] || a002336.dv (720x480) [42.9 MB] || mbakout.mpg (352x240) [2.3 MB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2337/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2002-01-15T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Bamenjing Reservoir Zoom-in",
            "description": "Zoom in to Bamenjing Reservoir, Cameroon, Africa. || Animation starting with a global view of Africa zooming down to 30 m. Landsat-7 data mapped over a 1 km. GTOPO30 Digital Elevation Map (DEM) of Bamenjing, Reservoir. || a002337.00005_print.png (720x480) [487.5 KB] || bamenjingin_pre.jpg (320x238) [7.4 KB] || a002337.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.3 MB] || a002337.dv (720x480) [43.5 MB] || bamenjingin.mpg (352x240) [2.3 MB] || ",
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