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            "title": "20 years of AIRS Global Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) measurements (2002-May 2022)",
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            "release_date": "2022-05-28T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "20 years of AIRS Global Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) measurements (2002- March 2022)",
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            "release_date": "2022-04-11T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Carbon Dioxide 2020-2021 for Hyperwalls",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
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            "title": "NASA Tracks COVID-19’s Atmospheric Fingerprint",
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            "release_date": "2022-01-12T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Concentration Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)",
            "description": "Timeplot of increase of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide  (CO2) concentrations relative to the pre-industrial CO2 long-term mean value of 278ppm. During 2021, atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached a record-level increase of 50% relative to pre-industrial CO2 levels. || CO2_Increase_1920x1080_30p.01509.png (1920x1080) [382.9 KB] || CO2_Increase_1920x1080_30p.01509_print.jpg (1024x576) [45.5 KB] || CarbonDioxide_Increase (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || CarbonDioxide_Increase_1920x1080_30p.mp4 (1920x1080) [5.4 MB] || CO2_Increase_1920x1080_30p.01509.tif (1920x1080) [7.9 MB] || CarbonDioxide_Increase_1920x1080_30p.webm (1920x1080) [5.9 MB] || CarbonDioxide_Increase_alpha (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || CarbonDioxide_Increase (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || CarbonDioxide_Increase_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [31.1 MB] || CarbonDioxide_Increase_Alpha (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || ",
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            "title": "2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation",
            "description": "Tracking aerosols over land and water from August 1 to November 1, 2017.  Hurricanes and tropical storms are obvious from the large amounts of sea salt particles caught up in their swirling winds. The dust blowing off the Sahara, however, gets caught by water droplets and is rained out of the storm system.  Smoke from the massive fires in the Pacific Northwest region of North America are blown across the Atlantic to the UK and Europe.  This visualization is a result of combining NASA satellite data with sophisticated mathematical models that describe the underlying physical processes.Music: Elapsing Time by Christian Telford [ASCAP], Robert Anthony Navarro [ASCAP]Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_1080p_youtube_1080.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [161.7 KB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_1080p_youtube_1080.00001_searchweb.png (180x320) [108.8 KB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_1080p_youtube_1080.00001_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [78.1 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [34.1 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols.webm (960x540) [65.0 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [78.1 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_1080p_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [163.1 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [184.9 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [247.2 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [247.9 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_aerosols_captions.en_US.srt [3.1 KB] || 12772_hurricanes_aerosols_captions.en_US.vtt [3.1 KB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_UHD.mp4 (3840x2160) [739.9 MB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_1080p-prores.mov (1920x1080) [4.3 GB] || 12772_hurricanes_and_aerosols_UHD_4444.mov (3840x2160) [40.1 GB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2020-05-08T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth: A System of Systems (updated)",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2018-12-14T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Evolution of the Meteorological Observing System in the MERRA-2 Reanalysis",
            "description": "Meteorological Observing Systems, 1980 and 2018. Data is revealed within a moving 1.5 hour window centered on the time shown. || gmao_HW.00300_print.jpg (1024x345) [102.7 KB] || gmao_HW.00300_searchweb.png (320x180) [93.0 KB] || gmao_HW.00300_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || gmao_HW_1920_648p30.webm (1920x648) [11.9 MB] || gmao_HW_1920_648p30.mp4 (1920x648) [134.3 MB] || 9600x3240_80x27_30p (9600x3240) [0 Item(s)] || ",
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            "release_date": "2018-10-10T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Scientists see Gravity Waves in Concentric Rings",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
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            "title": "Earth System Diagram",
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            "release_date": "2017-07-20T08:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth's Energy Budget",
            "description": "Earth's energy budget is a metaphor for the delicate equilibrium between energy received from the Sun versus energy radiated back out in to space. Research into precise details of Earth's energy budget is vital for understanding how the planet's climate may be changing, as well as variabilities in solar energy output. NASA’s (The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) CERES and NASA's Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), missions play key roles in our continued understanding of Earth’s Energy Budget.NASA’s TSIS helps scientists keep a close watch on the sun’s energy input to Earth. Various satellites have captured a continuous record of this solar energy input since 1978. TSIS-1 sensors advance previous measurements, enabling scientists to study the sun's natural influence on Earth's ozone layer, atmospheric circulation, clouds, and ecosystems. These observations are essential for a scientific understanding of the effects of solar variability on the Earth system. TSIS-1 makes two key measurements: total solar irradiance, or TSI, the sun's total energy input into Earth, and solar spectral irradiance (SSI), the distribution of the sun's energy input across ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths of light. TSI measurements are needed to quantify the solar variations in the total amount of energy input to the Earth. SSI measurements are also vital because different wavelengths of light are absorbed by different parts of the atmosphere.For more than 20 years, NASA Langley's CERES (System) instruments have measured the solar energy reflected by Earth, the heat the planet emits, and the role of clouds in that process.  The final CERES Flight Model, CERES FM6 launched aboard NOAA’s JPSS-1 in Fall 2017.  CERES FM6 contributes to an already extensive CERES dataset that helps scientists validate models that calculate the effect of clouds on planetary heating and cooling. The same data can also be helpful for improving near-term, seasonal forecasts influenced by weather events such as El Niño and La Niña. El Niño and La Niña are weather patterns that develop when ocean temperatures fluctuate between warm and cool phases in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Built by Northrop Grumman and managed by Langley, CERES FM6 joins five other CERES instruments orbiting the planet on three other satellites.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center manages the TSIS-1 project. The University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) built both instruments and provides mission operations. The International Space Station carries TSIS-1.Earth's energy budget is a metaphor for the delicate equilibrium between energy received from the Sun versus energy radiated back out in to space. Research into precise details of Earth's energy budget is vital for understanding how the planet's climate may be changing, as well as variabilities in solar energy output. NASA’s (The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) CERES and NASA's Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), missions play key roles in our continued understanding of Earth’s Energy Budget.NASA’s TSIS helps scientists keep a close watch on the sun’s energy input to Earth. Various satellites have captured a continuous record of this solar energy input since 1978. TSIS-1 sensors advance previous measurements, enabling scientists to study the sun's natural influence on Earth's ozone layer, atmospheric circulation, clouds, and ecosystems. These observations are essential for a scientific understanding of the effects of solar variability on the Earth system. TSIS-1 makes two key measurements: total solar irradiance, or TSI, the sun's total energy input into Earth, and solar spectral irradiance (SSI), the distribution of the sun's energy input across ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths of light. TSI measurements are needed to quantify the solar variations in the total amount of energy input to the Earth. SSI measurements are also vital because different wavelengths of light are absorbed by different parts of the atmosphere.For more than 20 years, NASA Langley's CERES (System) instruments have measured the solar energy reflected by Earth, the heat the planet emits, and the role of clouds in that process.  The final CERES Flight Model, CERES FM6 launched aboard NOAA’s JPSS-1 in Fall 2017.  CERES FM6 contributes to an already extensive CERES dataset that helps scientists validate models that calculate the effect of clouds on planetary heating and cooling. The same data can also be helpful for improving near-term, seasonal forecasts influenced by weather events such as El Niño and La Niña. El Niño and La Niña are weather patterns that develop when ocean temperatures fluctuate between warm and cool phases in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Built by Northrop Grumman and managed by Langley, CERES FM6 joins five other CERES instruments orbiting the planet on three other satellites.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center manages the TSIS-1 project. The University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) built both instruments and provides mission operations. The International Space Station carries TSIS-1. || ",
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            "release_date": "2016-12-13T14:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Carbon Dioxide from GMAO using Assimilated OCO-2 Data",
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            "release_date": "2016-06-23T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat...",
            "description": "This visualization shows the Asian monsoon and how it develops using observational and modeled data.  It also showns some of the impacts.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || monsoon_final_HD01.02500_print.jpg (1024x576) [182.2 KB] || final (1920x1080) [1.0 MB] || Monsoon_narrated_19201080p30.webm (1920x1080) [29.6 MB] || Monsoon_narrated_640x360p30.m4v (640x360) [43.4 MB] || monsoon_final_HD01_640x360_noNarration.m4v (640x360) [37.2 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_60p (3840x2160) [1.0 MB] || monsoonnarrfull.en_US.srt [4.9 KB] || monsoonnarrfull.en_US.vtt [4.9 KB] || Monsoon_narrated_19201080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [512.5 MB] || Monsoon_narrated_1920x1080p60_prores.mov (1920x1080) [7.3 GB] || monsoon_final_1920x1080p60_noNarration.mp4 (1920x1080) [387.4 MB] || monsoon_final_4kp30_noNarration.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.2 GB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4439/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
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            "title": "High Resolution Layers from \"Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat...\"",
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            "release_date": "2016-02-24T16:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Ozone Transport in the Tropical Western Pacific",
            "description": "An animation showing flight 13 from the CONTRAST campaign and the backflow trajectories.  The trajectories are coloured by observed aircraft ozone level where blue values represent low concentrations of ozone and red represents high values. This includes a date and colorbar. || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2.1999_print.jpg (1024x576) [176.0 KB] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2.1999_web.png (320x180) [93.8 KB] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2.1999_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || ozoneTransport.1999_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.3 KB] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [28.4 MB] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [7.8 MB] || OzoneTransport_wColorBar (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [67.6 MB] || ozoneTransport_wColorBar2_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [238 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2015-11-27T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Hazardous Air Quality Conditions in Singapore",
            "description": "Singapore region on September 24 and May 25, 2015, MODIS data only || singapore_smog_24_1080p_print.jpg (1024x576) [279.3 KB] || singapore_smog_24_1080p_searchweb.png (180x320) [129.9 KB] || singapore_smog_24_1080p_thm.png (80x40) [8.0 KB] || singapore_smog_24_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [7.0 MB] || singapore_smog_24_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [3.8 MB] || singapore_smog_24_720p.webm (1280x720) [4.6 MB] || singapore_modis_only_24_2304p.mp4 (4096x2304) [20.4 MB] || singapore_smog_24_360p.mp4 (640x360) [1.2 MB] || singapore_smog_ver2a.key [8.5 MB] || singapore_smog_ver2a.pptx [5.8 MB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4377/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2015-10-02T16:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "A 3-D Look at Weather, Clouds, and Aerosols",
            "description": "This gallery was created for Earth Science Week 2015 and beyond. It includes a quick start guide for educators and first-hand stories (blogs) for learners of all ages by NASA visualizers, scientists and educators. We hope that your understanding and use of NASA's visualizations will only increase as your appreciation grows for the beauty of the science they portray, and the communicative power they hold. Read all the blogs and find educational resources for all ages at: The Earth Science Week 2015 page.I've always been fascinated by our atmosphere. Think about it: even though we don't see it, above us is a great aerial ocean! Over time my fascination has grown from weather maps and pondering the origins of storms, to learning all about the physics that surround our everyday lives. From as early as grade school I was also very interested in computers: diagnosing errors, developing programming skills and learning all about hardware and operating systems. So you might say my interests naturally led me to a career as a NASA scientist, where I create visualizations to study the underlying factors that drive weather patterns. Visualizations help us to see the world differently and actively.Many of you have no doubt seen your homes from space using a program called Google Earth™. But did you know you could do a lot more with the right data? In fact I often use it to map atmospheric data in three-dimensions (3-D) around the globe. But one of the challenges I often face is that data comes from many different sources, such as NASA and NOAA satellites or ground-observation stations. This means the data is stored on computer disks all over the country and are named and organized according to different standards, requiring us to customize techniques for producing accurate visualizations in one, 3-D display of the Earth. We do this in order to analyze atmospheric relationships more easily because many weather phenomena arise from physical interactions, both horizontally and vertically, in the global circulation.A big part of atmospheric research relies on using computer models to simulate what our atmosphere will do under different conditions. A great example of this is the data used to prepare the daily weather forecast. This data originates from weather forecasting models that calculate atmospheric motions using the world’s fastest supercomputers. But how do we know these forecasts are accurate? Researchers can verify a model's performance by visualizing one of the variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, or air pressure and then using color shading, contour curves, and wind \"barbs\" to graph that data. Then they overlay the observations from NASA satellites such as cloud-top imagery, cloud-top temperature, and vertical distributions of clouds and aerosols, with the graph (it can be challenging to synchronize the data display as these times usually don't match). After this process, the display confirms the model's accuracy. This method is used to study many atmospheric events, such as timing of a storm system, precipitation, or the direction of dust or smoke transport. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30590/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2015-05-07T10:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "From Observations to Models",
            "description": "NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) uses the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 Data Assimilation System (GEOS­-5 DAS) to produce global numerical weather forecasts on a routine basis. GMAO forecasts play important roles in managing NASA’s fleet of science satellites and in researching the impact of new satellite observations. In order to provide timely information about the state of the atmosphere for NASA instrument teams and researchers, the GMAO runs the GEOS-­5 DAS four times each day in real time. For each forecast, it is necessary to provide accurate initial conditions that drive the GEOS-­5 forecasts. To do this, the best estimate of the full, three-dimensional atmospheric state is determined by combining the latest observations and a short-term, 6-­hour forecast—a process known as data assimilation. The GEOS-­5 DAS assimilates more than 5 million observations during each 6-hour assimilation period.These observations are assembled from a number of sources from around the globe, including NASA, NOAA, EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), commercial airlines, the US Department of Defense, and many others. Similarly, each observation type has its own sampling characteristics. It can be seen in the animation how different observation types have different strategies. One of the main challenges of data assimilation is to understand how all these observations are alike, how they differ, and how they interact with each other.Funding for the development of the GEOS-5 model and data assimilation system development comes from NASA's Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction Program and the NASA Weather Focus Area's contribution to the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation.The GEOS-5 DAS runs at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation, which is funded by NASA’s High-End Computing Program.For More Information:http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/http://www.nccs.nasa.gov/images/data_assim_story_072815.pdf || ",
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            "title": "CALIPSO observes Saharan dust crossing the Atlantic Ocean",
            "description": "Subtitled visualization depicting Saharan dust travelling across the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon Basin.  MODIS imagery shows a 2D representation of the dust cloud, which is then compared to CALIPSO data curtains showing dust throughout the air column.  Seasonal dust flux measurements are visualized using particles systems. Finally, average annual dust deposition into the Amazon Basin is shown by Amazon boundary import/export measurements. || Dust_Entire_1080p_60fps.3072_print.jpg (1024x576) [124.9 KB] || Dust_Entire_1080p_60fps.3072_searchweb.png (180x320) [69.8 KB] || Dust_Entire_1080p_60fps.3072_web.png (320x180) [69.8 KB] || Dust_Entire_1080p_60fps.3072_thm.png (80x40) [5.4 KB] || SaharanDust_720p_60fps.mp4 (1280x720) [73.6 MB] || SaharanDust_1080p_60fps.webm (1920x1080) [12.3 MB] || SaharanDust_1080p_60fps.mp4 (1920x1080) [189.6 MB] || entire_4k (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || Dust_4k_30fps_2160p.mp4 (3840x2160) [365.9 MB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2014-12-10T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Simulated Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfate Aerosols",
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            "release_date": "2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30394/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Monthly Aerosol Optical Thickness (Aqua/MODIS)",
            "description": "Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. These particles are important to scientists because they represent an area of great uncertainty in their efforts to understand Earth's climate system.These maps show monthly aerosol optical thickness, derived using measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, from July 2002 to the present. Aerosol optical thickness is a measure of how much light the airborne particles prevent from traveling through the atmosphere. Aerosols absorb and scatter incoming sunlight, thus reducing visibility and increasing optical thickness. Dark orange pixels show high aerosol concentrations, while light orange pixels show lower concentrations, and light yellow areas show little or no aerosols. Black shows where the sensor could not make its measurement. An optical thickness of less than 0.1 (light yellow) indicates a crystal clear sky with maximum visibility, whereas a value of 1 (dark orange) indicates the presence of aerosols so dense that people would have difficulty seeing the sun. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30395/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Monthly Aerosol Particle Radius (Aqua/MODIS)",
            "description": "Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. These particles are important to scientists because they can affect climate, weather, and people's health. Using satellites scientists can tell whether a given plume of aerosols came from a natural source or were produced by human activities. Two important clues about aerosols' sources are particle size and location of the plume. Natural aerosols (such as dust and sea salts) tend to be larger than man-made aerosols (such as smoke and industrial pollution). These maps show monthly aerosol particle radius from July 2002 to the present, derived using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. Red areas show aerosol plumes made up of smaller particles. These red-colored plumes are over regions where we know humans produce pollution. Green areas show aerosol plumes made up of larger particles. These green-colored plumes are over regions where we know aerosols occur naturally. Yellow areas show plumes in which large and small aerosol particles are intermingling. Black shows where the satellite could not measure aerosols. Maps such as these allow scientists to estimate the location and size of aerosol particles present in the atmosphere. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3925/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-07-22T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NPP Ceres Shortwave Radiation",
            "description": "The CERES experiment is one of the highest priority scientific satellite instruments developed for NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.CERES products include both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. Cloud properties are determined using simultaneous measurements by other EOS and NPP instruments such as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible and Infrared Sounder (VIRS). Analyses using CERES data, build upon the foundation laid by previous missions such as NASA Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), leading to a better understanding of the role of clouds and the energy cycle in global climate change. The sun's radiant energy is the fuel that drives Earth's climate engine. The Earth-atmosphere system constantly tries to maintain a balance between the energy that reaches the Earth from the sun and the energy that flows from Earth back out to space. Energy received from the sun is mostly in the visible (or shortwave) part of the electromagnetic spectrum. About 30% of the solar energy that comes to Earth is reflected back to space. The ratio of reflected-to-incoming energy is called \"albedo\" from the Latin word meaning whiteness. The solar radiation absorbed by the Earth causes the planet to heat up until it is radiating (or emitting) as much energy back into space as it absorbs from the sun. The Earth's thermal emitted radiation is mostly in the infrared (or longwave part of the spectrum. The balance between incoming and outgoing energy is called the Earth's radiation budget. This global view shows CERES top-of-atmosphere (TOA) shortwave radiation from Jan 26 and 27, 2012. Thick cloud cover tends to reflect a large amount of incoming solar energy back to space (blue/green/white image). For more information on the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) see http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3926/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2012-07-22T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NPP Ceres Longwave Radiation",
            "description": "The CERES experiment is one of the highest priority scientific satellite instruments developed for NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.CERES products include both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. Cloud properties are determined using simultaneous measurements by other EOS and NPP instruments such as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible and Infrared Sounder (VIRS). Analyses using CERES data, build upon the foundation laid by previous missions such as NASA Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), leading to a better understanding of the role of clouds and the energy cycle in global climate change.The sun's radiant energy is the fuel that drives Earth's climate engine. The Earth-atmosphere system constantly tries to maintain a balance between the energy that reaches the Earth from the sun and the energy that flows from Earth back out to space. Energy received from the sun is mostly in the visible (or shortwave) part of the electromagnetic spectrum. About 30% of the solar energy that comes to Earth is reflected back to space. The ratio of reflected-to-incoming energy is called \"albedo\" from the Latin word meaning whiteness. The solar radiation absorbed by the Earth causes the planet to heat up until it is radiating (or emitting) as much energy back into space as it absorbs from the sun. The Earth's thermal emitted radiation is mostly in the infrared (or longwave part of the spectrum. The balance between incoming and outgoing energy is called the Earth's radiation budget.This global view shows CERES top-of-atmosphere (TOA) longwave radiation from Jan 26 and 27, 2012. Heat energy radiated from Earth (in watts per square meter) is shown in shades of yellow, red, blue and white. The brightest-yellow areas are the hottest and are emitting the most energy out to space, while the dark blue areas and the bright white clouds are much colder, emitting the least energy. Increasing temperature, decreasing water vapor, and decreasing clouds will all tend to increase the ability of Earth to shed heat out to space.For more information on the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) see  http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov || ",
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