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It will enable continuous measurement of light at finer wavelength resolution than previous NASA satellite sensors, extending key system ocean color data records for climate studies.The color of the ocean is determined by the interaction of sunlight with substances or particles present in seawater such as chlorophyll, a green pigment found in most phytoplankton species. By monitoring global phytoplankton distribution and abundance with unprecedented detail, the OCI will help us to better understand the complex systems that drive ocean ecology. || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.00960_print.jpg (1024x576) [146.2 KB] || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.00960_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.4 KB] || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.00960_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.00960_web.png (320x180) [109.4 KB] || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.mp4 (1920x1080) [82.8 MB] || 041320-OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.webm (1920x1080) [11.1 MB] || 041320OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.en_US.srt [1.7 KB] || 041320OCI_Package_FINAL_MP4.en_US.vtt [1.7 KB] || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 4813, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4813/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth Day 2020: Biosphere", "description": "Global Biosphere data from 1997 through 2017 with corresponding colorbars and date stamp.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || earthday_bio_comp.0000_print.jpg (1024x576) [95.0 KB] || earthday_bio_comp.0000_searchweb.png (320x180) [51.5 KB] || earthday_bio_comp.0000_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || earthday_biosphere_composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || earthday_bio_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [17.9 MB] || earthday_bio_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [106.0 MB] || captions_silent.29351.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || earthday_bio_comp_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [191 bytes] || ", "hits": 53 }, { "id": 12469, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12469/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-12-06T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "PACE Satellite Animations", "description": "PACE is NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, currently in the design phase of mission development. It is scheduled to launch in 2022, extending and improving NASA's over 20-year record of satellite observations of global ocean biology, aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere), and clouds. PACE will advance the assessment of ocean health by measuring the distribution of phytoplankton, tiny plants and algae that sustain the marine food web. It will also continue systematic records of key atmospheric variables associated with air quality and Earth's climate. || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 13032, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13032/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-08-08T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone", "description": "A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign will study the fates and carbon cycle impacts of microscopic underwater organisms.The large multidisciplinary team, including members from more than 20 different research institutions, is accompanied by advanced underwater robotics and other instruments on a month-long campaign to study the secret lives of tiny organisms called phytoplankton, and the animals that eat them. These organisms can have a large impact on Earth's carbon cycle, storing carbon dioxide in a part of the ocean known as the twilight zone, between 650 and 3300 feet below the surface. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 13021, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13021/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2018-07-30T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "EXPORTS -- B-roll and Media", "description": "Footage, animations and stills for the Export Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) mission, leaving from Seattle on Aug. 10. || R/V Roger RevelleCredit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography || REVELLE_siocomm_2.jpg (1200x960) [329.8 KB] || R/V Roger RevelleCredit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography || REVELLE_siocomm_1.jpg (3000x1901) [1.4 MB] || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 12696, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12696/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-05-31T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "PACE -- Skies, Oceans, Life", "description": "Red tides can come from harmful algal blooms near shore for a variety of reasons. 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Data for this visualization was collected from multiple satellites over the past twenty years. || biosphere7_mollweide.4507_print.jpg (576x1024) [192.2 KB] || biosphere7_mollweide.4507_searchweb.png (180x320) [91.0 KB] || biosphere7_mollweide.4507_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB] || mollweide_annotated (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || biosphere7_mollweide_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [17.8 MB] || biosphere7_mollweide_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [264.8 MB] || biosphere7_mollweide_1080p30.mp4.hwshow || ", "hits": 100 }, { "id": 12564, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12564/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-04-03T20:00:00-04:00", "title": "Blue Marble Next Generation", "description": "Blue Marble: Next Generation is a years worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters. 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SeaStar) satellite in August 1997, and collected data from September 1997 until the end of mission in December 2010. SeaWiFS had 8 spectral bands from 412 to 865 nm. It collected global data at 4 km resolution, and local data (limited onboard storage and direct broadcast) at 1 km. The mission and sensor were optimized for ocean color measurements, with a local noon (descending) equator crossing time orbit, fore-and-aft tilt capability, full dynamic range, and low polarization sensitivity. || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 30786, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30786/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2016-06-18T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "MODIS Ocean Bioproductivity", "description": "This visualization, derived using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, shows a daily running weighted 31 day average of sea surface chlorophyll from January 2010 through May 2016. The MODIS data have also been smoothed with a spatial filter to fill in areas of missing data caused by clouds.The second image below shows a typical day's worth of data from one MODIS instrument. In addition to gaps caused by the instrument's scan width, there are many areas where clouds obstruct its view of the ocean. To make a movie of ocean color that plays more smoothly, the missing values are filled in with averages from pixels nearby in space or time. For this visualization, data from up to +-15 days and up to 2 degrees away spatially were used to fill in missing values. Pixels closer in time or space are given more weight in the average to prevent the result from appearing too smoothed. Even with this relatively large amount of data filling, there are still areas with missing data - for example over the Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon.The source data for this visualization are the daily MODIS Chlorophyll concentration files available at oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov. || ", "hits": 64 }, { "id": 12176, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12176/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "How El Niño Impacts Marine Plant Life", "description": "El Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are studying the relationship between the two. Ocean color maps, based on a month’s worth of satellite data, show El Niño’s impact on phytoplankton. In El Niño years, huge masses of warm water – equivalent to about half of the volume of the Mediterranean Sea – slosh east across the Pacific Ocean towards South America. That mass of warm water puts a lid on the normal currents of cold, deep water that typically rise to the surface along the equator and off the coast of Chile and Peru.\"An El Niño basically stops the normal upwelling,\" Uz said. \"There’s a lot of starvation that happens to the marine food web.\" These small plants, called phytoplankton, are fish food – without them, fish populations drop, and the fishing industries that many coastal regions depend on can collapse. || ", "hits": 156 }, { "id": 30747, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30747/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2016-01-29T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "2015 El Niño Disrupts Ocean Chlorophyll", "description": "Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly & Ocean Color variations during El Nino vs. La Nina, using the rainbow colorbar for Ocean Color || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_1080p.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [116.9 KB] || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [2.4 MB] || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [1.4 MB] || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_720p.webm (1280x720) [3.8 MB] || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_2304p.mp4 (4096x2304) [7.5 MB] || ocean_color_ssta_swipe_new_rainbow_360p.mp4 (640x360) [530.1 KB] || ", "hits": 114 }, { "id": 30669, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30669/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-09-30T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Modeled Phytoplankton Communities in the Global Ocean", "description": "Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web and are crucial players in the Earth's carbon cycle. They are also incredibly diverse. This visualization shows dominant phytoplankton types from 1994-1998 generated by the Darwin Project using a high-resolution ocean and ecosystem model. The model contains flow fields from 1994-1998 (generated by the ECCO2 model), inorganic nutrients, 78 species of phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as particulate and dissolved organic matter. Colors represent the most dominant type of phytoplankton at a given location based on their size and ability to uptake nutrients. Red represents diatoms (big phytoplankton, which need silica), yellow represents flagellates (other big phytoplankton), green represents prochlorococcus (small phytoplankton that cannot use nitrate), and cyan represents synechococcus (other small phytoplankton). Opacity indicates concentration of the carbon biomass.A key part of the Darwin Project is developing theoretical and numerical models of the marine ecosystems. The data shown here are from a simulation of the Darwin model in a physical run of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model by the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) group. The model provides a laboratory to explore the controls on biodiversity and the biogeography of different phytoplankton species. In particular, the role of the swirls and filaments (mesoscale features) appear important in maintaining high biodiversity in the ocean. || ", "hits": 153 }, { "id": 12009, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12009/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-23T09:30:00-04:00", "title": "Earth’s Oceans Show Decline In Microscopic Plant Life", "description": "The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain types of microscopic plant-life at the base of the marine food chain, according to a new NASA study. The research is the first to look at global, long-term phytoplankton community trends based on a model driven by NASA satellite data. Diatoms, the largest type of phytoplankton algae, have declined more than 1 percent per year from 1998 to 2012 globally, with significant losses occurring in the North Pacific, North Indian and Equatorial Indian oceans. The reduction in population may have an impact on the amount of carbon dioxide drawn out of the atmosphere and transferred to the deep ocean for long-term storage. || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 11646, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11646/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-09-11T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Phytoplankton Levels Dropping", "description": "New research led by NASA researchers has found populations of the microscopic marine plants, phytoplankton, have decreased in the Northern Hemisphere. An analysis using a NASA model in combination with ocean satellite data between 1998 and 2012, showed a 1% decrease of phytoplankton per year.Research: Decadal Trends in Global Pelagic Ocean Chlorophyll: A New Assessment Combining Multiple Satellites, In Situ Data and ModelsJournal of Geophysical Research: OceansLink to paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JC010158/pdfHere is the YouTube video. || ", "hits": 118 }, { "id": 10907, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10907/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-06-07T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Discovers Massive Phytoplankton Bloom Under Arctic Sea Ice", "description": "Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in microscopic marine plants, essential to all sea life, than any other ocean region on Earth.The discovery is the result of an oceanographic expedition called ICESCAPE, or Impacts of Climate on EcoSystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment. The NASA-sponsored mission explored the seas along Alaska's western and northern coasts onboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker during the summers of 2010 and 2011. The finding reveals a new consequence of the Arctic's warming climate and provides an important clue to understanding the impacts of a changing climate and environment on the Arctic Ocean and its ecology. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 3938, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3938/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-04-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data 2000 through 2004", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 10738, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10738/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "End of SeaWiFS", "description": "After 13 years of service, researchers are no longer able to communicate with SeaWiFS. This extremely important instrument, which gave scientists data on ocean color, filled in a vital information gap. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 10665, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10665/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth Science Week 2009 Digital Learning Network Event", "description": "The full webcast for Earth Science Week 2009: The Changing Oceans. This webcast features Dr. Marci Delaney and Dr. Gene Feldman, as well as questions from participating schools. || esw09.00427_print.jpg (1024x576) [103.2 KB] || esw09_webcast_thm.png (80x40) [14.4 KB] || esw09_webcast_web.png (320x179) [118.0 KB] || esw09_webcast_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.2 KB] || ESW09_Webcast_640x360.webmhd.webm (960x540) [224.4 MB] || ESW09_Webcast_640x360.mov (640x360) [215.0 MB] || ESW09_Webcast_ipod_sm.m4v (320x180) [137.7 MB] || ESW09_Webcast.wmv (346x260) [203.0 MB] || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 10497, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10497/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Ocean's Green Machines", "description": "One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are responsible for half of the photosynthesis that takes place on this planet. Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet. For complete transcript, click here. || Oceans_Green_Machines_640x480_ESWpage.00427_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.8 KB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_640x480_ESWpage_web.png (320x180) [135.9 KB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_640x480_ESWpage_thm.png (80x40) [15.0 KB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [80.8 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [4.9 GB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [176.1 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_1280x720_ESWpage.mp4 (1280x720) [115.8 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [195.1 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_640x360_ipod.m4v (640x360) [62.2 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_640x480_ESWpage.mp4 (640x360) [62.2 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_512x288.mpg (512x288) [113.3 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines_320x180.mp4 (320x180) [27.7 MB] || Oceans_Green_Machines.wmv (320x176) [37.8 MB] || ", "hits": 118 }, { "id": 10498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10498/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Keeping Up With Carbon", "description": "Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. For complete transcript, click here. || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_640x360_ESWpage.00577_print.jpg (1024x576) [71.2 KB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_640x360_ESWpage_web.png (320x180) [128.6 KB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_640x360_ESWpage_thm.png (80x40) [13.9 KB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [84.1 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [5.1 GB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [159.3 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_1280x720_ESWpage.mp4 (1280x720) [133.5 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [201.6 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_640x360_ipod.m4v (640x360) [63.2 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_640x360_ESWpage.mp4 (640x360) [63.2 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_512x288.mpg (512x288) [123.9 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon_320x180.mp4 (320x180) [26.0 MB] || Keeping_Up_with_Carbon.wmv (320x176) [39.0 MB] || ", "hits": 158 }, { "id": 10495, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10495/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Marine Food Web", "description": "This conceptual animation illustrates some of the ecological pathways between species within the marine ecosystem. Single-celled microscopic plants called phytoplankton float in the upper ocean. These photosynthetic plants form the foundation of the marine food web, and nearly all life in the ocean depend upon them for survival, including microscopic zooplankton and whales. || foodweb_0701.00702_print.jpg (1024x563) [49.3 KB] || foodweb_0701_web.png (320x180) [162.0 KB] || foodweb_0701_thm.png (80x40) [11.1 KB] || MarineFoodWeb_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.8 MB] || 1280x720_16x9_30p (1280x720) [32.0 KB] || MarineFoodWeb_appletv.m4v (960x540) [9.7 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_h264.mov (1280x720) [12.3 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_prores.mov (1280x720) [436.5 MB] || MarineFoodWeb_ipod.m4v (640x360) [5.3 MB] || foodweb.mp4 (320x176) [3.7 MB] || ", "hits": 69 }, { "id": 3639, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3639/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rotating Blue Marble", "description": "The Blue Marble Next Generation (BMNG) data set provides a monthly global cloud-free true-color picture of the Earth's landcover at a 500-meter spatial resolution. This data set, shown on a globe, is derived from monthly data collected in 2004. The ocean color is derived from applying a depth shading to the bathymetry data. The Antarctica coverage shown is the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica. || ", "hits": 245 }, { "id": 3640, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3640/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rotating Cloudy Galileo Transitions to Blue Marble View", "description": "The MODIS instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites take multi-spectral images of the Earth daily. This realistic, cloudy Earth is a composite of MODIS imagery from March 3, 2009. This animation reveals a transition from the MODIS view of Earth to the Blue Marble image, to allow a look at the planet without clouds. The Blue Marble Next Generation (BMNG) data set provides a monthly global cloud-free true-color picture of the Earth's landcover at a 500-meter spatial resolution. This data set, shown on a globe, is derived from monthly data collected in 2004. The ocean color is derived from applying a depth shading to the bathymetry data. The Antarctica coverage shown is the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica. || ", "hits": 75 }, { "id": 3641, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3641/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rotating Phytoplankton 10-year Global Average", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation displays the 10-year global average of nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3642, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3642/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Regions Exhibiting Decreased Phytoplankton Levels and Increased Sea Surface Temperatures", "description": "Throughout most of Earth's ocean, as the surface layer of the ocean warms, the water becomes less dense and forms a cap, rather than mixing down to allow cooler, nutrient-rich water to well up. Over time, areas with less mixing show reduced productivity and less phytoplankton. This data visualization highlights regions where a strong correlation between high sea surface temperatures and decreased phytoplankton productivity occurred from 1997-2006. For nearly a decade, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) has been making global observations of phytoplankton productivity. On December 6, 2006, NASA-funded scientists announced that warming sea surface temperatures over the past decade have caused a global decline in phytoplankton productivity. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 3580, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3580/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-05-28T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Stresses on Global Phytoplankton Revealed by MODIS", "description": "All plants absorb energy from the sun, typically more than the plant can consume through the process of photosynthesis. The extra energy is mostly released as heat as the plants respirate oxygen and water vapor. But a fraction of that energy is re-emitted as fluorescent light, particularly in red wavelengths. MODIS is the first instrument to observe this signal on a global scale.Red-light fluorescence says something about the physiology of plants and the efficiency of photosynthesis, as different parts of the plant's energy-harnessing machinery are activated based on the amount of light and nutrients available. The amount of fluorescence increases when plants are under stress from a lack of iron, a critical nutrient in the sea. When water is iron-poor, plants slow their growing processes and struggle to dissipate excess solar energy that cannot be used in photosynthesis. The fluorescence data from MODIS gives scientists a tool to see where waters are iron-enriched or iron-limited, and where plankton might flourish or not. Iron is typically picked up by winds blowing dust from deserts and other arid areas, and by river plumes and island currents. || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 3585, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3585/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-03-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Stereoscopic SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation: 1997-2006", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon.This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. This time period repeats twice during the animation. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones.This visualization is a stereoscopic version of animation entry: #3420:SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation from 1997 to 2006 || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 10331, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10331/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-10-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "In The Zone", "description": "Earth's oceans are wide reaching and teeming with life. One microscopic aquatic organism plays a major role in making life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. Under certain conditions, excessive phytoplankton growth can result in an area known as a dead zone. Dead zones form when big blooms of phytoplankton at the surface trigger large quantities of organic matter, which then sink to the bottom. Bacteria break down the organic material, releasing carbon dioxide but absorbing oxygen as they work. Most marine organisms need oxygen for survival and dead zones prove fatal for many aquatic species. This short web video features dynamic animations, science data visualizations, and interview excerpts with a NASA oceanographer to explore this fascinating marine phenomenon. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 3515, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3515/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the north eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3516, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3516/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 3524, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3524/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the north eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 7 }, { "id": 3526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3526/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 3527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3527/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 3528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3528/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3544, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3544/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Costa Rica Dome (Land Masked)", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon.Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 3517, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3517/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-06-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea and along the Western seaboard of the United States. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3518, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3518/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-06-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. The nutrient-rich waters contribute to some of the oxygen-poor pockets of the seas called dead zones. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 3420, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3420/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-04-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation from 1997 to 2006", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 3451, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3451/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-04-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Rotation of SeaWiFS Biosphere Decadal Average with Land", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation shows an average of 10 years worth of SeaWiFS data. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there tends to be a lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas which support life. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3452, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3452/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-04-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Rotation of SeaWiFS Biosphere Decadal Average without Land", "description": "The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation shows an average of 10 years worth of SeaWiFS data. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there tends to be a lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas which support life. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 20054, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20054/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2005-03-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dead Zones", "description": "Dead zones are areas of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live there. If phytoplankton productivity is enhanced by fertilizers or other nutrients, more organic matter is produced at the surface of the ocean. The organic matter sinks to the bottom, where bacteria break it down and release carbon dioxide. Bacteria thrives off excessive organic matter and absorb oxygen, the same oxygen that fish, crabs and other sea creatures rely on for life. || deadzone_pre.00002_print.jpg (1024x768) [40.6 KB] || deadzone_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || deadzone_pre.jpg (320x240) [4.9 KB] || deadzone_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [19.5 KB] || a010056_seq.webmhd.webm (960x540) [5.1 MB] || 720x486_4x3_29.97p (720x486) [32.0 KB] || a010056_seq.mpg (720x480) [14.2 MB] || a010056_H264_640x480.mp4 (640x480) [7.5 MB] || deadzone.mpg (320x240) [3.1 MB] || ", "hits": 974 }, { "id": 2979, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2979/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mississippi Dead Zone", "description": "Recent reports indicate that the large region of low oxygen water often referred to as the 'Dead Zone' has spread across nearly 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico again in what appears to be an annual event. NASA satellites monitor the health of the oceans and spots the conditions that lead to a dead zone. These images show how ocean color changes from winter to summer in the Gulf of Mexico. Summertime satellite observations of ocean color from MODIS Aqua show highly turbid waters which may include large blooms of phytoplankton extending from the mouth of the Mississippi River all the way to the Texas coast. When these blooms die and sink to the bottom, bacterial decomposition strips oxygen from the surrounding water, creating an environment very difficult for marine life to survive in. Reds and oranges represent high concentrations of phytoplankton and river sediment. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ships measured low oxygen water in the same location as the highly turbid water in the satellite images. Most studies indicate that fertilizers and runoff from human sources is one of the major stresses impacting coastal ecosystems. In the third image using NOAA data, reds and oranges represent low oxygen concentrations. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 20028, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20028/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2004-06-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Cold Water Upwelling Promotes Phytoplankton Blooms", "description": "Carbon is the root of all life on Earth, and as it circulates through our biosphere, the Earth's state of health responds. Whenever the size of phytoplankton colonies in the ocean changes, it affects the amount of carbon absorbed from the atmosphere. These blooms are highly dependent on surrounding environmental conditions. As a hurricane passes over the tropical waters of the Atlantic, it draws up cold water from deep below the warmer surface. As the cooler water rises, it brings with it phytoplankton and nutrients necessary for life. These microscopic plants then bloom in higher than average amounts. Bigger storms cause larger plankton blooms and more plankton absorb a greater amount of carbon from our atmosphere. Scientists are still trying to determine how much carbon dioxide might be removed by such a process. || ", "hits": 66 }, { "id": 2914, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2914/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-06-17T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Biosphere from August, 1997 to July, 2003 (WMS)", "description": "By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents the first six years' worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life both on land and in the sea. In the ocean, dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land. On land, green represents areas of abundant plant life, such as forests and grasslands, while tan and white represent areas where plant life is sparse or non-existent, such as the deserts in Africa and the Middle East and snow-cover and ice at the poles. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 2954, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2954/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-06-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Isabel's Phytoplankton Trail", "description": "SeaWiFS took the following images of Hurricane Isabel on September 13th and 18th of 2003 over the Atlantic Ocean. As the hurricane passes, it leaves behind a trail of plankton blooms, evident by the rapid change in chlorophyll amounts. The lighter blue areas in the hurricane's wake represent higher amounts of chlorophyll. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 2955, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2955/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-06-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Isabel's Phytoplankton Trail with GOES", "description": "As Hurricane Isabel passed over the Atlantic it left a trail of phytoplankton near the ocean surface. The GOES data in this animation tracks the progression of the hurricane in 6 hour increments, while the underlying SeaWiFS data shows the chlorophyll trail on September 13th and September 18th, 2003. The lighter blue areas in the hurricane's wake represent higher amounts of chlorophyll. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 2913, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2913/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Life Returns to the Galapagos after El Niño (WMS)", "description": "During the El Niño in 1997 and 1998, the surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific off the coast of South America was warmer than normal. This warm water trapped the ocean nutrients that normally come to the surface in the upwelling cold water, leading to a drastic decrease in phytonplankton and other ocean life in the region. The unique Galapagos ecosystem was severely affected and many species, including sea lions, seabirds, and barracudas, suffered a very high mortality level. During the second week of May, 1998, the ocean temperatures plummeted 10 degrees in one day, and the ocean productivity exploded with large phytoplankton blooms. After this time, many species recovered very rapidly and the land species started to reproduce immediately. The SeaWiFS instrument, which monitors global phytoplankton in the oceans by measuring the color of reflected light, caught this dramatic recovery. This visualization shws images from SeaWiFS starting on May 10, 1998 and ending on May 31, 1998, where ocean colors of blue or purple represents little or no ocean life and colors or yellow and red indicate significant ocean productivity. White and gray denote areas occluded by clouds in these images, and a relief image of the Galapagos Islands has been superimposed on the images to clarify the location of the islands. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 20007, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20007/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-11-05T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Carbon Cycle", "description": "Carbon And The Ocean — The Slow Cycle - The oceans are vast, and their processes as complex as their waters are deep.Phytoplankton absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and nutrient rich waters and grows in wide colonies called blooms. These blooms are highly dependent on surrounding environmental conditions.As phytoplankton grows, it forms the foundation for the food chain, thus passing carbon up to higher life forms. But just as on land, links in the ocean's chain of life also break, and stored carbon settles out of the top layers of water. A portion of it gets swept back to the surface as upwellings, only to begin again, but a major portion sinks to the bottom, becoming what oceanographers call 'marine snow.' This decomposing biological matter literally precipitates through the water and builds up on the ocean bottom, essentially sequestered from the rest of the Earth for geologically long periods of time. || ", "hits": 177 }, { "id": 2623, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2623/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-15T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "West Coast Chlorophyll Bloom", "description": "Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on board the Orbview 2 satellite captured the phytoplankton bloom October 6, 2002 . Red represents high concentration of chlorophyll, follow by orange, yellow and green. Land and cloud portions of the image are presented in natural color.SeaWiFS monitors ocean plant life by measuring the amount of chlorophyll in the ocean. Large phytoplankton blooms tend to coincide with natural phenomena that drive that nutrient-rich water to the surface. The process is called upwelling. Winds coming off principal land masses push surface layers of water away from the shore. Into the resulting wind-driven void deeper water underneath the surface layers rushes in toward the coast, bringing with it nutrients for life to bloom. This upwelling fuel the growth of marine phytoplankton which, along with larger seaweeds, nourishes the incredible diversity of creatures found along the northern and central California coast. || ", "hits": 63 }, { "id": 2083, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2083/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2001-03-12T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Land and Ocean Views on a Globe", "description": "By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon.Until now, scientists have only had a continuous record of photosynthesis on land. But following three years of continual data collected by the SeaWiFS instrument, NASA has gathered the first record of photosynthetic productivity in the oceans. By taking three years of continuous data as a whole, experts have been able to map trends and anomalies in the global circulation of carbon to a degree of detail than has never been done before. It is a baseline measurement to by which all future measurements will be compared. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 1117, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1117/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-07-25T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "North Atlantic Phytoplankton Bloom", "description": "Zooming in to a region in the North Atlantic Ocean, north of Great Britaini, showing a large phytoplankton bloom || a001117.00005_print.png (720x480) [615.9 KB] || a001117_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || a001117_pre.jpg (320x238) [12.3 KB] || a001117_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [84.6 KB] || a001117.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.5 MB] || a001117.dv (720x480) [47.8 MB] || a001117.mp4 (640x480) [2.5 MB] || a001117.mpg (352x240) [1.6 MB] || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 707, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/707/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-08-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWiFS Biosphere: Rotating Globe With Zoom to Pacific Ocean", "description": "SeaWiFS looks at the Pacific Ocean and monitors El-Niño and La-Niña. || Rotating Globe then pause and then zoom onto the Pacific Ocean(dates Jan. 98 to Dec.98) || a000707.00095_print.png (720x480) [510.7 KB] || a000707_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || a000707_pre.jpg (320x242) [8.2 KB] || a000707_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [58.5 KB] || a000707.webmhd.webm (960x540) [10.7 MB] || a000707.dv (720x480) [155.9 MB] || a000707.mp4 (640x480) [8.5 MB] || a000707.mpg (352x240) [5.5 MB] || ", "hits": 44 }, { "id": 205, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/205/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-06-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "SeaWIFS Phytoplankton around the Galapagos Islands in May 1998", "description": "SeaWiFS documented the rapid demise of El Niño in the waters around the Galapagos Islands. The images show a explosion in plankton growth as the warm El Niño waters blamed for choking off essential ocean nutrients are replaced by deep cold upwelled waters. The false color images, which document plankton concentrations a period from May 9, 1998 to May 31, 1998, show that life in the region to the west archipelago has returned in remarkable abundance. High concentrations are shown red and low concentrations in blue. Areas occluded by clouds are shown in white. A relief image of the Galapagos islands has been superimposed on the images to clarify the location of the islands. || ", "hits": 44 }, { "id": 208, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/208/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-06-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature-Phytoplankton Correlation around the Galapagos in May 1998", "description": "SeaWiFS documented the rapid demise of El Niño in the waters around the Galapagos Islands. The images show a explosion in plankton growth as the warm El Niño waters blamed for choking off essential ocean nutrients are replaced by deep cold upwelled waters. The false color images, which document plankton concentrations a period from May 9 to May 24, 1998, show that life in the region to the west archipelago has returned in remarkable abundance. High concentrations are shown red. Areas occluded by clouds are shown in white. || ", "hits": 42 } ] }