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            "title": "Warmer Ocean Temperatures May Decrease Saharan Dust Crossing the Atlantic",
            "description": "Every year millions of tons of dust from the Sahara Desert are swirled up into the atmosphere by easterly trade winds, and carried across the Atlantic. The plumes can make their way from the African continent as far as the Amazon rainforest, where they fertilize plant life.As the climate changes, dust activity will continue to be affected. In a new study, NASA researchers predict that within the next century we will see dust transport approach a 20,000-year minimum. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4798/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Earth Day 2020: Global Atmospheric Methane",
            "description": "This 3D volumetric visualization shows a global view of the methane emission and transport between December 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018. This visualizaion of the rotating global view is designed to be played in a continuous loop.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_print.jpg (1024x576) [102.0 KB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_searchweb.png (320x180) [54.3 KB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop.2919_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || loop_composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [11.5 MB] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [355.8 MB] || captions_silent.29410.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || Earth_Day_Methane_loop_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [196 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2020-03-30T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Transport of Smoke from Australian Bushfires",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4789/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2020-03-23T10:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Global Atmospheric Methane",
            "description": "This first 3D volumetric visualization focuses on several continents showing the emission and transport of atmospheric methane around the globe between January 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018.  This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Global_methane_comp.1320_print.jpg (1024x576) [163.2 KB] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [22.1 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || captions_silent.29083.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [1.4 GB] || Global_methane_comp_1080p30.mp4.hwshow || ",
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            "release_date": "2020-01-07T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "NASA's Five Newest Earth Expeditions Ready for Takeoff",
            "description": "NASA is sending five airborne campaigns across the United States in 2020 to investigate fundamental processes that ultimately impact human lives and the environment, from snowstorms along the East Coast to ocean eddies off the coast of San Francisco. || ",
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            "title": "NASA's CAMP2Ex Heads to the Philippines for Monsoon Season",
            "description": "NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory and the Manila Observatory are working together in the Philippines to study how tiny particles in the atmosphere affect cloud formation. || ",
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            "release_date": "2019-08-16T11:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Students Work with NASA to Forecast Dust Storms",
            "description": "Four Maryland high school students were inspired by a documentary to find a way to let people know when a potentially hazardous dust storm is incoming. Using National Weather Service forecasts improved by NASA data, their Dust Watch app alerts people about incoming dust storms. || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
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            "title": "PACE - Studying Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and the Ocean Ecosystem",
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            "release_date": "2018-07-30T00:00:00-04:00",
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            "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] || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2017-11-13T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Simulation of Aerosols During the 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane Season",
            "description": "This animation shows the effects of hurricanes on dust, smoke, and sea salt. || plot_aerosols-northamerica_F517R06K-GEOS_06KM-REPLAY-20170915_1200_print.jpg (1024x567) [160.5 KB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_F517R06K-GEOS_06KM-REPLAY-20170915_1200.png (5760x3190) [18.1 MB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_F517R06K-GEOS_06KM-REPLAY-20170915_1200_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.2 KB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_F517R06K-GEOS_06KM-REPLAY-20170915_1200_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_720p.webm (1280x720) [35.3 MB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [191.7 MB] || plot_aerosols-northamerica_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [369.7 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2017-07-27T18:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Aerosol Optical Thickness Updating Forecast",
            "description": "The atmosphere is made up of gases like oxygen, nitrogen, and water vapor, but it also contains tiny particles called aerosols. Aerosols come from both natural and human sources and include things like sea salt, dust, soot, and sulfates. Aerosols often contribute to air pollution and poor visibility. Once they are in the atmosphere, they can travel long distances, affecting air quality far from their source. Aerosols also absorb or reflect energy (light), influencing temperatures in the atmosphere and on the ground. Satellites measure aerosols by how much light can pass through them. A thick layer of aerosols will block the ground from view, while a thin layer allows enough light through to see the ground. The measurement is called aerosol optical thickness.The GEOS model is built on satellite data and provides a forecast of aerosol optical thickness (among other things). This animation shows a daily updated 10-day forecast of aerosol optical thickness from GEOS. The date and timestamp are in the lower left corner. In general, brighter colors are thick aerosols, while dull darker colors are thin aerosols. Blue represents sea salt (sea salt extinction aerosol optical thickness, 550 nm). Winds blowing across the ocean kicks up ocean spray, which includes sea salt. In the animation, pale blue to white colors reflect stormy conditions. Individual large storms like tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons) are visible as swirling circles of thick sea salt. Red represents dust (dust extinction aerosol optical thickness, 550 nm). The Saharan Desert of northern Africa is the largest source of dust, but dust can be seen across the globe. Saharan dust often interacts with tropical cyclones.Green represents the sum of aerosol optical thickness for organic carbon, black carbon, and sulfate. Organic and black carbon come from burning biomass or fossil fuels. Sources include fires, power plants, vehicles, and other combustion engines that run on fossil fuel. Sulfate particles come mostly from burning fossil fuels, but also from volcanoes. || gmao_aerosols_print.jpg (1024x576) [201.6 KB] || gmao_aerosols_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.3 KB] || gmao_aerosols.00001_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || gmao_aerosols.mp4 (1920x962) [16.2 MB] || gmao_aerosols.webm (1920x962) [1.5 MB] || latest-wdates (2239x1123) [0 Item(s)] || latest-nodates (2239x1123) [0 Item(s)] || gmao_aerosols.mp4.hwshow [191 bytes] || ",
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            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2017-05-31T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "The Earth Observing Fleet by Theme",
            "description": "The current Earth Observing Fleet with all satellites capturing data related to Sea Ice Cover highlighted, combined with key visualizations showing the significance of the data || fleet_data_precipitation_1080p.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [227.2 KB] || fleet_data_precipitation_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [51.9 MB] || fleet_data_precipitation_1080p.webm (1920x1080) [3.7 MB] || fleet_data_precipitation_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [95.8 MB] || fleet_precipitation (4104x2304) [0 Item(s)] || fleet_data_precipitation_2304p.mp4 (4096x2304) [281.0 MB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2017-02-17T11:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "ATom Postcard - Kona, Hawaii",
            "description": "Atmospheric scientist Jack Dibb of the University of New Hampshire sent a video postcard from the Hawaii leg of the Atmospheric Tomography or ATom mission. On its second worldwide tour, the ATom team flew into Kona, Hawaii, to study small particles like sulfate and nitrate in the atmosphere. Volcanoes like Kilauea, in Hawaii, constantly release sulfate particles, which can oxidize to make sulfuric acid, a component of acid rain.  Complete transcript available. || LARGE_MP4-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_large.00007_print.jpg (1024x576) [66.6 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_large.00007_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.6 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_large.00007_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [91.6 MB] || WEBM-12518_ATom2_Hawaii.webm (960x540) [33.1 MB] || APPLE_TV-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [42.7 MB] || APPLE_TV-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [42.8 MB] || NASA_PODCAST-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [17.0 MB] || ATom2_Hawaii.en_US.srt [1.6 KB] || ATom2_Hawaii.en_US.vtt [1.6 KB] || NASA_TV-12518_ATom2_Hawaii.mpeg (1280x720) [299.3 MB] || YOUTUBE_HQ-12518_ATom2_Hawaii_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [252.3 MB] || ",
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            "release_date": "2016-07-29T05:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "NASA Sees Intense Fires Around The World",
            "description": "This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more than 29,000 wildfires burning more than 2.6 million acres of land. The driest season in 14 years has left the southern Amazon primed for heavy wildfire activity as well. The expected wildfire surge in the Amazon this summer is the result of El Niño, a warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean that had major impacts on weather across the United States the first half of 2016. While El Niño has officially ended, we’re still feeling effects through increased wildfire activity. In some parts of the U.S., the fire season is now on average 78 days longer than it was in 1970, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. NASA scientists are able to monitor these wildfires better than ever before, providing valuable information that fire managers can use to prepare the public. Using data collected by satellites, planes and on the ground, NASA is tracking wildfires around the world and keeping an eye on the hot, dry conditions that contribute to larger fires. || ",
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            "release_date": "2016-07-25T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Wildfires Live Shot July 2016",
            "description": "B-roll that goes along with the following questions:Wildfires have been raging in parts of the US this year. Can you show us the view from space?It’s been an active year around the globe for wildfires. How do fires on the other side of the world affect us?El Nino has dried out the Amazon this year, making it vulnerable to wildfires. What impacts could this have on the Summer Olympics?NASA is doing groundbreaking research around the world to study wildfires. What are we learning?Where can we learn more?Click for NASA's FIRES webpage.Find the latest on Twitter @NASAEarth || 008_B-Roll.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [85.5 KB] || 008_B-Roll.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [46.0 KB] || 008_B-Roll.00001_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || 008_B-Roll.mov (1280x720) [4.3 GB] || 008_B-Roll.mp4 (1280x720) [452.4 MB] || 008_B-Roll.webm (1280x720) [30.5 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2016-07-13T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Aerosol Optical Thickness, MODIS, 2000-2016",
            "description": "Aerosol optical depth from Terra/MODIS, 1-month composite.In the maps shown here, dark brown pixels show high aerosol concentrations, while tan pixels show lower concentrations, and light yellow areas show little or no aerosols. Black shows where the sensor could not make its measurement.Aerosol optical depth is the degree to which aerosols prevent the transmission of light by absorption or scattering of light. || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_youtube_hq.00001_print.jpg (1024x512) [184.9 KB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_youtube_hq.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.7 KB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_youtube_hq.00001_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth.webm (960x540) [42.2 MB] || 3600x1800_2x1_30p (3600x1800) [16.0 KB] || GSFC_20160713_MODIS_m12302_Aerosol.en_US.vtt [64 bytes] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_large.mp4 (3600x1800) [233.1 MB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_youtube_hq.mov (3600x1800) [511.0 MB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_prores720.mov (1280x720) [1.7 GB] || MODIS_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_prores.mov (3600x1800) [11.1 GB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12221/",
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            "release_date": "2016-05-12T13:30:00-04:00",
            "title": "Tracking Volcanic Ash With Satellites",
            "description": "Data from the Suomi NPP satellite is used by NASA scientists to map the full three-dimensional structure of volcanic clouds, allowing a more accurate forecast of where the volcanic ash is spreading.  The information will be used by air traffic management to re-route flights around the hazardous ash clouds, which can damage airplane engines.Complete transcript available.Music: \"Dangerous Clouds\" by Guy & Zab Skornik [SACEM]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_youtube_hq.00596_print.jpg (1024x576) [66.2 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_youtube_hq.00596_searchweb.png (180x320) [43.0 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_youtube_hq.00596_web.png (320x180) [43.0 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_youtube_hq.00596_thm.png (80x40) [4.0 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [60.8 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER.webm (960x540) [46.9 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [60.8 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [21.9 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_captions.en_US.srt [2.2 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_captions.en_US.vtt [2.2 KB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [149.2 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [119.1 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [394.4 MB] || 12221_Volcanic_ash_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.6 GB] || ",
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        {
            "id": 11899,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11899/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-07-21T13:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols",
            "description": "Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing aerosols together in climate models.In a new study, NASA scientists used a climate model to examine the impact of this snow-darkening phenomenon on Northern Hemisphere snowpacks, including how it affects snow amount and heating on the ground in spring.The study looked at three types of light-absorbing aerosols – dust, black carbon and organic carbon. Black carbon and organic carbon are produced from the burning of fossil fuels, like coal and oil, as well as biofuels and biomass, such as forests.With their snow darkening effect added to NASA’s GEOS-5 climate model, scientists analyzed results from 2002 to 2011, and compared them to model runs done without the aerosols on snow. They found that the aerosols indeed played a role in absorbing more of the sun’s energy. Over broad places in the Northern Hemisphere, the darkened snow caused some surface temperatures to be up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would be if the snow were pristine. As a result, warmer, snow-darkened areas had less snow in spring than they would have had under pristine snow conditions.According to the study, dust’s snow darkening effect significantly contributed to surface warming in Central Asia and the western Himalayas. Black carbon’s snow darkening effect had a larger impact primarily in Europe, the eastern Himalayas and East Asia. It had a smaller impact in North America. Organic carbon’s snow darkening effect was relatively lower but present in regions such as southeastern Siberia, northeastern East Asia and western Canada.“As we add more of these aerosols to the mix, we are potentially increasing our overall impact on Earth’s climate,” said research scientist Teppei Yasunari at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.Research: Impact of snow darkening via dust, black carbon, and organic carbon on boreal spring climate in the Earth systemJournal: Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, June 15, 2015.Link to paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JD022977/fullHere is the YouTube video. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 11900,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11900/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-07-21T13:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Instagram: Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols",
            "description": "Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing aerosols together in climate models.In a new study, NASA scientists used a climate model to examine the impact of this snow-darkening phenomenon on Northern Hemisphere snowpacks, including how it affects snow amount and heating on the ground in spring.The study looked at three types of light-absorbing aerosols – dust, black carbon and organic carbon. Black carbon and organic carbon are produced from the burning of fossil fuels, like coal and oil, as well as biofuels and biomass, such as forests.With their snow darkening effect added to NASA’s GEOS-5 climate model, scientists analyzed results from 2002 to 2011, and compared them to model runs done without the aerosols on snow. They found that the aerosols indeed played a role in absorbing more of the sun’s energy. Over broad places in the Northern Hemisphere, the darkened snow caused some surface temperatures to be up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would be if the snow were pristine. As a result, warmer, snow-darkened areas had less snow in spring than they would have had under pristine snow conditions.According to the study, dust’s snow darkening effect significantly contributed to surface warming in Central Asia and the western Himalayas. Black carbon’s snow darkening effect had a larger impact primarily in Europe, the eastern Himalayas and East Asia. It had a smaller impact in North America. Organic carbon’s snow darkening effect was relatively lower but present in regions such as southeastern Siberia, northeastern East Asia and western Canada.“As we add more of these aerosols to the mix, we are potentially increasing our overall impact on Earth’s climate,” said research scientist Teppei Yasunari at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.Research: Impact of snow darkening via dust, black carbon, and organic carbon on boreal spring climate in the Earth systemJournal: Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, June 15, 2015.Link to paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JD022977/fullHere is the YouTube video. || ",
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        {
            "id": 11787,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11787/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-02-26T13:25:00-05:00",
            "title": "CATS Up and Running on the Space Station",
            "description": "The Cloud-Aerosol Tranpsort System (CATS) was installed on the International Space Station on January 22, 2015.  Data from CATS will help scientists model the structure of dust plumes and other atmospheric features, which can travel far distances and impact air quality. Climate scientists will also use the CATS data, along with data from other Earth-observing instruments, to look at trends and interactions in clouds and aerosols over time.For complete transcript, click here. || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_nasaportal_print.jpg (1024x576) [71.8 KB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_nasaportal_searchweb.png (320x180) [68.8 KB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_nasaportal_web.png (320x180) [68.8 KB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_nasaportal_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.7 GB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [72.1 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [45.3 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER.webm (960x540) [51.8 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [54.2 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [45.2 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [43.3 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [18.4 MB] || G2015-025_CATS_Install-captions.en_US.srt [109 bytes] || G2015-025_CATS_Install-captions.en_US.vtt [122 bytes] || G2015-025_CATS_Install_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [9.9 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-02-24T13:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants (2/24/2015)",
            "description": "LEAD: NASA scientists have made the first multi-year satellite-based estimate of how much Saharan dust in Africa floats all the way to South America’s Amazon rainforest.1. An estimated 28 million tons of African dust falls on the Amazon rainforest – more than 100,000 semi-truck loads.2. A small but very important ingredient in the dust is the phosphorus from an ancient dusty lake bed in Chad.3. The African phosphorus plays a critical role as a natural fertilizer for the Amazon rainforest growth.TAG: This dust transport is the largest on the planet. Satellite studies will also help determine its relationship to climate changes. || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.3 KB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_searchweb.png (320x180) [75.0 KB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_web.png (320x180) [75.0 KB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_thm.png (80x40) [5.5 KB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [16.3 MB] || DUST_WC3.avi (1280x720) [16.9 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [20.9 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.webm (1920x1080) [2.9 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [111.7 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [173.6 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [405.3 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [434.1 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [405.3 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [669.5 MB] || WC_Dust-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [769.1 MB] || ",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-02-24T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust To Amazon In 3-D",
            "description": "For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a fertilizer, which the Amazon depends on in order to flourish.The new dust transport estimates were derived from data collected by a lidar instrument on NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation, or CALIPSO, satellite from 2007 though 2013.An average of 27.7 million tons of dust per year – enough to fill 104,908 semi trucks – fall to the surface over the Amazon basin. The phosphorus portion, an estimated 22,000 tons per year, is about the same amount as that lost from rain and flooding. The finding is part of a bigger research effort to understand the role of dust and aerosols in the environment and on local and global climate.Research: The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite ObservationsJournal: Geophysical Research LettersLink to paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063040/fullHere is the YouTube video. || ",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2015-01-14T14:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Launched CATS - Measuring Clouds and Aerosols (1/14/2015)",
            "description": "LEAD: After a weekend launch (Saturday, January 10, 2015), NASA’s new climate science instrument called CATS will be installed on the exterior of the International Space Station on Friday, January 16, 2015. 1. NASA laser instrument, called CATS, will help determine details of how tiny particles in the atmosphere warm and cool the earth.2. On average, airborne particles and clouds reflect about a quarter of the sun’s incoming energy which helps cool the earth.3. But the swirling layers of dust, smoke, sea salt, and sulfates can also absorb energy and hold in the earth’s heat.TAG: CATS will help scientists add up those different effects on the earth’s long-term climate. || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.1 KB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x018000502_print.jpg (1024x576) [134.4 KB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.6 KB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_web.png (320x180) [97.6 KB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [18.4 MB] || CATS_WC.avi (1280x720) [19.6 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.2 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [90.6 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.webm (1920x1080) [3.5 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [148.2 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [293.9 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [293.9 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [532.2 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [716.3 MB] || WC_CATS-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [831.0 MB] || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30591/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2014-12-10T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Simulated Clouds and Aerosols",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30641/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2014-12-10T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Simulated Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfate Aerosols",
            "description": "Sulfur and Sulfates animation of Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2006 || sulfur_globe_c1440_NR_BETA9-SNAP_20060901_0000z.png (5760x2880) [19.9 MB] || sulfur_globe_c1440_NR_BETA9-SNAP_20060901_0000z_print.jpg (1024x512) [117.1 KB] || sulfur_globe_c1440_NR_BETA9-SNAP_20060901_0000z_searchweb.png (180x320) [93.4 KB] || sulfur_globe_c1440_NR_BETA9-SNAP_20060901_0000z_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || geos_sulfur_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [95.0 MB] || geos_sulfur_720p.webm (1280x720) [11.6 MB] || sulfur_small_c1440_NR_BETA9-SNAP_20060329_1600z_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [357.4 MB] || geos_sulfur_2304p.mp4 (4096x2304) [667.5 MB] || ",
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            "id": 30637,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30637/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "GEOS-5 Aerosols Simulation for SC 2014",
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        },
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            "id": 10183,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10183/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2014-11-13T13:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds?",
            "description": "NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Andrew Sayer talks about how emissions from volcanoes can affect clouds.This video provides an overview of research published in the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Research:Systematic satellite observations of the impact of aerosols from passive volcanic degassing on local cloud propertiesJournal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, October 9, 2014 || ",
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            "id": 11637,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11637/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2014-09-08T10:15:00-04:00",
            "title": "CATS - New Remote-Sensing Instrument to Blaze a Trail on the International Space Station",
            "description": "The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), a new instrument that will measure the character and worldwide distribution of the tiny particles that make up haze, dust, air pollutants, and smoke, will do more than gather data once it's deployed on the International Space Station in December. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 30381,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30381/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Monthly Aerosol Optical Thickness (Terra/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 Terra satellite, from January 2005 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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        },
        {
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30382/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Monthly Aerosol Particle Radius (Terra/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 January 2005 to the present, derived using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard NASA’s Terra 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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        {
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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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        },
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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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        },
        {
            "id": 30191,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30191/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-17T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Australian Dust over the Pacific Ocean",
            "description": "Strong westerly winds roaring across Australia’s desert interior were able to suspend dust particles for hundreds of miles before reaching the South Pacific Ocean. This image, taken by NASA’s Terra satellite on September 12, 2009, reveals the wedge of dust as it parts from the continent. Nearly weightless in nature, the wispy layer of dust is visible by its tan hue floating above the underlying stratus cloud deck. The dust is thought to have originated from the dry Lake Eyre basin, covering nearly one sixth of the continent. The lake fills during exceptionally wet rainy seasons (December-February) but remains dry during other months. As water evaporates from the lake, it leaves a fine layer of sediment that is easily lifted by wind. Sediment from dry lakebeds is a significant source of airborne dust worldwide. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 30192,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30192/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-17T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Using MISR to View Dust",
            "description": "On October 18, 2002, a large dust plume extended across countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Information on the horizontal and vertical extent of the dust are provided by these views from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR). The left-hand panel portrays the scene as viewed by the instrument's vertical-viewing (nadir) camera. Here only some of the dust over eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey can be discerned. The dust is much more obvious in the center panel, which is a view from MISR's most steeply forward-looking camera. The right-hand panel is an elevation field derived from automated MISR stereoscopic processing, in which the heights of clouds and certain parts of the dust plume are retrieved. Clouds within the image area are situated between about 2 and 5.5 kilometers above sea level, and the dust is located below most of the cloud, at heights of about 1.5 kilometers or less. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 30193,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30193/",
            "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual",
            "release_date": "2013-10-17T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Dust Storm in the Middle East",
            "description": "Dust from Syria and Iraq blows toward the northwest across Turkey and the easternmost Black Sea on July 30, 2011, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image. Dust forms a giant arc extending from northern Iraq across Turkey and the easternmost Black Sea. The northeastern tip of the dust plume appears to push into western Georgia. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11359/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2013-09-16T09:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Planetary Scientist Profile: Emily Wilson",
            "description": "NASA scientist Emily Wilson discusses her work developing miniaturized instruments that measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Her latest instrument, the mini-LHR, works in tandem with AERONET, and will contribute to the global effort to better understand climate change. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11068/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2012-08-02T14:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Imported Dust in North American Skies",
            "description": "NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive in the air over North America each year. With a 3D view of the atmosphere now possible from satellites, the scientists distinguished dust from pollution, and calculated that dust is the main ingredient of these foreign imports. || ",
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        {
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2012-06-06T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Suomi Sees Asian Fires Migrate To North America",
            "description": "Research Scientist Colin Seftor talks about images that he built from Suomi data. Suomi is originally known as NPP. In these images we see smoke travel from Asia to North America. || ",
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        {
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3811/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2011-01-11T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Components of the Water Cycle on a Flat Map",
            "description": "Water regulates climate, predominately storing heat during the day and releasing it at night. Water in the ocean and atmosphere carry heat from the tropics to the poles. The process by which water moves around the earth, from the ocean, to the atmosphere, to the land and back to the ocean is called the water cycle. The animations below each portray a component of the water cycle. The three animations of atmospheric phenomena were created using data from the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 25-days. Variables animated here include hourly evaporation, water vapor and precipitation. For more information on GEOS-5 see http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5 . For more information on the cubed-sphere work see http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/610.3/cubedsphere.html.The animation of global sea surface temperature was created using data from a model run of ECCO's Ocean General Circulation Model. See http://www.ecco-group.org/model.htm for more information on ECCO.This group of animations are an orthographic view of the data used in Components of the Water Cycle. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3783/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2010-10-21T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Ash Plume May 6-8, 2010 - Stereoscopic Version",
            "description": "During April and May, 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland's southern coast erupted, creating an expansive ash cloud that disrupted air traffic throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. This animation shows the flow of this ash cloud for three days in early May on an hourly basis as sensed from a geostationary satellite. The ash cloud heights were determined using an approach developed by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR for the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R). Data from EUMETSAT's Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) was used as a proxy for GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data. This data is shown intersecting with the CALIPSO Parallel Attenuated Backscatter curtain on May 6th. In this page the visualization content is offered in two different modes to accommodate stereoscopic systems as: Left and Right Eye separate and Left and Right Eye side-by-side combined on the same frame. || ",
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        },
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2010-09-17T18:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Robots on the Roof",
            "description": "The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) is one of the first places that scientists turn when volcanoes, wildfires, pollution plumes, dust storms and many other phenomena-both natural and manmade-make an appearance. The network of ground-based instruments, called sun photometers, measures the many tiny particles blowing about in the atmosphere called aerosols. The particles are often impossible to see with human eyes, but AERONET's sensors can detect their presence by measuring subtle fluctuations in sunlight as the particles reflect and scatter the sun's rays. || ",
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        },
        {
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2010-05-12T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "The Smog Bloggers",
            "description": "Has pollen got you sneezing? Wondering what's causing that mysterious afternoon haze? How do you find out what's in the air you are breathing? For the thousands of people who visit the University of Maryland Baltimore County's \"Smog Blog\" each day, the answer is just a web click away. The Smog Bloggers combine laser measurements of current air quality with NASA satellite data to paint a daily picture of air pollution across the US. To date, the blog has received over two million hits, and is itself a big hit with weather forecasters, astronomers, asthma sufferers, and those with just a healthy curiosity about what kinds of pollution they may be breathing in. For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_YouTubeHQ.01477_print.jpg (1024x576) [98.1 KB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_YouTubeHQ_web.png (320x180) [262.6 KB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_YouTubeHQ_thm.png (80x40) [17.4 KB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [53.5 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_appletv.m4v (960x720) [146.6 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_Youtube.mov (1280x720) [58.9 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_YouTubeHQ.mov (1280x720) [113.1 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_iPod_large.m4v (640x360) [45.3 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_iPod_small.m4v (320x180) [17.5 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_NASA_PORTAL.wmv (346x260) [46.4 MB] || G2010-057_Smog_Bloggers_SVS.mpg (512x288) [36.2 MB] || ",
            "hits": 14
        },
        {
            "id": 10574,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10574/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2010-02-22T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle",
            "description": "The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest in the modern record. \"Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle\" illustrates how NASA satellites enable us to study possible causes of climate change. The video explains what role fluctuations in the solar cycle, changes in snow and cloud cover, and rising levels of heat-trapping gases may play in contributing to climate change. For complete transcript, click here. || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres.01252_print.jpg (1024x576) [113.2 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres_web.png (320x180) [207.8 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres_thm.png (80x40) [16.9 KB] || Temperature_Puzzle_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [83.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_fullres.mov (1280x720) [166.2 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_AppleTV.m4v (960x720) [211.4 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle__Youtube.mov (1280x720) [87.7 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_iPod_small.m4v (640x360) [67.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_iPod_large.m4v (320x180) [27.9 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_svs.mpg (512x288) [136.6 MB] || Temperature_Puzzle_portal.wmv (346x260) [38.8 MB] || ",
            "hits": 51
        },
        {
            "id": 10560,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10560/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2010-01-26T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Interview Segments with Key Glory Personnel",
            "description": "The Glory team is comprised of dedicated and highly skilled scientists and engineers. The following interview segments provide comments on the mission from key Glory personnel. Glory is a remote-sensing Earth-orbiting observatory designed to achieve two separate mission objectives. One is to collect data on the chemical, microphysical, and optical properties of aerosols, along with their spatial and temporal distributions. Glory's second mission objective is to continue collection of total solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record. Glory accomplishes these objectives by deploying two instruments aboard a low earth orbit satellite: the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) and the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM). Scientists are working to better understand exactly how and why Earth's climate changes, and the Glory mission will provide significant contributions toward this critical endeavor. || ",
            "hits": 22
        },
        {
            "id": 3668,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3668/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-12-13T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Atmospheric Black Carbon Density",
            "description": "Black carbon, or soot, is formed from the burning of fossil fuels and biomass and lingers in the atmosphere for days or weeks before being deposited on the land or ocean. The transport and deposition of black carbon has become an important topic related to climate change since it can absorb sunlight and cause an increase in temperature on ice surfaces or in the atmosphere. The movement of black carbon in the atmosphere can be simulated by including existing black carbon data sets in a global model of the atmosphere. This animation shows the simulation of over three months of atmospheric black carbon production and movement from the Goddard Chemistry Aerosol and Transport (GOCART) model, which is driven by output of the GEOS5 global atmosphere simulation. Note the production of black carbon from industrialization in China and biomass burning in Africa, as well as the movement of black carbon across the oceans of the world. || ",
            "hits": 90
        },
        {
            "id": 10530,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10530/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-11-23T23:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Taking Earth's Temperature",
            "description": "The Earth is a complex system with a unique climate. Many scientists are concerned that Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate. Each January, scientists at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies release temperature data for the previous year. How do scientists study how warm our home planet is, and how do they determine what factors affect its climate? This short video explores the tools NASA scientists use to take Earth's temperature.For complete transcript, click here. || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480.00652_print.jpg (1024x768) [99.0 KB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480_web.png (320x240) [281.6 KB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480_thm.png (80x40) [16.1 KB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480_searchweb.png (320x180) [85.4 KB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_1280x720_H264.webmhd.webm (960x540) [46.7 MB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480.mpg (640x480) [126.9 MB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_1280x720_H264.mov (720x486) [158.2 MB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x480) [46.7 MB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009320x240.mp4 (320x240) [18.7 MB] || Taking_Earths_Temperature_Updated_2009.wmv (346x260) [35.6 MB] || ",
            "hits": 31
        },
        {
            "id": 10521,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10521/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-11-05T10:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "The Road to Glory",
            "description": "Glory is a unique research satellite designed to orbit the Earth and achieve two major goals.  Glory's first goal is to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon in the Earth's atmosphere and climate system; its second goal is to collect data on solar irradiance for Earth's long-term climate record.  This seven-minute video introduces Glory's science objectives, people, and instruments, and provides an overview of the Glory mission.For complete transcript, click here. || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288.01102_print.jpg (1024x576) [74.3 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288_web.png (180x320) [222.3 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [14.2 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [90.6 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [6.3 GB] || The_Road_to_Glory_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [204.8 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [235.9 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [76.0 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288.mpg (512x288) [141.3 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [33.4 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory.wmv (320x180) [37.8 MB] || ",
            "hits": 26
        },
        {
            "id": 10522,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10522/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-11-04T12:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "The Rough Road to Space",
            "description": "Space is a harsh environment, and building a space-bound satellite is no small feat!  Here's a look at how NASA engineers get the Glory mission off the ground and safely into space!For complete transcript, click here. || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_512x288.01977_print.jpg (1024x576) [89.7 KB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_512x288_web.png (320x180) [264.1 KB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [17.2 KB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [29.2 MB] || Rough_Road_to_Space_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [2.2 GB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [67.9 MB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [75.1 MB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [27.2 MB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_512x288.mpg (512x288) [43.1 MB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [10.9 MB] || The_Rough_Road_to_Space.wmv (320x180) [14.6 MB] || ",
            "hits": 26
        },
        {
            "id": 10523,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10523/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "The Particle Puzzle",
            "description": "This short video, which is part of a seven part video podcast series about NASA's Glory mission, explores the complexity of small airborne particles called aerosols. Aerosols play a key role in the climate system, but they remain a terra incognito of sorts for climatologists because of challenges associated with measuring the ubiquitous particles.  Glory's Aerosol Polarimetery Sensor (APS), a unique instrument that measures the polarization of light as it scatters off the aerosols, offers a new and more accurate way to measure the perplexing particlesFor complete transcript, click here. || The_Particle_Puzzle_512x288.00452_print.jpg (1024x576) [97.2 KB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_512x288_web.png (320x180) [237.2 KB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [16.9 KB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_960x540_Apple_TV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [67.7 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [5.0 GB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [156.7 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_960x540_Apple_TV.m4v (960x540) [180.5 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [55.3 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_512x288.mpg (512x288) [32.5 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [24.0 MB] || The_Particle_Puzzle.wmv (320x180) [33.5 MB] || ",
            "hits": 16
        },
        {
            "id": 10525,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10525/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Hello Crud",
            "description": "This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior.  Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles.  This unique instrument will unravel the microphysical properties of aerosols, and will shed light on the chemical composition of natural and anthropogenic aerosols and clouds. For complete transcript, click here. || Hello_Crud__512x288.00727_print.jpg (1024x576) [58.9 KB] || Hello_Crud__512x288_web.png (320x180) [160.9 KB] || Hello_Crud__512x288_thm.png (80x40) [15.7 KB] || Hello_Crud_960x720_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [66.8 MB] || Hello_Crud_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [4.6 GB] || Hello_Crud_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [128.2 MB] || Hello_Crud_960x720_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [160.6 MB] || Hello_Crud__640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [52.5 MB] || Hello_Crud__512x288.mpg (512x288) [37.2 MB] || Hello_Crud_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [22.3 MB] || Hello_Crud.wmv (320x180) [32.7 MB] || ",
            "hits": 36
        },
        {
            "id": 3648,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3648/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Components of the Water Cycle",
            "description": "Water regulates climate, storing heat during the day and releasing it at night. Water in the ocean and atmosphere carry heat from the tropics to the poles. The process by which water moves around the earth, from the ocean, to the atmosphere, to the land and back to the ocean is called the water cycle. The animations below each portray a component of the water cycle. All use an identical view and camera motion to allow for easy compositing.Data for the animation of global sea surface temperature was derived from a model run of ECCO's Ocean General Circulation Model. See http://www.ecco-group.org/model.htm for more information on ECCO.Data for the animation of atmospheric phenomena was created using data from the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 25-days. Variables animated here include evaporation, water vapor and precipitation.For more information on the GEOS-5 see http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5.For more information on the cubed-sphere work see http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/610.3/cubedsphere.html.All three of these animations are time synchronous throughout the animation to allow cross fades during compositing.The final animation shown here, a pulsing network of rivers over the continents, represents the flow of water from land back into the ocean, thereby completing the water cycle.A flat version of these animations can be found in item #3811. || ",
            "hits": 119
        },
        {
            "id": 3492,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3492/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2009-03-09T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Atlantic Transport of Anthropogenic Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)  in 2003",
            "description": "In a new NASA study, researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first measurement-based estimate of the amount of pollution. The new measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite substantiate the results of previous model-based studies, and are the most extensive to date. Hongbin Yu, an associate research scientist of the University of Maryland Baltimore County working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., grew up in China and taught there as a university professor, , where he witnessed first-hand and studied how pollution from nearby power plants affected the local environment. Yu points out, however, that the matter of pollution transport is a global one. \"Our study focused on East Asian pollution transport, but pollution also flows from Europe, North America, the broader Asian region and elsewhere, across bodies of water and land, to neighboring areas and beyond,\" he said. \"So we should not simply blame East Asia for this amount of pollution flowing into North America.\" In fact, a recent model study conducted by Mian Chin, co-author of this study and an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard suggests that European pollution also makes significant contribution to the pollution inflow to North America. \"Satellite instruments give us the ability to capture finer measurements, on a nearly daily basis across a broader geographic region and across a longer time frame so that the overall result is a better estimate than any other measurement method we've had in the past,\" said study co-author Lorraine Remer, a physical scientist and member of the MODIS science team at NASA Goddard. The MODIS instrument can distinguish between broad categories of particles in the air, and observes Earth's entire surface every one to two days, enabling it to monitor movement of the East Asian pollution aerosols as they rise into the lower troposphere, the area of the atmosphere where we live and breathe, and make their way across the Pacific and up into the middle and upper regions of the troposphere. Remer added that the research team also found that pollution movements fluctuate during the year, with the East Asian airstream carrying its largest \"load\" in spring and smallest in summer. The most extensive East Asian export of pollution across the Pacific took place in 2003, triggered by record-breaking wildfires across vast forests of East Asia and Russia. Notably, the pollution aerosols also travel across the ocean quickly, journeying into the atmosphere above North American in as little as one week. \"We cannot determine at what level of elevation in the atmosphere the pollution ends up once it crosses over to North America, so we do not have a way in this study to assess what actual impact it has on air quality here,\" said Remer. \"Nevertheless, we realize there is indeed impact. For example, particles like these have been linked to regional weather and climate effects. Since pollution transport is such a broad global issue, it is important moving forward to extend this kind of study to other regions, to see how much pollution is migrating from its source regions to others, when, and how fast,\" said Remer. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10399,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10399/",
            "result_type": "B-Roll",
            "release_date": "2009-02-24T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Glory Cleanroom B-roll, Orbital Sciences Corporation",
            "description": "In the lead up to launch, a number of critical spacecraft building and testing milestones took place at Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia. This video b-roll was filmed in cleanrooms at Orbital Sciences Corporation, and provides documentation of critical Glory milestone moments. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10398,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10398/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-20T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "USGS Video of a Hawaiian Volcano",
            "description": "Aerosols smaller than 1 micrometer are mostly formed by condensation processes such as conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas (released from volcanic eruptions) to sulfate particles and by formation of soot and smoke during burning processes. After formation, the aerosols are mixed and transported by atmospheric motions and are primarily removed by cloud and precipitation processes. Video courtesy of United States Geological Survey. || ",
            "hits": 45
        },
        {
            "id": 10382,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10382/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Glory Solar Array Deployment",
            "description": "The Glory spacecraft uses Orbital Sciences Corporation Space Systems Group's LEOStar-1 bus design, with deployable, four-panel solar arrays. This conceptual animation reveals Glory's unique solar array deployment sequence. || ",
            "hits": 36
        },
        {
            "id": 10383,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10383/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Glory Instrument Flyover",
            "description": "Glory will help researchers better understand the direct and indirect effects of atmospheric aerosols and of the Sun on Earth's climate. This animation reveals Glory's trio of remote-sensing instruments:  Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) will provide new capabilities in the characterization of aerosol particle microphysical properties through the collection of multiangle and multispectral radiance and polarization measurements. Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM) is an electrical substitution radiometer (ESR) that records measurements of total solar irradiance (TSI) with extreme accuracy and precision. Cloud Camera data will provide cross track coverage over a broader swath of aerosol load than the APS. || ",
            "hits": 16
        },
        {
            "id": 10386,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10386/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Sources of Aerosols",
            "description": "Aerosols can occur in nature, but they can also originate from human activity. These animations provide an introduction to four of the varied sources of atmospheric aerosols: cities, forest fires, the ocean, and deserts. || ",
            "hits": 50
        },
        {
            "id": 10387,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10387/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Aerosols Impact Cloud Formation",
            "description": "Aerosols are complex particles; they occur in nature and can also be generated by human activity. One important new area of aerosol research involves how aerosols impact clouds. Without aerosols, clouds could not exist. Aerosol particles serve as condensation nuclei for water vapor in the atmosphere. Atmospheric water molecules are drawn to aerosol particles like magnets, forming water droplets and eventually creating a cloud. The introduction of a larger number of aerosols will modify cloud's natural properties, leading to an accumulation of water droplets that are smaller in size but greater in number. Clouds play an important role in regulating Earth's climate; aerosol-rich air masses generate clouds that are bigger, brighter, and longer lasting. || ",
            "hits": 399
        },
        {
            "id": 10388,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10388/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Human Induced versus Naturally Occurring Aerosols",
            "description": "One critical new area of aerosol research involves how the varied particles impact clouds. Clouds play an important role in regulating Earth's climate, and without aerosols, clouds could not exist. The introduction of a larger number of aerosols will modify cloud's natural properties, leading to clouds that are bigger, brighter, and longer lasting. Two time lapsed scenes with zooms to particle-level conceptual animations help to illustrate this concept. In a pristine environment, like the ocean scene depicted here, naturally occurring salt particles serve as condensation nuclei for water vapor in the atmosphere. The water molecules are drawn to the salt particles like magnets, forming water droplets and eventually creating a cloud. The city scene reveals how an increase in the number of aerosols modifies the properties of a naturally formed cloud. The large influx of soot particles increases the number of centers of attraction for the water molecules, and the water droplets become smaller in size but greater in number. || ",
            "hits": 54
        },
        {
            "id": 10389,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10389/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Aerosols Absorb; Aerosols Reflect",
            "description": "Some aerosol particles primarily reflect solar radiation and cool the atmosphere, and others can also absorb radiation and warm the surrounding air. When aerosols heat the atmosphere, they create an unstable environment where clouds can't thrive. The suppression of clouds leads to further warming of the atmosphere by solar radiation. Aerosols are a complex but critical piece of the climate puzzle, and researchers are still working to understand the role of these curious particles. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 10390,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10390/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Sea Salt Aerosols",
            "description": "Aerosols are complex particles; they can occur in nature but can also be generated by humans. One source of naturally-occurring aerosols is the ocean-wave activity which propels salt particles into the air. These particles then serve as cloud condensation nuclei and lead to cloud formation. Sea salt still image courtesy of Chere Petty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; NSF grant DBI-0722569 || ",
            "hits": 119
        },
        {
            "id": 10391,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10391/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Potassium Aerosols",
            "description": "Potassium is an alkali metal that occurs naturally bound to other elements in seawater and minerals. Mineral aerosols, such as Saharan dust and sea salt, can be the source of water-soluble potassium. Video courtesy of Chere Petty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; NSF grant DBI-0722569. || ",
            "hits": 21
        },
        {
            "id": 10392,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10392/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Volcanic Ash Still Image",
            "description": "Aerosols are complex particles; they can occur in nature but can also be generated by humans. One source of naturally-occurring aerosols is volcanoes. Large-scale volcanic activity may last only a few days, but the massive outpouring of gases and ash can influence climate patterns for years. Sulfuric gases convert to sulfate aerosols, sub-micron droplets containing about 75 percent sulfuric acid. Following eruptions, these aerosol particles can linger as long as three to four years in the stratosphere. Still image courtesy of United States Geological Survey. || ",
            "hits": 47
        },
        {
            "id": 10393,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10393/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Soot and Sulfate Still Images and Video of Tractor Soot Particle",
            "description": "Aerosols are complex particles; they can occur in nature but can also be generated by humans. Black carbon, or soot, is generated from industrial pollution, traffic, outdoor fires, and household burning of coal and biomass fuels. Soot is a product of incomplete combustion, especially of coal, diesel fuels, biofuels and outdoor biomass burning. When soot absorbs sunlight, it heats the surrounding air and reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the ground. The heated air makes the atmosphere less stable, creating rising air (convection) which forms clouds and brings rainfall to regions that are heavily polluted. Still image courtesy of Peter Buseck, Arizona State University. Video courtesy of Chere Petty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; NSF grant DBI-0722569. || ",
            "hits": 34
        },
        {
            "id": 10394,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10394/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Scanning Electron Microscope Still Image of Pollen Particles",
            "description": "Aerosols are complex particles that come from a variety of sources. They occur in nature, but can also be generated by human activity. Pollen grains are an example of short-lived aerosols that are difficult to detect but are found near the Earth's surface. Pollen effect human health, but researchers do not consider these aerosols to be part of the climatologically important population of tropospheric aerosols. This Scanning Electron Microscopic image reveals pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea ), prairie hollyhock (Sidalcea malviflora), oriental lily (Lilium auratum ), evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). || ",
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            "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "City and Traffic Timelapses",
            "description": "Various timelapse shots of cityscapes and traffic. Shot to support the Glory mission. || ",
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            "release_date": "2009-02-18T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Glory Launch Sequence",
            "description": "Glory will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base onboard a Taurus XL launch vehicle. The Taurus launch service is provided by Orbital Sciences Corporation Launch Systems Group, under contract to the NASA Kennedy Space Center. The Taurus XL will place Glory into a circular, Sun-synchronous injection orbit with an altitude of 640 kilometers and an inclination of 97.9 degrees. || ",
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            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2009-02-18T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Two Glory Beauty Passes",
            "description": "The Glory spacecraft uses Orbital Sciences Corporation Space Systems Group's LEOStar-1 bus design, with deployable solar arrays, 3-axis stabilization, and X-band/S-band RF communications capabilities. The structure consists of an octagonal aluminum space frame and a hydrazine propulsion module containing enough fuel to support initial orbit raising and at least 36 months of on-orbit service. The spacecraft bus also provides payload power; command, telemetry, and science data interfaces, including onboard storage of data; and an attitude control subsystem to support instrument pointing requirements. Two animated beauty passes reveal different perspectives of the spacecraft in orbit. || ",
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        {
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10340/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2008-12-02T00:00:00-05:00",
            "title": "Cross Calibration of the Afternoon Constellation's Instruments",
            "description": "The name \"A-Train\" comes from the formation of international, Earth-observing satellites known as the Afternoon Constellation, which operate in a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 705 km. The close proximity of the different spacecraft within the A-Train allows for coincident observations between instruments on different spacecrafts, providing scientists additional capabilities in their pursuit of answers about the Earth and its climate. Upon joining the A-train, Glory will help researchers better understand two critical forcings of Earth's climate: atmospheric aerosols and total solar irradiance. || ",
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            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10268/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2008-10-22T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Glory's Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Taking Polarimetric Measurements",
            "description": "Glory is a remote-sensing, Earth-orbiting observatory that will study two of Earth's crucial climate forcings: atmospheric aerosols and total solar irradiance. Glory is equipped with two state of the art instruments: the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS), which collects information on aerosols with unprecedented accuracy; and the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), which continues collection of total solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record. This animation reveals Glory's APS taking polarimetric measurements along the satellite ground track within the solar reflective spectral region (0.4 to 2.4 micrometers). Aerosols are among the least understood of Earth's climate forcings, and the APS will provide data on the global distribution of natural and anthropogenic aerosols; the direct impact of aerosols on the radiation budget; and the effect of aerosols on clouds. || ",
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            "id": 10333,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10333/",
            "result_type": "Produced Video",
            "release_date": "2008-08-13T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "The Cloud Makers",
            "description": "This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior.  Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles.  This unique instrument will unravel the microphysical properties of aerosols, and will shed light on the chemical composition of natural and anthropogenic aerosols and clouds. For complete transcript, click here. || The_Cloud_Makers_512x28800502_print.jpg (1024x576) [80.6 KB] || The_Cloud_Makers_512x288_web.png (320x180) [235.4 KB] || The_Cloud_Makers_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [16.9 KB] || The_Cloud_Makers_960x540_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [45.0 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [3.0 GB] || The_Cloud_Makers_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [90.7 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers_960x540_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [109.4 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers_640x480.m4v (640x360) [35.4 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers_512x288.mpg (512x288) [35.7 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [14.7 MB] || The_Cloud_Makers.wmv (320x180) [21.0 MB] || ",
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        {
            "id": 3491,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3491/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2008-03-13T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Pacific Anthropogenic Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)  in 2003",
            "description": "According to measurements taken with a satellite instrument, vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from biomass burning in East Asia and Russia are traveling from one side of the globe to another. Explosive economic growth in Asia has profound implications for the atmosphere worldwide. Data collected by a NASA satellite shows a dense blanket of polluted air over the Northwestern Pacific. This brown cloud is a toxic mix of ash, acids, and airborne particles from car and factory emissions, as well as from low-tech polluters like coal-burning stoves and from forest fires. This image generated by data from NASA's instrument called MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) onboard the Terra satellite demonstrates how large and pervasive this transport phenomenon is across vast areas. China's exports fill shelves around the world, but according to a new NASA research paper, China also heavily exports pollution. This week, space agency scientists reveal how Chinese industrialization and Russian forest fires in combination with pollution transported eastward from Europe send roughly 18 teragrams - almost 40 billion pounds-of pollution aerosols into the atmosphere over the Northwestern Pacific every year. The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite has been tracking the particulate pollution for more than seven years, gathering data as most of it drifted east across the Pacific Ocean. About 4.5 teragrams of particulate pollution each year could reach the western boundary of North America, which is about 15% of local emissions of particulate pollutants from the U.S. and Canada. In the last two decades, China has more than doubled its pollution production. This boom may be contributing to substantial changes in climate and weather in places far from the origin of the particulates. Never in human history-anywhere-has there been industrial growth like that in modern China. But with fast growth comes unintended consequences, and from space evidence of those consequences is starting to emerge. The research relies on measurements of something called \"aerosol optical thickness\". It's a quantitative measurement about how well a slice of atmosphere transmits light. The greater the value of optical thickness for a given location, the less light of a particular wavelength can pass through it. Measurements of aerosol optical thickness describe quantities of tiny particles in a given volume. By measuring how much light can penetrate a region of atmosphere across a variety of wavelengths, scientists can make certain inferences about the quantity and type of particles blocking that light. This visualization shows the seasonal variations of transport of pollution aerosols across the North Pacific. The East Asian airstream carries its largest pollution loading in spring and smallest in summer and fall. With heavy concentrations of aerosols represented by shades of brown, scientists can track the origins and distribution of the particles as they travel in the atmosphere. The sequence also shows a trail of substantial aerosol concentrations from a variety of sources. These sources include heavy industrial activity in East Asia associated with high population density represented in this sequence by gradations of black covering the land surface, and intense Russian forest fires in high latitudes. || ",
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            "result_type": "Animation",
            "release_date": "2007-09-03T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "AIM's Cosmic Dust Experiment and Cloud Formation",
            "description": "Like clouds in other parts of the atmosphere, one element required for polar mesospheric clouds to form is tiny dust particles on which water vapor can accumulate and grow into ice crystals. Nearer to Earth's surface, clouds form from 'cloud condensation nuclei' that can be sea salt spray, desert dust, or other materials lofted from the surface. In the mesosphere it is thought that cosmic dust particles falling into the Earth's atmosphere might serve this same purpose, and the Cosmic Dust Experiment instrument on the Aeronomy of Ice Mission will be able to identify how important cosmic dust particles are in the lifecycle of these clouds. || ",
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        },
        {
            "id": 3365,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3365/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2006-08-03T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "CALIPSO  Profile over China",
            "description": "Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles.   Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds.  They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere.  The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere.  In these images looking eastward across China over the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere.  The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km.  Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x.  The near-vertical line indicates 40 degree North latitude, while the horizontal line marks 120 degree east longitude. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3366,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3366/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2006-08-03T00:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "CALIPSO Profile over China, India and Bhutan",
            "description": "Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles. Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds. They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere. The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere. In these images looking east across India over the Himalayan Mountains and Bangladesh, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere. The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km. Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x. || ",
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        {
            "id": 3169,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3169/",
            "result_type": "Visualization",
            "release_date": "2005-06-01T12:00:00-04:00",
            "title": "Sulfur Dioxide from the Mount Pinatubo Volcanic Eruption, 1991 (WMS)",
            "description": "This animation shows levels of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere after the volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines.This product is available through our Web Map Service. || background-bluemarble-equatorial.png (1024x256) [226.3 KB] || pinatubo_so2-thm.png (80x40) [3.9 KB] || pinatubo_so2-pre.png (320x160) [39.3 KB] || pinatubo_so2-pre_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.6 KB] || pinatubo_so2.webmhd.webm (960x540) [173.9 KB] || 1024x256 (1024x256) [4.0 KB] || pinatubo_so2.m2v (1024x256) [4.8 MB] || a003169_pinatubo_so2.mp4 (640x160) [987.3 KB] || ",
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