Earth ID: 2167

Terra/CERES on the American Southwest: May 2001

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on June 20, 2001

Terra/CERES views the American southwest during the heatwave of May 2001. The animation is generated for outgoing longwave radiation (heat).

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2001/200106204895.html

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Bruce Barkstrom (NASA/LaRC): Scientist
Bruce A. Wielicki (NASA/LaRC): Scientist
Takmeng Wong (NASA/LaRC): Scientist

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/CERES

2001/04/01-2001/05/31

The CERES instrument aboard many Earth-orbiting satellites records the flow of reflected Solar radiation and reprocessed longwave radiation in the Earth's radiation budget.

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This item is part of this series:
Terra/CERES First Year

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Geophysics
SVS >> Outgoing Longwave Radiation
SVS >> Radiation budget
SVS >> CERES
NASA Science >> Earth