Earth  ID: 77

Cycles of the Atmosphere: Modules 1-3

Visualizations by Dave Pape Released on September 21, 1994
This series of narrated modules uses conceptual animations to explain some of the fundamental physical principles underlying weather and climate.
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The first module, Geography, deals briefly with the effect that geography has on global weather patterns and climate.
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Narrated movie describing how the Earth's tilt affects the length of days and triggers the changing of the seasons.
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Narrated movie describing how the Earth's tilt affects the amount of light, and therefore heat, that reaches the Earth's surface.

Visualization Credits

Dave Pape (NASA): Lead Animator
Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Climate
DLESE >> Physics
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0