Earth ID: 834

Ozone Layer Shielding Our Planet

Visualizations by Barbara Summey Released on April 9, 1999

An animation showing the ozone layer shielding our planet from the sun's intense ultraviolet radiation. Ozone absorbs nearly all of the biologically damaging UV radiation from the sun.

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An animation showing the ozone layer shielding our planet from the sun's intense ultraviolet radiation. Ozone absorbs nearly all of the biologically damaging UV radiation from the sun."

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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/UARS/index.html

Visualization Credits

Barbara Summey (Raytheon): Lead Animator
Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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UARS

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
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