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Collection:
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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Title:
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Solar Irradiance (WMS)
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Solar Irradiance (WMS)
Title
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Instrument:
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SORCE/TIM
Instrument
SORCE/TIM
Instrument
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Description:
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This is the legend for the solar irradiance animation, indicating the magnitude of the incident solar radiation flux.
Description
This is the legend for the solar irradiance animation, indicating the magnitude of the incident solar radiation flux.
Description
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Abstract:
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The Earth's climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun to the Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere. As the Earth moves around the sun, the fact that the Earth's axis is tilted means that the sun's overhead position moves from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere and back from one summer to the next. This effect causes winters to be cold and summers warm in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. This animation shows the incoming solar irradiance on the Earth at noon on the Greenwich meridian during an entire year, illustrating this movement. The magnitude of this irradiance comes from measurements by the TIM instrument on SORCE. Since the Earth's orbit is elliptical, the magnitude of the solar irradiance at the Earth is least when the Earth is farthest from the sun and greatest when the earth is closest. This 6 or 7 percent change can be seen in the animation by watching the dark bands move. When the bands expand from the bright spot, the Earth is getting closer to the sun, from July through December, and when they contract the Earth is moving away, from January through June. The sun's irradiance is also variable from day to day, but that effect is about ten times smaller than the effect of the earth's orbit.
Abstract
The Earth's climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun to the Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere. As the Earth moves around the sun, the fact that the Earth's axis is tilted means that the sun's overhead position moves from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere and back from one summer to the next. This effect causes winters to be cold and summers warm in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. This animation shows the incoming solar irradiance on the Earth at noon on the Greenwich meridian during an entire year, illustrating this movement. The magnitude of this irradiance comes from measurements by the TIM instrument on SORCE. Since the Earth's orbit is elliptical, the magnitude of the solar irradiance at the Earth is least when the Earth is farthest from the sun and greatest when the earth is closest. This 6 or 7 percent change can be seen in the animation by watching the dark bands move. When the bands expand from the bright spot, the Earth is getting closer to the sun, from July through December, and when they contract the Earth is moving away, from January through June. The sun's irradiance is also variable from day to day, but that effect is about ten times smaller than the effect of the earth's orbit.
Abstract
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Completed:
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2005-02-28
Completed
2005-02-28
Completed
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Credit:
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*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Studio:
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SVS
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Animator:
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Horace Mitchell (Lead)
Animator
Horace Mitchell (Lead)
Animator
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Scientist:
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Gary Rottman (University of Colorado)
Scientist
Gary Rottman (University of Colorado)
Scientist
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Scientist:
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Tom Woods (University of Colorado)
Scientist
Tom Woods (University of Colorado)
Scientist
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Series:
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WMS
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Data Collected:
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2003/06/20-2004/06/1 9
Data_Collected
2003/06/20-2004/06/1 9
Data Collected
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DEPC Metadata:
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*DEPC Metadata* is available here.
DEPC_Metadata
*DEPC Metadata* is available here.
DEPC Metadata
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Keywords:
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GCMD
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Keywords:
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EARTH SCIENCE
Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE
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Atmosphere
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Atmosphere
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Sun-earth Interactions
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Sun-earth Interactions
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Solar Activity
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Solar Activity
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Keywords:
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Atmospheric Radiation
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Atmospheric Radiation
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Keywords:
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Incoming Solar Radiation
Keywords
Incoming Solar Radiation
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Keywords:
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Solar Irradiance
Keywords
Solar Irradiance
Keywords
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Web Map Service:
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*This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…]*
Web_Map_Service
*This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…]* Web Map Service
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Colorado
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Colorado
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Sun
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Sun
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Meridian
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Meridian
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WMS
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WMS
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SORCE
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SORCE
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Animation Number:
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3109
Animation_Number
3109
Animation Number
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 09/sorcebar.0000-IMA GE
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 09/sorcebar.0000-IMA GE
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