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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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Average Total-sky Outgoing Longwave Flux (WMS)
Title
Average Total-sky Outgoing Longwave Flux (WMS)
Title
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Instrument:
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Aqua/CERES
Instrument
Aqua/CERES
Instrument
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Description:
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This is the legend for the total-sky outgoing longwave flux animation, indicating the magnitude of the energy flux.
Description
This is the legend for the total-sky outgoing longwave flux animation, indicating the magnitude of the energy 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 rotates, the sun lights up only part of the Earth at a time, and some of that incoming solar energy is reflected and some is absorbed, depending on type of area it lights. The average amount of reflection and absorption is critical to the climate, because the absorbed energy heats up the Earth until it is radiated away as thermal radiation. This animation shows the monthly average outgoing longwave radiation from July, 2002 through June, 2004 as measured by the CERES instrument. This is the thermal radiation given off by the warm Earth. The Earth's rotation and the movement of warm air from the equator to the poles make the Earth roughly uniform in temperature. The most visible features are the cold poles in winter and the cold clouds along the equator which trap the outgoing thermal radiation.
Abstract
The Earth's climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun to the Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere. As the Earth rotates, the sun lights up only part of the Earth at a time, and some of that incoming solar energy is reflected and some is absorbed, depending on type of area it lights. The average amount of reflection and absorption is critical to the climate, because the absorbed energy heats up the Earth until it is radiated away as thermal radiation. This animation shows the monthly average outgoing longwave radiation from July, 2002 through June, 2004 as measured by the CERES instrument. This is the thermal radiation given off by the warm Earth. The Earth's rotation and the movement of warm air from the equator to the poles make the Earth roughly uniform in temperature. The most visible features are the cold poles in winter and the cold clouds along the equator which trap the outgoing thermal radiation.
Abstract
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Completed:
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2005-02-01
Completed
2005-02-01
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
Credit
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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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Animator:
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Eric Sokolowsky
Animator
Eric Sokolowsky
Animator
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Scientist:
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Bruce Wielicki (NASA/LaRC)
Scientist
Bruce Wielicki (NASA/LaRC)
Scientist
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Series:
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WMS
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Data Collected:
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2002/07/01-2004/06/3 0
Data_Collected
2002/07/01-2004/06/3 0
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
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Atmosphere
Keywords
Atmosphere
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Oceans
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Keywords:
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Atmospheric Radiation
Keywords
Atmospheric Radiation
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Keywords:
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Ocean Heat Budget
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Ocean Heat Budget
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Keywords:
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Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Keywords
Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Longwave Radiation
Keywords
Longwave Radiation
Keywords
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note:
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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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Goddard Space Flight Center
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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Earth
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Earth
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_when:
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July, 2002
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July, 2002
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June, 2004
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June, 2004
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Earth
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Earth
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Aqua
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Aqua
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Sun
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Sun
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WMS
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WMS
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2002
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2002
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2004
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2004
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Animation Number:
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3092
Animation_Number
3092
Animation Number
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UID:
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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