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Collection:
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Collection
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Outgoing Longwave Flux Compared to Clouds (WMS)
Title
Outgoing Longwave Flux Compared to Clouds (WMS)
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Instrument:
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GOES-12/Imager
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GOES-12/Imager
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Instrument:
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GOES-9/Imager
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GOES-9/Imager
Instrument
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Instrument:
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Aqua/CERES
Instrument
Aqua/CERES
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Instrument:
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GOES-10/Imager
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GOES-10/Imager
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Meteosat-7/VISSR
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Meteosat-7/VISSR
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Description:
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This is the legend for the outgoing longwave radiation, indicating the magnitudes of the thermal energy flux.
Description
This is the legend for the outgoing longwave radiation, indicating the magnitudes of the thermal 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 amount of reflection and absorption is critical to the climate. An instrument named CERES orbits the Earth every 99 minutes and measures the reflected solar energy. This animation shows the outgoing thermal radiation measured by CERES during 29 orbits on June 20 and 21 of 2003 over global infrared cloud images. Thermal radiation is longwave radiation and depends on the temperature of the earth, with the most intense radiation coming from the warmest regions and the least from cold clouds in the atmosphere. Although cold clouds and the cold Antarctic night regions can be seen in this data, the Earth radiates pretty uniformly in the longwave bands because the atmosphere distributes the heat of the sun to the whole planet.
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 amount of reflection and absorption is critical to the climate. An instrument named CERES orbits the Earth every 99 minutes and measures the reflected solar energy. This animation shows the outgoing thermal radiation measured by CERES during 29 orbits on June 20 and 21 of 2003 over global infrared cloud images. Thermal radiation is longwave radiation and depends on the temperature of the earth, with the most intense radiation coming from the warmest regions and the least from cold clouds in the atmosphere. Although cold clouds and the cold Antarctic night regions can be seen in this data, the Earth radiates pretty uniformly in the longwave bands because the atmosphere distributes the heat of the sun to the whole planet.
Abstract
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Completed:
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2005-06-21
Completed
2005-06-21
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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2003/06/20-2003/06/2 2
Data_Collected
2003/06/20-2003/06/2 2
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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Clouds
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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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Keywords:
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Atmosphere
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Atmosphere
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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
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Outgoing Longwave Radiation
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Keywords:
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Longwave Radiation
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Longwave Radiation
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Cloud Top Temperature
Keywords
Cloud Top Temperature
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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2003
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2003
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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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Imager
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Imager
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WMS
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WMS
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2003
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2003
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Animation Number:
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3176
Animation_Number
3176
Animation Number
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 76/outlwbar.0000-IMA GE
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 76/outlwbar.0000-IMA GE
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original url:
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original url
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