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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 Incoming Solar Flux (WMS)
Title
Average Total-sky Incoming Solar Flux (WMS)
Title
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Instrument:
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Aqua/CERES
Instrument
Aqua/CERES
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Description:
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This is the legend for the total-sky incoming solar flux animation, indicating the magnitude of the energy flux.
Description
This is the legend for the total-sky incoming solar 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 incoming solar radiation from July, 2002 through June, 2004 as measured by the CERES instrument. This average data set is contant in longitude because of the Earth's rotation, but clearly shows the seasonal cycle as the sun heats the Northern Hemisphere more in summer than in winter. Note that the polar regions are abnormally bright in the local summer and dark in the local winter because whole day is either light or dark in those seasons.
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 incoming solar radiation from July, 2002 through June, 2004 as measured by the CERES instrument. This average data set is contant in longitude because of the Earth's rotation, but clearly shows the seasonal cycle as the sun heats the Northern Hemisphere more in summer than in winter. Note that the polar regions are abnormally bright in the local summer and dark in the local winter because whole day is either light or dark in those seasons.
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
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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
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Keywords:
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Atmosphere
Keywords
Atmosphere
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Sun-earth Interactions
Keywords
Sun-earth Interactions
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Solar Activity
Keywords
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
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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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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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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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Polar
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Polar
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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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3095
Animation_Number
3095
Animation Number
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003000/a0030 95/solintotbar.0000- IMAGE
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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