Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
The Impact of Aerosols on Atmospheric Warming - Version 1
Instrument:
Terra/MODIS
Instrument:
Terra/CERES
Description:
Color bar for atmospheric forcing
Abstract:
Bright and dark aerosols, combined with solar heating, create different effects in heating the atmosphere and heating the surface of the Earth. This animation zooms into the INDOEX region showing aerosol and solar reflectance (albedo) data from the Terra satellite, then displays how these inputs generate warming of the atmosphere (Atmospheric Forcing - red regions) and cooling of the surface (Surface Forcing - dark regions). Areas of missing data (due to clouds, etc.) are either black or transparent.
Completed:
2001-08-10
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Scientist:
Veerabhadran Ramanathan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Scientist:
Anand K. Inamdar (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Series:
Aerosols and Warming
Data Collected:
2001/01/01-2001/03/2 1
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
Atmospheric science
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Aerosols
Video:
SVS2001-1001* * *
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Aerosols
Animation Number:
2214
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002200/a0022 14/atm_force.cbar-IM AGE
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The Impact of Aerosols on Atmospheric Warming - Version 1