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YEAR
OF PROMISE, YEAR OF CHANGE
Ecclesiastes
says that generations come and go but the Earth endures forever.
But what do the sciences say? In 2000, researchers who study
the Earth in a variety of disciplines sought knowledge and
understanding about a host of interrelated subjects. Some
of those subjects concern discrete, focused questions about
the world, as in the case of research that looked for "missing"
tidal energy in the oceans. But much of the last year’s research
dealt with topics fundamentally related to each other, essentially
describing a complex, interwoven system at the roots of our
planet.
The
Earth may endure, but as passengers on it we humans grow and
learn. In that light we present a collection of Earth science
highlights to spring from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
in 2000.
THE
EARTH SCIENCE GALLERY
The
links next to each thumbnail shown below connect you either
to in-depth news sites about each story, or web pages maintained
by affiliated researchers. Take a tour of the Earth science
highlights to come out of Goddard in the past year.
Click on the pictures to enlarge images. Click on the
"high resolution link" to get TIFF resolutions.
THE
SKY
 Maps
of Falling Water: Three Years of TRMM Data
Click
here for a high resolution image
 Predicting
Hurricane Intensity Far from Land
Click
here for a high resolution image
 NASA
Satellite Improves Rainfall Forecasting Accuracy
Click
here for a high resolution image
 Cloud
Cover and Temperature Regulation
Click
here for a high resolution image
 International
Campaign Observes Significant Arctic Ozone Loss
Click
here for a high resolution image
 The
Riven Sky: Ozone Hole Widens, Deepens
Click
here for a high resolution image
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