Atmospheric Black Carbon and Weather Patterns

Images & Animations

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Atmospheric Black Carbon alters Weather Patterns

Simulations of effects of black carbon aerosols on temperature, precipitation, and radiation flux. This view covers the simulation of added black carbon in the atmosphere based on measurements from INDOEX and industrial regions in China. It starts showing temperature changes (blue is cooler, red is warmer), fades to precipitation changes (blue is wetter, brown is dryer) and finally radiate flux at ground level (black is less, yellow is more).

Temperature change (degrees Celsius)

Metadata

  • Sensor

    No Satellite/ No Data

  • Animation ID

    2559

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0009

  • Start Timecode

    01:14:25:00

  • End Timecode

    01:15:04:13

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/09/25

  • Scientist

    Surabi Menon (NASA/GSFC GISS), James Hansen (NASA/GSFC GISS), Larissa Nazarenko (NASA/GSFC GISS), Yunfeng Luo (NSF of China)

  • Datasets

    None

  • Keywords

    Aerosols

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    None

  • Pao ID

    G02-075

  • Animation Type

    Regular