Earth Today 1998
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The ability to see Earth from space has forever changed our view of the planet. We are now able to look at the Earth as a whole, and observe how its atmosphere, oceans, land masses, and life interact as global systems. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are dynamic, changing on timescales of days, minutes, or even seconds. Monitoring the Earth in near real time allows us to get an up to date picture of conditions on our planet. More SVS visualizations for the Earth Today exhibit can be found in animation ids 328 and 1401.
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This is the narrated Earth Today animation which opens the exhibit.
Duration: 7.8 minutes
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The Earth Today exhibit produces near-realtime animations based on current data. This sample animation shows an example of how such animations are displayed.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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Our Solar System
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Venus
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Mars
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Galileo
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Global Cloud Cover
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Global Water Vapor showing the parade of 1995 hurricanes in the Atlantic
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Sea Surface Temperature
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Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies showing the 1998 El Nino event
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Draining the Oceans
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Topographic Map of Earth
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Earthquakes
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries
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Volcanoes
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Vegetation
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Earth at Night
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Biosphere
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Animation Number: | 1402 |
Animators: | Alex Kekesi (Lead) |
| Wendy Shoan |
Studio: | NASA |
Completed: | 1998-10-20 |
Scientist: | Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space) |
Writer: | Tom Watters |
Narrators: | Erica Drezek (HTSI) |
| James Earl Jones |
Instruments: | DMSP/OLS
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| FY-2 |
| GMS-5 |
| GOES-8 |
| GOES-9 |
| Galileo/Solid-State Imaging Camera |
| Meteosat |
| NOAA/AVHRR |
| SeaStar/SeaWiFS |
| TAO/TRITON |
| Seismic Recording Networks |
Data sets: | Biosphere
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| Cloud Cover |
| Earthquakes |
| NDVI |
| Sea Surface Temperature |
| Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly |
| Water Vapor |
Data Collected: | Various |
Series: | HoloGlobe and Earth Today |
Video: | SVS1998-0020 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Atmospheric science
DLESE
>> Biological oceanography
DLESE
>> Climatology
DLESE
>> Geology
SVS
>> HDTV
DLESE
>> Human geography
DLESE
>> Hydrology
SVS
>> Mars
DLESE
>> Natural hazards
DLESE
>> Physical oceanography
SVS
>> SST
SVS
>> SST Anomaly
DLESE
>> Space science
SVS
>> Venus
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More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/earthtoday/
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Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, United States Geological Survey, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Global Processing Center for International Satellite, Cloud Climatology Project, World Climate Research Program, NASA/Stennis Space Center, Naval Oceanographic Office and Northrop Grumman/DSSD, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Service, National Earthquake Information Center, US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (http://www.geoeye.com). |
*Please note: the SVS does not fulfill requests for copies of the tapes in our library. On some of our animation pages, there is a direct link to a video distribution service from which tapes, handled by the Public Affairs Office (PAO)/Goddard TV, including some of our animations may be ordered. General information on this service can be found here. |
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