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Table of Contents for Nimbus-7
Nimbus-7/CZCS
Nimbus-7/SBUV
Nimbus-7/SMMR
Nimbus-7/TOMS

Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) on Nimbus-7
Movie   ID   Title
Difference data between CZCS and SeaWiFS for the world with black land   2497   Decadal Comparison of Plankton Levels
Starting from space, this fly-by approaches the Earth and, then travels underwater, following the ocean floor topography, passing boats, sea life, and submarines in the process, finally resurfaceing above the water and traveling back into space.   78   Ocean Planet: Final Version with Credits
A rotating biosphere with superimposed cloud cover   64   Fusion of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Data Sets
First topography and bathymetry, then biospheric data is overlayed onto a rotating globe   63   Terrestrial Biosphere
An animated fly-by from a point in space above North America to soar over the Pacific, then to dive near Hawaii and fly underwater past Japan, through the Mariana trench, to resurface near New Guinea. This animation is specifically designed to be looped.   59   Ocean Planet: Final Version
The opening sequence of the Ocean Planet flyby including a map inset   58   Ocean Planet: Partial Tour with Map Route Inset

Nimbus-7-SBUV
Movie   ID   Title
2-day running averages of ozone height profiles and total ozone as measured by the Nimbus-7 SBUV from June 1, 1985 through November 30, 1985   131   SBUV 2-Day Running Average Profile and Total Ozone: June 1985 - November 1985
Daily ozone height profiles as measured by the Nimbus-7 SBUV from June 1, 1985 through November 30, 1985   130   SBUV Daily Profile Ozone: June 1985 - November 1985
An animation which first shows the height structure of Nimbus-7 SBUV ozone profile measurements, then an animation of the three dimension structure of atmospheric ozone using a cut-away surface and a series of isosurfaces at various ozone values. Data in this animation comes from the first week of October, 1985.   129   Visualization of 3D Ozone Data: Nimbus-7 SBUV

Nimbus-7-SMMR
Movie   ID   Title
Melt during 2007   3476   Annual Gradient Melt over Greenland 1979 through 2007
This animation shows the change in annual melt over Greenland from 1979 through 2007.   3475   Annual Accumulated Melt over Greenland 1979 through 2007
This animation compares the 2005 annual Arctic minimum sea ice from 09/21/2005 (shown in orange) with the 2007 minimum sea ice from 09/14/2007. The average minimum sea ice from 1979 through 2007 is shown in green.   3474   Minimum Sea Ice Comparison: 2005, 2007 and the 1979-2007 Average
The short version of the Cryosphere Tour, with narration and music.   3355   A Short Tour of the Cryosphere
These images show the minimum extent of sea ice in the northern hemisphere. There are several images available, including a transparent overlay, a background image from NASA's Blue Marble, and a composite image.   3186   Minimum Sea Ice Extent (WMS)
This animation shows the average snow cover for a given month over a 23-year period. The frames provide a transparent overlay. A background image taken from NASA's Blue Marble is also provided.   3185   Monthly Snow Climatology, 1979-2002 (WMS)
VIDEO WITH MUSIC AND CAPTIONS   3181   A Tour of the Cryosphere
This animation shows the minimum sea ice concentration in the northern hemisphere during September between 1978 and 2004.   3167   September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration, 1979-2004 (WMS)
This animation shows the mean sea ice concentration in the northern hemisphere. Each frame represents the mean value of a particular month from all years between 1979 and 2002.   3166   Monthly Sea Ice Climatology, 1979-2002 (WMS)
Measured perennial ice in 2001.   2475   Perennial Ice Cover: Data (1978-2001) and Projection
Projected ice coverage for 2045.   2474   Perennial Ice Cover: The Projection (2002-2075)
Measured perennial ice in 1993.   2473   Perennial Ice Cover: The Data (1978-2001)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in September of each year from 1979 through 1998   1074   September Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (Purple)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in September of each year from 1979 through 1998   1073   September Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (Green)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in September of each year from 1979 through 1998   1072   September Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (White)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in March of each year from 1979 through 1998   1071   March Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (Purple)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in March of each year from 1979 through 1998   1070   March Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (Green)
Arctic sea ice concentrations in March of each year from 1979 through 1998   1069   March Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations for 1979-1998 (White)

Nimbus-7-TOMS
Movie   ID   Title
An animation showing dust being blown westward over the Atlantic from northern Africa in early 1983, from aerosol measurements taken by Nimbus 7 TOMS   2258   Aerosols from Nimbus 7 TOMS: Transatlantic Dust Event in 1983 (with Dates)
An animation showing dust being blown westward over the Atlantic from northern Africa in early 1983, from aerosol measurements taken by Nimbus 7 TOMS   2257   Aerosols from Nimbus 7 TOMS: Transatlantic Dust Event in 1983
Mt. Pinatubo Eruption caused Equatorial Ozone Hole   2183   Mt. Pinatubo eruption effect on equatorial ozone
Sulfur Dioxide emission into the stratosphere June 16, 1991 through June 30, 1991   2182   Sulfur Dioxide emission from Mt Pinatubo Eruption June 1991 with dates
Sulfur dioxide emission the day Mt. Pinatubo erupted (June 16, 1991).   2181   Sulfur Dioxide Emission from Mt Pinatubo Eruption, June 1991
Average October ozone level over Antarctica for 1999.   1395   Average October Ozone Levels Over Antarctica for 1979 to 1999
Total ozone over the South Pole for each September from 1979 through 2000 as measured by the TOMS instruments on Nimbus 7, Meteor 3, and Earth Probe. Dark blue represents regions of very low ozone concentration in the stratosphere.   1203   TOMS Ozone at the South Pole: September Averages from 1979 through 2000.
TOMS Ozone over Antarctica from 8-20-92 to 10-19-92. The ozone hole is indicated in shades of blue. The missing data region over the south pole is due to the inability of the TOMS instrument to measure data during the polar night.   835   TOMS Data Showing the Ozone Hole over Antarctica (8/20/92 - 10/19/92)
The evolution of ozone over the Arctic as shown through measurements of average ozone for March for the years 1979 through 1999, excluding 1995 and 1996. These measurements were made by the TOMS instruments on Nimbus-7, Meteor-3 and Earth Probe. Dark blue represent regions of low ozone and red represents regions of high ozone.   711   Average March Ozone Levels over the Arctic for 1979 to 1999
The evolution of the ozone hole over Antarctica as shown through measurements of average ozone for September for the years 1979 through 1999, excluding 1995. These measurements were made by the TOMS instruments on Nimbus-7, Meteor-3 and Earth Probe. Dark blue represent regions of low ozone and red represents regions of high ozone.   710   Average September Ozone Levels over Antarctica for 1979 to 1999
Aerosol index measurements indicating dust blowing westwards from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean during the period July 1, 1988 to September 29, 1988. as measured by Earth Probe TOMS   709   Aerosol Index over the Atlantic Ocean: July 1, 1988 to September 29, 1988
The entire narrated UARS video   579   UARS: The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Average global aerosol concentrations during the first half of October from 1979 through 1992, from Nimbus TOMS   382   Aerosols from Nimbus TOMS: Global 1979 - 1992 Oct 1-15 Averages
Average aerosol concentrations over Indonesia during the first half of October from 1979 through 1992, from Nimbus TOMS   381   Aerosols from Nimbus TOMS: Indonesia 1979 - 1992 Oct 1-15 Averages
The evolution of the ozone hole over Antarctica as shown through measurements of average ozone for September for the years 1979 through 1998, excluding 1995. These measurements were made by the TOMS instruments on Nimbus-7, Meteor-3 and Earth Probe. Dark blue represent regions of low ozone and red represents regions of high ozone.   236   Average September Ozone Levels over Antarctica for 1979 to 1998
Aerosol index over the North Atlantic from March 20, 1988 through April 9, 1988 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   106   Transient Aerosol Features: North Atlantic Ocean from March to April 1988
Aerosol index over Central America from March 27, 1982 through April 14, 1982 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   105   Transient Aerosol Features: El Chichon Volcano from March to April 1982
Aerosol index over the Northern Hemisphere from August 15, 1987 through September 20, 1988 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   104   Transient Aerosol Features: Yellowstone Fire from August to September 1988
Aerosol index over the Northern Hemisphere from April 14, 1987 through May 30, 1987 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   103   Transient Aerosol Features: Great China Fire from April through May 1987
Aerosol index over South America from August 1, 1987 through September 30, 1987 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   102   Annually Occurring Aerosol Features: Biomass Burning in South America from Aug. through Sept. 1987
Aerosol index over Africa from July 2, 1986 through September 7, 1986 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   101   Annually Occurring Aerosol Features: Biomass Burning in Southern Africa from July to September 1986
Global aerosol index from January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)   100   Global Distribution of UV-Absorbing Tropospheric Aerosols for 1987
Global ozone and albedo from TOMS for the period January 1, 1985 through January 1, 1986   76   TOMS Ozone and Albedo
Global aerosol data in the period around the Mt. Pinatubo eruption   74   Mt. Pinatubo Aerosols
Total ozone as measured by Nimbus-7 TOMS during the period 1-1-1993 through 5-7-1993   37   1993 Daily Ozone from Nimbus-7
Total ozone as measured by Nimbus-7 TOMS during the period 1-1-1992 through 12-31-1992   36   1992 Daily Ozone from Nimbus-7
A comparison of restorer and non-restorer techniques applied to ozone data from Nimus-7 TOMS from 1-1-1992 through 4-30-1993   14   Restorer: An Example with Ozone Data
A narrated video describing the restorer technique and giving several examples   10   Restorer: A Visualization Technique for Handling Missing Data


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