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EARTH SCIENCE 2000:

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.

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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 pics to explode images.  Click on the "high resolution link" to get TIFF resolutions of the images.

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THE SKY


Satellites help predict rainfall amounts.Maps of Falling Water:  Three Years of TRMM Data

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/EARTH/environ/TRMM/trmm_im.html

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

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A hurricane seen from spacePredicting Hurricane Intensity Far from Land

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/hurricanes.html

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TRMM data concerning rainfall mapsNASA Satellite Improves Rainfall Forecasting Accuracy

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

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Clouds not only yield rain, but also play an important role in regulating the Earth's temperature. The determining characteristic is called albedo. Cloud Cover and Temperature Regulation

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/EARTH/environ/clouds.htm

http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

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Ozone loss over the ArcticInternational Campaign Observes Significant Arctic Ozone Loss

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/solve.html

http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/TOMSmain.html

http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/solve/overview/solve.pr.html

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Ozone hole widens over the ArcticThe Riven Sky:  Ozone Hole Widens, Deepens

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/environ/ozone/ozone.htm

http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/TOMSmain.html

http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/solve/overview/solve.pr.html

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NOAA-L animation still of the satelliteNOAA-L: Monitoring the Earth Each and Every Day

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pub/PAO/Releases/2000/00-87.htm

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THE OCEAN

 

Arctic ice as seen from a satellite.Research Suggests Dynamic Forces at Work in Arctic Ice

http://hsb.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb.html

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Animation still of dissipating energy from the ocean's tides.TOPEX/Poseidon: Hidden Tidal Energy Revealed

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/topex.html

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The structure and extent of coral reefs can now, for the first time, be monitored globally, thanks to new observations from NASA's Landsat 7 spacecraft. Landsat 7 Shows Global Trove of Coral

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/cr/creef.html

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At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center sunny skies and soggy ground, El Niños and coastal breezes are being simulated by billions of mathematical calculations in the silicon heart of a supercomputer. Virtual Rain, Electronic Storms:  New Tools for Studying Climate

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/climate.html

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/gw/co2_2.html

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THE LAND


Islands of heat in urban areas seen by satellites.Urban Growth Seen from Space

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/AAAS/ 

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Fires In Africa Prompt Research From Space

http://safari.gecp.virginia.edu/

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/EARTH/environ/safari2000_1.htm

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pub/PAO/Releases/2000/00-108.htm

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First light images from the new Terra satellite.Terra Sees Earth Anew

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/terra/terrafirst.htm

http://terra.nasa.gov/

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Satellites can track fire trends from space.Tracking Fire Trends from Space

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalFire/

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Receding ice in Greenland is seen in this satellite image.Greenland’s Receding Ice

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/greenland.html

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Drought in regions can be seen by satellite imagery as in this photograph.NASA Releases New Way to Measure Drought

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/drought.html

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EO-1 satellite is the first in the New Millenium Program fleet of satellites.EO-1 Sees the Future While Looking at Earth

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/eo1/eo_im.html

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/eo1/eo.html

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EYES ON THE EARTH:

NASA’S REMOTE SENSING FLEET

 

NASA’s Earth observing fleet is growing, and the sum of its capabilities is facilitating extraordinary new research for scientists all over the world. To learn more about a particular satellite, check out the following web sites.

Landsat satellite animation stillLANDSAT: Continuing a Legacy of Earth Observation

http://mtpe.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat/default.htm

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EO-1 satellite animation still.EO-1: A View From Above

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/eo1/eo_im.html

http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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GOES satellite animation stillGOES: News you Can Use

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/

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POES satellite animation stillPOES: Advancing Daily Earth Observations

http://poes2.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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TERRA satellite animation stillTERRA: The Modern Flagship the Earth Observing System

http://terra.nasa.gov/

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SeaWiFS satellite animation stillSEAWiFS: Big Returns from a Small Package

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html

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TRMM satellite animation stillTRMM: Watching Rain to Help Explain

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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TOMS satellite animation stillTOMS: Probing the Ozone Layer from Above

http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/TOMSmain.html

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TOPEX/Poseidon animation stillHow High the Sea: TOPEX/Poseidon at Work

http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This web page is just a taste of the kind of material available on our Earth science video tape Earth Science 2000: Year of Promise, Year of Change.  For two short clips of the material included on this video, please click on the links below.

For copies of it, or for more in-depth versions of individual stories it contains, contact our tape duplication service. The library number for this tape is G01-001.

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There’s also lots of information about what else is available from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at the GODDARD TV link, found at http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov  . You’ll find our catalogue there, with information about dozens of other high quality productions, including stories on cutting edge Earth science, spacecraft design, solar physics, Hubble Space Telescope research, and much more.

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Last Updated 02/22/01
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