2001 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| NEWEST FORECASTER POISED FOR ACTION
| G01-049 | 06/21/01 |
00:17:41 | NASA and NOAA plan to launch GOES-M,
(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) on July 12,
2001. The last of the GOES I-M series, it will be renamed GOES-12.
Once in orbit, it will be put into storage until needed to replace
GOES-8 or GOES-10. Part of the series of spacecraft that provide the
bulk of weather information for the country, GOES-M is different from
the others in its series thanks to an additional instrument that will
test a technology for the upcoming GOES N-Q series. That instrument
is called the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI), designed to determine when to
issue "space weather" forecasts and alerts.
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TAPE CONTENTS: |
| ITEM (1): Day In The Life Of
North America
- A sequence of GOES-11 images for August 3,4 and 7
illustrating cloud formations and various storms throughout the
country. GOES-11 was in a testing mode at the time, experimenting
with one-minute scanning.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (2): GOES Sets Sights On
Hurricanes - The following hurricanes were seen by the GOES-8
and GOES-10 spacecraft.
1- Hurricane Bonnie, September 1998
2- Hurricane Mitch, October 1998
3- Hurricane Georges, September 1998
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (3): Significant Weather
Events - GOES has also observed significant environmental
conditions.
1- Thunderstorms in Ohio Basin - August 8, 2000
2- Fires burning in California/Nevada and Montana/Idaho/Wyoming -
July 27, 2000
3- Cold front system moving across continental US - March 31-April 2,
1998
4- Tornadoes in Oklahoma City - May 3, 1999
5- Jet streams over Western US - March 21-27, 1998
6- Comma clouds over Southwest US - March 27-28, 1998
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA/ORBIMAGE
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| ITEM (4): Weather Satellite
History Montage - Between 1958 and 1967, NASA's experiments
with rocketry and satellite technology yielded a way to view our
planet as never before: from above. Spacecraft like Nimbus and the
Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS), started looking at
weather from the vantage point of space, testing new technologies and
possibilities.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (5): GOES-M
Spacecraft - The last of this series of Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), GOES-M will be renamed
GOES-12 once in orbit. Housing a new instrument to watch for
dangerous space weather, GOES-M will be placed in standby spotand
activated when needed to replace the GOES-8, 10 or 11 spacecraft. It
will fly in a geostationary orbit, meaning that it rotates with the
Earth to remain in the same spot over the U.S.
The fifth in the series, GOES-M is carrying the Solar X-ray Imager
(SXI) to test it for future missions. The instrument will monitor
space weather (solar flares, solar active regions, coronal holes and
coronal mass ejections ) to determine when to issue warnings for
ground and space systems. GOES satellites are also key in monitoring
volcanoes, forest fires, thunderstorms, rainfall, tornadoes and
hurricanes.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (6): GOES' View Of
Earth - There are always two GOES satellites looking down on
the US - covering the east and west sides of the country.
1- The relative positions and coverage areas of the two satellites
(currently GOES-8 and 10).
2- Current ground-based radar and satellite weather coverage of the
United States.
3- 'Launch & Park' of the GOES-M spacecraft and its standby orbit.
(GOES-11 is also currently on reserve)Courtesy:
NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (7): Future Of Weather
Satellites - Many NASA researchers are looking to "sensor
webs" as a cost-effective new way to study Earth and its climate.
The technology would link various satellites together, then analyze
the many perspectives. The proposed "webs" would include land
surface imagers, cloud and water vapor imagers and other systems.
Courtesy: NASA
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| ITEM (8): Earth As A
System - Today, scientists seek to examine Earth as one
integrated system. Data sets shown: Earth as seen by Galileo
spacecraft, radiant energy, vegetation anomalies, temperature, fires,
aerosols, clouds, methane, water vapor and global biosphere.
Courtesy: NASA
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| ITEM (9): Blue Marble
- This high-quality depiction features Hurricane Linda off the west
coast of North America, sediments around the mouth of the Amazon
River and the shallow waters of the Caribbean. Heavy vegetation is
represented as green, while sparse vegetation is shown in yellow.
GOES and SeaWiFS data were used to create this data-driven image.
Courtesy: NASA/ORBIMAGE
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| ITEM (10): Forecasting Space
Weather - GOES-M is the first spacecraft to carry the Solar
X-ray Imager (SXI), which will be used to determine when to issue
forecasts and alerts of 'space weather' conditions that may interfere
with ground and space systems. These warnings are used by everyone
from NOAA to the Air Force to private industries that are affected by
the radiation discharged from the Sun in the form of coronal mass
ejections (CMEs).
What follows is an image of the active Sun as seen by the EIT
instrument aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft
(SOHO). This was taken during the solar max, the peak period of the
Sun's 11-year cycle. Also included is an animation of a solar flare
occurring on the Sun, followed by the release of a CME heading toward
Earth.
Courtesy: NASA/ESA
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| ITEM (11): GOES in KSC
Cleanroom
Courtesy: NASA
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| ITEM (12): B-roll NOAA GOES
Operations Area - GOES Operations Center in Silver Spring,
MD.
Courtesy: NOAA
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| ITEM (13): Scientist Soundbite
with Dr. Gerald J. Dittberner,
Program Manager, NOAA's GOES Program
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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Earth Science Gallery