2000 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| GOES: DAY IN THE LIFE OF NORTH AMERICA | G00-066 | 08/9/00 | 00:14:14 | In conjunction with NOAA, NASA is releasing images taken by the newest GOES satellite, showing a full day of North America as seen from space. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) monitor hurricanes, tornadoes, flash floods and other severe weather and are seen on most newscasts for weather forecasting. The data was rendered by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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| ITEM (1): GOES-11 Pictures - Images rendered from GOES-11 the week of July 31 and all-day August 8, during the testing period for the satellite.
A) 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 around the country.
B) Thunderstorms in Ohio Basin
Thunderstorms that were seen from space in the Great Lakes area yesterday, August 8, 2000. Storm warnings were issued for Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The images were taken in one-minute succession, as opposed to the 15-minute succession usually seen in GOES data due to the GOES-11 testing period.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (2): GOES-11 B-Roll - The second-to-last satellite of the GOES I-M series, GOES-L was launched on May 3 and renamed GOES-11 on May 11. After testing, it will be stored in orbit to replace GOES-8 or GOES-10 as needed. It was built by NASA and is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (3): 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 of space, testing new technologies and possibilities.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (4): Hurricane Montage -
The following hurricanes were taken by GOES-8 and GOES-10.
a) Hurricane Bonnie, September 1998
b) Hurricane Linda, September 1997
c) Hurricane Georges, September 1998
d) Hurricane Mitch, October 19
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (5): Significant Weather - While its primary mission is weather, GOES has also observed significant environmental conditions.
a) Fires burning in California/Nevada and Montana/Idaho/Wyoming - July 27, 2000
b) Cold front system moving across continental US - March 31-April 2, 1998
c) Tornadoes in Texas - May 27, 1997
d) Rolling Thunder over the Midwest & South - April 6-9, 1998
e)Water vapor as seen in Summer, 1996
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (6): Earth Montage - Today, scientists seek to examine the 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 (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 to gather data together, then analyze the two perspectives. The proposed "webs" would include land surface imagers, cloud and water vapor imagers and other systems.
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (8): NOAA Soundbite With Dr. Gerald Dittberner, NOAA's GOES Program Manager
Courtesy: NASA/NOAA
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