2000 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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Tape Title | Record ID | Date Produced | TRT: |
Synopsis |
| SCIENTISTS START TO STUDY SOUTHERN AFRICA'S ECOSYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE | G00-077 | 08/15/00 | 00:07:09 | The purpose of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) is to understand the region's environment and impact on global climate. Involving over 100 African, U.S. and international scientists, the effort to coordinate ground-based research with satellite and airborne data started in August 1999 and will continue through September 2000. They will be studying air pollution, ecosystems, land use, meteorology, ozone and trace gases, and water resources.
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TAPE CONTENTS: |
| ITEM (1): NASA Researchers In Africa
1. Gateway International Airport in Pietersburg, South Africa provides the runways for takeoffs and landings of research aircraft.
2. Earth Science Enterprise booth set up to educate people on NASA's efforts to study climate and earth science systems.
3. A NASA researcher standing in front of an ER-2 plane.
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| ITEM (2): ER-2 Aircraft - The single-pilot ER-2 will be deployed through September 2000 and study the atmosphere, land surface, clouds, aerosols and solar radiation. It can fly to an altitude above 95% of the Earth's atmosphere.
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| ITEM (3): Aerials - Aerial shots of South Africa.
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| ITEM (4): Interview Excerpts -
With Bob Swap, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia.
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| ITEM (5): Interview Excerpts - Peter Hobbs, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is standing in front of the University's Convair aircraft (CV-580) which studies aerosols, cloud properties, atmospheric chemistry and meteorology.
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