1999 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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Tape Title | Record ID | Date Produced | TRT: |
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| 1999 HURRICANE RESOURCE TAPE | G99-023 | 4/7/99 | 00:29:10 | A compilation of video material highlighting hurricanes of 1998. |
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ITEM (1): GOES HURRICANE MITCH - Three dimensional video sequences of Hurricane Mitch approaching the Mexcian coastline. These images were taken by the NOAA/National Weather Services' Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-8).
- Cut 1: 3D fly in and around Hurricane Mitch
- Cut 2: 3D fly over Hurricane Mitch
- Cut 3: These images were taken on 26 Oct. through 27 Oct.
- Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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ITEM (2): 1998 HURRICANES AS SEEN BY GOES:
- Cut 1: Hurricane Mitch
- Cut 2: Hurricane Georges
- Cut 3: Hurricane Bonnie
Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (3): 3D VIEWS OF HURRICANE LINDA - 3D fly-around of Hurricane Linda off the west coast of Mexico in September, 1997. Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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ITEM (4): 1997 & 1996 HURRICANES:
- Cut 1: GOES Image of Hurricanes Ivan & Joan taken in October, 1997
- Cut 2: GOES Image of Hurricane Fran taken in 1996 Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (5): TRMM SEES INSIDE HURRICANES - Images from the world's first spaceborne rain radar aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) spacecraft of Hurricane Bonnie shows a cumulonimbus (storm) cloud towering 59,000 feet into the sky from the eyewall. Scientists believe that towering cloud structures like this are probably precursors to hurricane intensification. This was the situation with Bonnie whose central pressure dropped from 977 millibars to 957 millibars in the subsequent 24 hours. These images were obtained August 22, 1998. Courtesy NASA/NASDA
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| ITEM (6): MIRACLE SWATH(GSFC) -TRMM was able to capture this dramatic view of four storms (remnants of tropical storm Howard, Hurricane Isis, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Danielle) in a single pass on September 2, 1998. Courtesy NASA/NASDA
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| ITEM (7): THE HURRICANE CONNECTION - Animation compares the effects of La Nina and El Nino on the formation of Atlantic hurricanes. La Nina tends to enhance the formation of hurricanes, while El Nino tends to suppress the formation. During El Nino, the subtropical jet is displaced southward toward hurricane generation areas in the Atlantic. The quick moving air aloft tends to blow the tops of the developing clouds in a hurricane which inhibits full growth of the system and decreases the number of hurricanes making North American landfall.
During La Nina, the subtropical jet is displaced northward away from hurricane generation areas. Hurricanes are not inhibited by the shearing effect of the quick moving air aloft, and are more free than normal to develop and make North American landfall. Courtesy NASA
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| ITEM (8): EL NINO/LA NINA SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES -Satellite observations trace the evolution of warmer than normal conditions associated with El Nino (shown in red) from its beginning in early 1997 through its decline in early 1998 and the evolution of La Nina through 1999 with cooler than normal temperatures (shown in blue). Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (9): THE EVOLUTION OF EL NINO AND LA NINA - The space-based perspective provided by satellite observations trace the evolution of El Nino (shown in red) from its beginning in early 1997 through its decline in early 1998. The onset of La Nina can be seen as the emergence of cooler than normal temperatures (shown in blue) along the equator. In early 1999, cooler than normal sea surface and subsurface water temperatures extend more than 7000 miles across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Sea height data from NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon radar altimeter. Sea surface temperature data from NOAA NCEP SST analysis. Courtesy NASA
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| ITEM (10): 3D HURRICANE MODEL ANIMATIONS - Animation of 3D hurricane model based on Hurricane Luis. The model allows scientists to study complex structures inside hurricanes. Courtesy NASA
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| ITEM (11): ANIMATION OF THE NOAA GOES WEATHER SATELLITE Courtesy NASA
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| ITEM (12): TRMM SPACECRAFT ANIMATION - The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint U.S.-Japanese mission, is the first Earth Science mission dedicated to studying tropical and subtropical rainfall. Tropical rainfall, that which falls within 35 degrees north and 35 degrees south of the equator, comprises more than two-thirds of global rainfall. Courtesy NASA
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ITEM (13): SPACE SHUTTLE HURRICANE GALLERY:
- Cut 1: Hurricane Enrique over Pacific July, 1997, STS-94
- Cut 2: Hurricane Delores over Mexico July, 1997, STS-94
- Cut 3: Typhoon Winnie over Pacific August, 1997, STS-85
- Cut 4: Hurricane Fefa over Hawaii August, 1991, STS-43
Courtesy NASA
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| ITEM (14): ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR - Animation of atmospheric water vapor compiled from GOES data. Courtesy NASA/NOAA
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| ITEM (15): B-ROLL - B-Roll of researchers using advanced 3D computer models to study hurricanes.
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| ITEM (16): HURRICANE EFFECTS B-ROLL - B-Roll of areas hit by storms.
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| ITEM (17): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS - DR. FRITZ HASLER, RESEARCH METEOROLOGIST, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERES, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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| ITEM (18): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS - MARSHALL SHEPHERD, RESEARCH METEOROLOGIST, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERES , NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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