1999 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| TERRA PRE-LAUNCH PACKAGE | G99-088B | 12/02/99 | 00:34:08 | NASA will launch and deply the "flagship" to the Earth Observing System (EOS) series of satellites, part of a precedent setting program designed to provide daily information on the health of the Planet. Terra will be the most comprehensive tool ever launched for scientific studies of our home planet.
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| ITEM (1): TERRA, THE EOS FLAGSHIP - NASA will launch and deploy the "flagship" to the Earth Observing System (EOS) series of satellites, part of a precedent setting program designed to provide daily information on the health of the Planet. Terra will be the most comprehensive tool ever launched for scientific studies of our home planet.
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| ITEM (2): TERRA INSTRUMENT SYNERGY - TERRA is uniquely designed to be an Earth observing laboratory with onboard research instruments that can be used both independently and co-operatively.
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| ITEM (3): TERRA LOOKS CLOSELY AT EARTH - Montage of instrument swaths and key science objectives for each of the five instruments on Terra. The instruments (in order) are ASTER, CERES, MODIS, and MOPITT.
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| ITEM (4): TERRA LAUNCH AND DEPLOY ANIMATION -An Atlas II rocket will hoist the Terra satellite into orbit from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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| ITEM (5): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - Terra begins a new generation of Earth science - one that studies the Earth's land, oceans, air, ice and life as a total global system. Terra will help us to understand how the complex coupled Earth system of air, land water and life is linked.
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| ITEM (6): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - Terra will simultaneously study clouds, water vapor aerosol particles, trace gases terrestrial and ocean properties, the interaction between them, and their effect on atmospheric radiation and climate. Data sets in visualization: Earth as seen by Galileo spacecraft, radiant energy, vegetation anomalies, temperature, fires, aerosols, clouds, methane, water vapor, and global biosphere.
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| ITEM (7): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - Terra will help scientists to examine the Earth as one integrated system by looking closely and examining the major spheres of its environment - the biosphere, aerosols, radiant energy, air pollution, temperature, and water vapor.
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| ITEM (8): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - VEGETATION - Terra will help monitor biospheric productivity and will detect subtle changes in forest and ocean ecosystems.
1. Global Biosphere
2. Changes in Vegetation Index (NDVI Global Data)
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| ITEM (9): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - AEROSOLS -Terra carries sensors that will measure aerosol amounts over land and ocean, as well as particle size and composition. Aerosols come from dust storms, forest and grassland fires, volcanoes, living vegetation, and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fuels and changing the land's surface cover, also generate aerosols.
1. Aerosols Maps
2. Global Fires
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| ITEM (10): TERRA SCIENCE OBJECTIVES - HEAT FLOW AND CLIMATE - The Earth's climate is governed by a balance between sunlight that reaches the Earth and heat that is radiated back into space. Terra will help scientists monitor this delicate balance and better understand the relationship between greenhouse gases, cloud cover and long-term climate change.
1. Radiation Budget
2. Water Vapor
3. Methane
4. Global Temperatures
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| ITEM (11): TERRA SATELLITE B-ROLL - Engineers work on Terra in the clean room at Lockheed-Martin at Valley Forge, PA.
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| ITEM (11a): TERRA LAUNCH AT VAFB - Terra was launched at 1:57 p.m. EST on December 18, 1999 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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| ITEM (12): EARTH SCIENTISTS AT WORK - B-Roll of Earth Scientists.
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| ITEM (13): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH YORAM KAUFMAN, TERRA PROJECT SCIENTIST, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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| ITEM (15): TERRA INSTRUMENTS - ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) - ASTER will measure snow and ice distribution, vegetation types, rock and soil properties, surface temperatures, and cloud properties.
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| ITEM (17): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH ANN KAHLE, ASTER U.S. SCIENCE TEAM LEADER, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
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| ITEM (18): TERRA INSTRUMENTS - CERES - (Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System) - CERES will study the radiation balance on Earth; how much heat is absorbed and reflected from the Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere. By collecting data on how different cloud formations absorb or reflect various amounts of energy, scientists can develop new predictive models about weather systems and how the Earth maintains its delicate balance in temperature.
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| ITEM (19): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH BRUCE WIELICKI, CERES PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST, NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
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| ITEM (20): TERRA INSTRUMENTS - MISR (Multi-Angled Spectroradiometer) - MISR's cameras will allow scientists to produce stereoscopic (3-D) images of clouds and aerosol structures. The detailed analysis will help determine how sunlight behaves and how it interacts as it passes through Earth's environment. will also monitor long term trends in pollution, aerosols, cloud heights, and distribution of land surface cover.
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| ITEM (21): MISR B-ROLL - B-Roll of MISR (Multi-Angled Spectroradiometer)
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| ITEM (22): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH DAVID DINER, MISR PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
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| ITEM (24): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH JIM COLLATZ, TERRA ASSOCIATE PROJECT SCIENTIST, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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| ITEM (25): TERRA INSTRUMENTS - MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) - MOPITT will measure carbon monoxide and methane levels in the lower atmosphere. By studying where these atmospheric gases are concentrated, how they circulate through the atmosphere, and how they form, scientists hope to gain a more complete picture about how atmosphere pollution interacts and affects our environment.
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| ITEM (26): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH JAMES DRUMMOND , PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA
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