2013 GHRSST Webinar

GHRSST Data Discovery, Applications and Tools Webinar on May 29-30, 2013.

Jorge Vazquez, Rosanna Sumagaysay, Ed Armstrong, and Michelle Gierach participated in the GHRSST Data Discovery, Applications and Tools Webinar on May 29-30, 2013. This was the first webinar of the new NASA Earthdata webinar series. 80 domestic and international participants attended. The webinar breakdown and webinar recording links are provided below.

Data in Action: Aquarius detects effects of an extreme Mississippi river flooding event

May 2011 was a record-breaking flood year in the central United States. Widespread flooding was attributed to excessive precipitation from major storm systems in combination with extensive snowmelt. The combination of the two caused the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries to swell to record levels, devastating the states of Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana and their inhabitants. The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America, draining ~41% of the contiguous United States.

El Niño: Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Height Anomalies

The animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface height (SSH) anomalies* (relative to the respective normal state, i.e., seasonal climatology) associated with the 2009-10 El Nino in the Pacific Ocean.  SST and SSH anomalies reflect the heat content in the mixed layer (approximately upper 50 m) and the upper ocean (approximately upper 150 m) respectively. They provide complimentary views of the oceanic signature of climate variability El Nino.

La Niña: Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Height Anomalies

The animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface height (SSH) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state, i.e., seasonal climatology) associated with the 2010-11 La Niña in the Pacific Ocean.  SST and SSH anomalies reflect the heat content in the mixed layer (approximately upper 50 m) and the upper ocean (approximately upper 150 m) respectively.  Warm/cold SST anomalies often are associated with high/low SSH anomalies.

The Multi-Scale Ultra-High Resolution (MUR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data Set Animation

The Multi-Scale Ultra-High Resolution (MUR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data Set combines data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua, and Advanced Microwave Spectroradiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) instruments in an optimal way to produce 1 km global maps of SST.  Noticeable in the animation from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 are the high energy regions associated with the Western Boundary Currents of the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio.  Additionally one can see the major upwelling areas of the worl

NASA | The Ocean: A Driving Force for Weather and Climate

The Ocean is essential to life on Earth. Most of Earth's water is stored in the ocean. Although 40 percent of Earth's population lives within, or near coastal regions- the ocean impacts people everywhere. Without the ocean, our planet would be uninhabitable. This animation helps to convey the importance of Earth's oceanic processes as one component of Earth's interrelated systems.

NASA | Earth's Water Cycle

Water is the fundamental ingredient for life on Earth. Looking at our Earth from space, with its vast and deep ocean, it appears as though there is an abundance of water for our use. However, only a small portion of Earth's water is accessible for our needs. How much fresh water exists and where it is stored affects us all. This animation uses Earth science data from a variety of sensors on NASA Earth observing satellites as well as cartoons to describe Earth's water cycle and the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.

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