Life of the Monsoon
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- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah and
- Kel Elkins
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Dalia B Kirschbaum and
- George Huffman
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- Interviewees:
- George Huffman and
- William K. Lau
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Videography:
- Rob Andreoli
- View full credits
Additional footage: pond5.com
Music: Ruminations by Miriam Cutler, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro
Complete transcript available.
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before. Monsoon rains provide important reservoirs of water that sustain human activities like agriculture and supports the natural environment through replenishment of aquifers. However, too much rainfall routinely causes disasters in the region, including flooding of the major rivers and landslides in areas of steep topography.
This is a web video version of the full visualization (featured below).
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Kel Elkins (USRA) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Interviewees
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- William K. Lau (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland) [Lead]
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]