Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat...
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- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi,
- Greg Shirah, and
- Horace Mitchell
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Dalia B Kirschbaum,
- Gail Skofronick Jackson, and
- George Huffman
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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Complete transcript available.
Music: Letting Go by Mario Lauer, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro
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 visualization uses a combination of NASA satellite data and models to show how and why the monsoon develops over this region. In the summer the land gets hotter, heating the atmosphere and pulling in cooler, moisture-laden air from the oceans. This causes pulses in heavy rainfall throughout the region. In the winter the land cools off and winds move towards the warmer ocean and suppressing rainfall on land.
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
Missions
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Soil Moisture
ID: 405GEMS stands for Goddard Earth Modeling System. It is also known as the NSIPP Global Climate Model.
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CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
ID: 600Global cloud cover from multiple satellites
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MERRA
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IMERG
ID: 863This dataset can be found at: http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/document_files/IMERG_ATBD_V4.4.pdf
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