Earth  ID: 10621

Robots on the Roof

The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) is one of the first places that scientists turn when volcanoes, wildfires, pollution plumes, dust storms and many other phenomena-both natural and manmade-make an appearance. The network of ground-based instruments, called sun photometers, measures the many tiny particles blowing about in the atmosphere called aerosols. The particles are often impossible to see with human eyes, but AERONET's sensors can detect their presence by measuring subtle fluctuations in sunlight as the particles reflect and scatter the sun's rays.
 

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Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Lead Animator
Brooke Harris (UMBC): Video Editor
Brooke Harris (UMBC): Producer
Michelle Williams (UMBC): Producer
Brent Holben (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Michelle Williams (UMBC): Videographer
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
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Narrated Movies

Goddard TV Tape:
G2010-097 -- AERONET Web Short (wt)

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0