Studying Our Planet From SpacePeter Falcon, Kalina Velev NASA/JPL Communications

October 28th, 2019

pcfalcon@jpl.nasa.gov kvelev@jpl.nasa.gov

Presentation to Srednja škola Mate Blažine School, Labin - Croatia

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When you think of NASA,

What do you think of?

Heliosphere- We Study our SunPlanetary Science- We Study Other Planets

Heliophysics - We Study our Sun

Heliosphere- We Study our SunUniverse - We Study Other Earth Like Planets

Heliosphere- We Study our SunUniverse - We Study Other Earth Like PlanetsMars – Sending humans to Mars

Heliosphere- We Study our SunUniverse - We Study Other Earth Like PlanetsMars – Colonizing a 2nd planet

Why Study Earth From

Space?

• From the vantage point of space, NASA

satellites can “see” the big picture.

• It would be impossible to have

enough ships, weather balloons, or

scientist in the field to make the same

measurements.

• We can see Earth’s atmosphere, its

oceans and its winds as they travel

around the globe.

Hurricane Katrina – Hot Towers Hot Towers – Hurricane Katrina 2005

Cloud Precipitation and Water Vapor

Before AfterShiveluch Volcano – Oct. 9, 2012

Before AfterShiveluch Volcano – Oct. 9, 2012Wildfires in N. Australia – Oct. 6, 2012

Before AfterShiveluch Volcano – Oct. 9, 2012Wildfires in N. Australia – Oct. 6, 2012

Earthquakes –

CA. Northridge

(Northridge, CA)

Earthquake

Displacement

Tsunami Inundation

Thailand

Before After

Why are clouds important?

As CloudSat

orbits the

Earth, it sends

out microwave

pulses into the

atmosphere.

The CloudSat radar

measures the time

delay and magnitude

of the reflected

signal

A fraction of these pulses reflect off of cloud particles and

bounce back to the satellite.

Other pulses continue downward

How the CloudSat Radar WorksHow does the Radar Work?

Hurricane Nicole

Oct. 12, 2016

CloudSat Anomaly

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