Earth-Now
Visualizing Earth Science Satellite Data
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Description
The app visualizes recent Earth Science satellite data including temperature, carbon dioxide, and sea level variations. Data sets are presented using false color maps with color-coded legends to indicate environmental conditions.
NASA's Earth Now is an application that visualizes recent global climate data from Earth Science satellites, including surface air temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and water vapor as well as gravity and sea level variations. Data sets are visually described using "false color" maps. Color-coded legends are provided to indicate relative strength or weakness of an environmental condition. The resulting 3D model of the Earth may be rotated by a single finger stroke, and may also be zoomed in or out by pinching 2 fingers. It was developed by the Earth Science Communications and Visualization Technology Applications and Development Teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with support from NASA Headquarters.