Description:
This fourteen minute video presents an overview of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) project at the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Division. The video explains what types of data were collected from the satellite instruments and the major scientific contributions of the project to atmospheric science using 3D animation. It also includes a good explanation and visualization of how scanning and non-scanning instruments work on a satellite.

Organization:
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC)

URL:
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/video.html

Contact:
Online order form available at WWW site

Cost:
Free

Education Level:
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12
Post Secondary

Subject:
Energy
Remote Sensing
Satellites

Resource Type:
Videotape

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00