NASA Earth Observatory
Encyclopedia
NASA Earth Observatory is an online publishing outlet for NASA
which was created in 1999. It is the principal source of satellite imagery
and other scientific information pertaining to the climate
and the environment
which are being provided by NASA for consumption by the general public. It is funded with public money, as authorized by the United States Congress
, and is part of the EOS Project Science Office located at Goddard Space Flight Center
.
NASA Earth Observatory has won the Webby People's Voice Award in Education
three times. There were a series of publicized images issued by the website in 2008, including imagery of clouds streaming over the Caspian Sea
, dust storms curling off the coast of Morocco
, the crumbling of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Hurricane Bertha
, and others.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
which was created in 1999. It is the principal source of satellite imagery
Satellite imagery
Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites.- History :The first images from space were taken on sub-orbital flights. The U.S-launched V-2 flight on October 24, 1946 took one image every 1.5 seconds...
and other scientific information pertaining to the climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
and the environment
Environment (biophysical)
The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...
which are being provided by NASA for consumption by the general public. It is funded with public money, as authorized by the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
, and is part of the EOS Project Science Office located at Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,...
.
NASA Earth Observatory has won the Webby People's Voice Award in Education
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
three times. There were a series of publicized images issued by the website in 2008, including imagery of clouds streaming over the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
, dust storms curling off the coast of Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, the crumbling of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Hurricane Bertha
Hurricane Bertha (2008)
Hurricane Bertha was a rare early season Cape Verde-type hurricane. It is both the longest-lived July Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, and the easternmost forming July tropical storm on record. The second named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha developed from a tropical wave...
, and others.