Earth from Space

NOVA human beings From Space 1. They describe at least ternion teleconnections in the film. The movie talks active sandstorms in the Sahara Desert transforming the rain forest across the globe. Also explained argon the peef on the wholes under the sea in Antarctica, direct to a feeding frenzy in the ocean by the equator. Fin wholey, they talked about streaming water off the coast of Africa causing a calamitous weather storm in the United States. This happens because all of the activity in the ocean, sun and atmosphere are bound together.When an action occurs to bingle of them, a reaction occurs within another. Its almost like a squelch effect that occurs mingled with the tierce. 2. We can learn and visually assure all these different parts of the Earth by using sends. I. geosphere (Solid Earth) The Geosphere is made up of mostly rock. Beneath the surface of Earth, forces inside are a crucial source for the basic materials that nurture life. Volcanoes and earthquakes are examples of reactions to disturbances that ab initio took place under the Earths surface.Although destructive, the natural forces behind these events in addition provide the materials we and other living organisms need to survive. Through satellites we can see that the Earths crust is constantly moving. II. Cryosphere (Ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice) The Cryosphere can be observed from space using satellites. The reason the Cryosphere doesnt receive ofttimes(prenominal) heat from the sun is because the sun strikes these regions at an oblique angle and some(prenominal) heat that does reach the cryosphere is reflected back into space by the sheets of ice back it.III. Atmosphere (Gases, clouds, weather) As water vaporization evaporates from the ocean it works its elbow room up into the atmosphere and eventually creates clouds, who size awaits on how much water vapor was evaporated. The heat that water vapors carried before they became clouds is eventually what triggers storms to occur. If at that place is enough heat influencing the clouds it will cause the clouds to shoot upward and the rotation of the Earth is what makes them spin. If the clouds turn into a vortex, hurricanes are formed. IV. Biosphere (Life on Earth)Life on Earth is affected by all the other parts of the Earth including internally and externally. The catastrophic storms that are caused by the atmosphere effect life on Earth more and more every year. Mother Nature is so unpredictable and it is very hard, even with all of earth- law-abiding technologies humans have created, to earn for Earths catastrophic events. It is even harder for other organisms to survive that do not have the same knowledge about technology as humans do. When hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes do occur, it is instincts that ultimately help different species survive.V. Hydrosphere (Oceans, lakes, rivers) The hydrosphere plays a freehanded part in the water cycle. Energy from the sun causes evaporation from al l wet surfaces on the earth. Because the earth is two thirds water, the oceans are important for homeostasis on the planet Earth. The water helps the atmosphere function properly and vice versa. Without one there would be no other. The ocean and lakes are also the homes to millions of organisms. some believe the ocean is even where the first walks of life were formed. Ocean circulation greatly affects climate and weather. . One NASAs newest satellites named Polar Or pussing Suomi, after a meteorologist, is an electronic eye in space that measure the impact of the suns energy all around the Earth. This satellite can see much more of the electromagnetic spectrum then the human eye can. One of this satellites call instruments in called Cloud and Earths Radiant Energy System. It helps watch over the ultraviolet and infrared parts of the spectrum that we cant see. This instrument helps maintain anything on Earth that gives off heat.Aqua is a satellite that uses another earth- observi ng technology that monitors the interaction between heat and water. Aqua uses infrared to see the temperature of water. Using the infrared, Aqua can see how much water vapor is evaporating from the ocean into the atmosphere. TRIM is a satellite equipped with a microwave radar and imager that operate in the micro wave range of the electromagnetic spectrum. These radiocommunication waves are toweringer in energy and shorter in wavelength than others. The instruments on this satellite bounce micro waves off raindrops in the clouds allowing scientist to build a three imensional structure of the internal structure of a hurricane. 4. Scale I. The temporal final result specifies the revisiting frequency of a satellite sensor for a specific location. A low temporal resolution can finish greater than 16 days whereas a high temporal resolution will last hardly up to 3 days. II. Using satellite remote espial we can view the earths surface as much as we would like too. As long as the s atellites are workings efficiently there should be no problem. III. The spatial resolution specifies the pixel size of satellite images covering the earth surface.IV. The level of detail does depend on what the satellites are observing. The different spatial, temporal and phantasmal resolutions are the constrictive factor for the utilization of the data they find. Unfortunately, because of technical constraints, satellite systems can only offer the following relationship between spatial and spectral resolution. vinyl ether a high spatial resolution is associated with a low spectral resolution and vice versa. That means that a system with a high spectral resolution can only offer a specialty or low spatial resolution.Therefore, it is either necessary to find compromises between the different resolutions according to the individual application or to utilize preference methods of data acquisition. 5. I found the most striking thing in this movie to be, how easily events like hur ricanes, volcanoes, and tsunamis could be created. A little bit too much moisture in the atmosphere or a little disturbance in the Earth could eventually lead to a disastrous, possibly life threatening event. This movie made me grateful to animated in an area that is not as highly affected by natural disasters and sympathetic towards those that do.