Water Falls: Getting the Big Picture

Water Falls - Getting the Big Picture.vtt
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
active sensing, passive sensing
Summary: 
The second spinoff video for the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls." This video looks at the uses and advantages of remote sensing.
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Video Description: 

This video discusses why we need remote sensing to study the Earth, and the differences between active and passive remote sensing from satellites. It also gives examples of different types of data NASA satellites collect about the Earth, and some of the applications of that data.

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Source: 

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11877

Credits: 

NASA SVS