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Flood Extent in Pakistan
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Published April 26, 2011
Derived from satellite data, this map shows the extent of flooding in Pakistan caused by the 2010 monsoon.
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Earth’s Magnetosphere
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Published April 23, 2011
Earth is a great magnet, and scientists have spent a century exploring its shape and structure. This visualization shows the magnetic field around Earth, or magnetosphere.
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Winds of Drought, Winds of Flood
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Published October 5, 2010
Made from a model based on satellite data, these animations contrast wind patterns that brought drought to the U.S. Midwest in 1988 with those that brought floods in 1993.
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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model
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Published June 9, 2010
This comparison shows how a forecast from the high resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5, the world’s highest resolution global climate model, stacks up against GOES satellite images showing actual cloud patterns for February 6, 2010.
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