Myth vs Reality: The Effects of Clouds on Earth's Temperatures
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This short video addresses the misconception that clouds overhead mean a cool day below.
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At a Glance: Cloud Types
02:11
Terrestrial Tour: Clouds Hot and Cold
05:09
Above and Beyond: Ship Tracks Above the Pacific
01:05
Myth vs Reality: The Effects of Clouds on Earth's Temperatures
00:40
Myth vs Reality: Clouds and Air Temperature
00:40
Insight Into: Clouds
01:18
Above and Beyond: Noctilucent Clouds Above Northern Europe
01:16
Above and Beyond: Valley Fog in British Columbia
00:55
All programs produced by: Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA
except:
· Cloud illustrations by Marc Lussier, STScI
· Sea creature illustration copyright The National Library of Israel, Shapell Family Digitization Project and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, _Department of Geography – Historic Cities Research Project
· Various cloud photos courtesy of Marc Lussier
· Valley fog photo courtesy of Lucy Albert
· Clouds time-lapse video courtesy of Ethan Alexander Cook
· Photo of cumulus clouds over field courtesy of PiccoloNamek, Wikipedia
· Towering cumulus cloud photo courtesy of Jim W. Lee
· Noctilucent cloud photo copyright Jan Erik Paulsen
· Noctilucent cloud photo courtesy of P-M Hedén, www.clearskies.se, www.twanight.org
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
Written by Andrea Gianopoulos
Designed by Marc Lussier
All narration is presented in text form within the video. In addition, a full transcript will be available in the Library in the near future. Check back soon!