Myth vs Reality: Clouds and Air Temperature
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Clouds regulate temperatures on Earth by reflecting sunlight and by preventing Earth's heat from escaping to space.
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Title
Time
At a Glance: Cloud Types
02:46
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
00:41
Myth vs Reality: Clouds and Air Temperature
00:41
Insight Into: Clouds
01:20
Above and Beyond: Noctilucent Clouds Above Northern Europe
01:16
Above and Beyond: Valley Fog in British Columbia
00:56
Credits
- +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
Transcript
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A blue hexagon appears in the middle of a gray background split into two halves by a line. A banner is outlined in light blue for the title, Myth vs Reality. An illustration with sea serpents surrounding a ship is above Myth. A satellite view of rippled clouds is above reality. A dark, rotating planet floats in the background at the bottom. The Myth side is highlighted. Text, Clouds do not affect Earth's air temperature.
The reality side is highlighted. Text, Clouds regulate temperatures on Earth by reflecting sunlight and by preventing Earth's heat from escaping to space.