These visualizations were creating using data from NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite. The visualization pipeline was developed at NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Each of these ‘quick-turn’ visualizations were created in a day or two in order to publish within the storm’s news cycle. Data is processed in IDL, modeled in Maya, and rendered using Renderman. S
The Aquarius spacecraft is designed to measure global sea surface salinity. It is important to understand salinity, the amount of dissolved salts in water, because it will lead us to better understanding of the water cycle and can lead to improved climate models. Aquarius is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina This visualization celebrates over three years of successful Aquarius observation