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QuikSCAT Weather Data Arrives To Scientists
A computer model of the wind movement over Earth's oceans

The information in this video was accurate as of the original publication date.

 Audience: Educators and Students
Grades: 9-12
Year: 2001


This NASA video segment highlights the type of information that QuikSCAT provides to help scientists learn about the weather. Viewers learn that the raw data received from QuikSCAT is processed and transferred into wind maps, color graphics and computer models that depict global wind patterns. Scientists can then use this information to answer critical questions about weather.

QuikSCAT Weather Data Arrives To Scientists
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
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This video clip is part of the Sea Winds: Catch the Wind -- The QuikSCAT Story DVD that may be ordered from the Central Operation of Resources for Educators, or CORE  →.


Other video learning clips in this series:
Catch the Wind: Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate
The Role of Engineering at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT)
QuikSCAT: A New Mission Is Born
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