NASA Cloud Albedo Animation
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/mpg/143485main_CloudAlbedo.mpg

NASA

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Clouds greatly affect the Earth's solar energy balance. This animation shows how they deflect a portion of solar energy influx from reaching our planet's surface and how they insulate to prevent a total loss of thermal radiance out into space.

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• Cutting Edge:Topics:Climate Change:Visualizations: Impacts of Climate Change
• Cutting Edge:Topics:Climate Change:Visualizations: Energy Balance

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Clouds and precipitation, Solar and terrestrial radiation
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Weather, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science