Using: Earth.nullschool.net
How to view this beautiful interactive global view of our weather and climate.
What is Earth from nullschool.net?
Earth is a map of weather from all around the planet. The source of the maps are data made by NASA supercomputers and it is updated every three hours.
"Earth" is an amazing tool for exploring current weather conditions around the world. For adults and even mapping experts it provides an easy way to explore current events, and provides different ways of displaying a single map of the world.
The data for these maps comes from satellites in space using radio waves, and then the data is downloaded through satellite dishes all around the world, including New Zealand satellite dish sites.
Scroll down through this StoryMap to see a selection of the most interesting data layers.
There are many dozens of climate and weather maps available:
You can open earth.nullschool.net in any browser.
If you click on "Earth" bottom left, there are many dozens of different views to choose from including:
- Wind, rain, weather
- Temperature and humidity
- Waves and Ocean Currents
- Pollution and carbon dioxide.
You can also use the << and >> or press "Now" to view history, or look at future predictions.
Keep scrolling!
Below we've made it really easy for you and have setup a series views and short descriptions for each of the different map layers available.
A series of atmospheric maps
Just scroll down and keep scrolling down, and the interactive maps will appear.
If a map fails to load, click the link on the lower left or top right on each example.
Ocean surface maps
a series of maps showing conditions of the oceans surface, temperature, currents and waves.
If any map isn't loading, just look for the link to open it outside this story.
Atmosphere Chemistry
A series of maps showing the chemical composition and components of the atmosphere.
