Model Behavior: Visualizing Global Carbon Dioxide

This global map of carbon dioxide was created using a model called GEOS, short for the Goddard Earth Observing System. GEOS is a high-resolution weather reanalysis model, powered by supercomputers, that is used to represent what was happening in the atmosphere — including storm systems, cloud formations, and other natural events. This model pulls in billions of data points from ground observations and satellite instruments – and has a resolution is more than 100 times greater than your typical weather model. Universal Production Music: Prismatic by David Stephen Goldsmith [ PRS ] Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio Producer, Narration: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Scientist: Lesley Ott (NASA/GSFC) Scientist: Brad Weir (USRA) Writer: Jenny Marder Fadoul (Telophase) Visualizer: A. J. Christensen (AVL NCSA/University of Illinois) Technical support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.) This video can be freely shared and downloaded at While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram · Twitter · Facebook: · Flickr