Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
ICESat Aerosols and Clouds over Africa
Instrument:
ICESat/GLAS
Description:
Tour of aerosol and cloud data over Africa
Duration: 50.0 seconds
Abstract:
This is an animation showing data from ICESat's Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS). Aerosol and cloud data are shown spanning 80 passes over the Africa region from October 4 through October 28 2003. The data are initially shown in the time order collected using an 8 day moving time window. After that, the first 40 passes are all shown at once and a flown over.
Completed:
2005-03-03
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Greg Shirah (Lead)
Animator:
Alex Kekesi
Scientist:
Steve Palm (NASA/GSFC)
Data Collected:
2003/10/04 - 2003/10/28
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Ice
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
October 28 2003
facet_what:
Altimeter
facet_what:
Aerosols
facet_what:
ICESat
facet_when_year:
2003
Animation Number:
3119
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003100/a0031 19/africa_clouds_dat es-IMAGE
original url:

ICESat Aerosols and Clouds over Africa