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ICESat Aerosols and Clouds over Africa

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.

Tour of aerosol and cloud data over Africa    Tour of aerosol and cloud data over Africa
Duration: 50.0 seconds
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Aerosols and Clouds over southern Africa    Aerosols and Clouds over southern Africa

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Animation Number:3119
Completed:2005-03-03
Animators:Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Alex Kekesi (GST)
Scientist:Steve Palm (NASA/GSFC)
Platform/Sensor/Data Set:ICESat/GLAS (2003/10/04 - 2003/10/28)
Keywords:
SVS >> Ice
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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