Clouds and the Ross Ice Shelf

  • Credit

    Michael King, MODIS Atmosphere Science Team

    <LI>Ross Ice Shelf near Ross Island and the McMurdo Station Antarctica
      <LI>Ross Ice Shelf (smooth looking ice shelf the size of the state of California) <LI>Stratocumulus clouds over the Ross Sea
    <LI>Image swath: 250km widy by 250km long <LI>Visible image 0.645 µm

(Resolution: 250 meters; MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1)

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2000-04-20