ICESat First Light Release: A Continuous View of Clouds
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The GLAS laser system on ICESat is making unique measurements of the heights of clouds and their global distribution. In addition, ICESat can 'see' the distributions of aerosols from sources such as dust storms and forest fires. This animation shows the distribution of cloud layers as seens from the bird's eye perspective of the ICESat spacecraft.
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Animation showing ICESat collecting cloud data.
Duration: 60.0 seconds
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ICESat collecting cloud data
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| Animation Number: | 2744 |
| Animators: | Greg Shirah (Lead) |
| | Alex Kekesi |
| Studio: | NASA |
| Completed: | 2003-05-15 |
| Scientists: | Chris Shuman (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instruments: | ICESat/GLAS
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| | RADARSAT-1/SAR |
| | Terra/MODIS |
| Data set: | ICESat/GLAS Cloud Height Profile |
| Data Collected: | GLAS: 2003/03/02 |
| Video: | SVS2003-0015 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Atmospheric science
SVS
>> Clouds
DLESE
>> Technology
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc. |
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