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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Safari 2000 Fires and Aerosols
The fires that raged across southern Africa in August and September of 2000 produced a thick 'river of smoke' that observers compared with the aftermath of the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991. NASA-supported studies currently underway on the event will contribute to improved air pollution policies in the region and a better understanding of its impact on climate change.
Fires measured by NOAA AVHRR and Smoke Index measured by Earth Probe TOMS over Southern Africa from 9/5/2000 to 9/25/2000
Metadata
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Sensor
TOMS/TOMS -
Animation ID
2017 -
Video ID
SVS2000-0021 -
Start Timecode
05:27:00:00 -
End Timecode
05:28:25:00 -
Animator
Horace Mitchell -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
2000/11/16 -
Scientist
Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC), Jacqueline Kendall (NASA/GSFC), Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC) -
Datasets
Fires -
Keywords
Fires, Safari 2000 -
DLESE Subject
Atmospheric science, Natural hazards -
Georeference Data
[37.0W,30.0N,83.0E,60.0S] zoomed to [0.5E,1.875N,45.5E,31.875S] -
Data Date
09/05/2000-09/25/2000 -
Story URL
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/environ/safari2000final.htm -
Animation Type
Regular