Cloud Walls (South to North Spiral)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

ICESat Cloud Walls (south to north spiral camera path)

This is an animation showing data from ICESat's Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS). Cloud data can be seen over about 15 orbits on October 6, 2003. The data are initially laid out in the order that is was collected followed by continued movement around the scene. This version of the animation starts at the south pole and spirals slowly up to the north pole.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ICESat/GLAS

  • Animation ID

    3040

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah, Alex Kekesi

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/10/07

  • Scientist

    Steve Palm (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    ice, cloud, topography, HDTV

  • Data Date

    2003/10/01

  • Animation Type

    Regular