ICESat First Light Release: A Continuous View of Clouds
Visualizations by
Greg Shirah
Released on May 15, 2003
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.
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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