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Zoom and Spin Around Atlanta: Daytime Thermal View of the Heat Island

A flyby of Atlanta showing thermal imagery taken during the day by an airborne ATLAS instrument on May 11 and 12, 1997. This imagery is surrounded by Landsat Thematic Mapper data taken on June 27, 1998.    A flyby of Atlanta showing thermal imagery taken during the day by an airborne ATLAS instrument on May 11 and 12, 1997. This imagery is surrounded by Landsat Thematic Mapper data taken on June 27, 1998.
Duration: 42.0 seconds
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Suburban Atlanta daytime thermal    Suburban Atlanta daytime thermal

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Urban Atlanta daytime thermal    Urban Atlanta daytime thermal

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Atlanta Daytime thermal    Atlanta Daytime thermal

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Atlanta temperature color bar 		   Atlanta temperature color bar

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Animation Number:1052
Completed:2000-02-21
Animators:Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Tom Bridgman (GST)
Scientist:Dale Quattrochi (NASA/MSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:ATLAS (1997/05/11-1997/05/12)
 Landsat-5/TM (1998/06/27)
Series:AAAS
Video:SVS2000-0002 *
Keywords:
SVS >> Atlanta
SVS >> Heat Island
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Sprawl
SVS >> Urban
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