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

A flyby of Atlanta showing thermal imagery taken during the night 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 night 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.
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Suburban Atlanta nighttime thermal    Suburban Atlanta nighttime thermal

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Urban Atlanta nighttime thermal    Urban Atlanta nighttime thermal

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Atlanta Nighttime thermal    Atlanta Nighttime thermal

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Atlanta temperature color bar 		   Atlanta temperature color bar

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Animation Number:1053
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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