Cloud Optical Thickness Effective Particle Radius
MODIS provides new capabilities for measuring the properties of clouds. The sensor measures how much of the globe is covered by clouds, identifies various cloud types, and even enables scientists to determine the sizes of the particles that make up clouds. This latter measurement allows scientists to distinguish clouds made of water droplets from those made of ice crystals, and from those made of snow flakes. In this image, the blue clouds are ice clouds, pink indicates snow clouds, and green shows water clouds.
Video slate image reads,
"Studying the Clouds
Cloud Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Yoram Kaufman (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, April 19, 2000.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.
Missions
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[Terra: MODIS]
ID: 116
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