During a Year in Orbit, IceCube Created a New Map of Earth's Clouds
- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
- Written by:
- Rani Gran
- Scientific consulting by:
- Dong Wu
- Produced by:
- Kathryn Mersmann
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Although it was only designed to last three months, the tiny CubeSat known as IceCube has been orbiting Earth for a full year, collecting data on a hard-to-study type of cloud.
In that time, IceCube has created a global map of these ice clouds around the planet, which could someday help improve models and forecasts.
In that time, IceCube has created a global map of these ice clouds around the planet, which could someday help improve models and forecasts.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Visualizer
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Writer
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Scientist
- Dong Wu (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Series
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April 23rd, 2018
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