Aqua First Light: AMSR-E Pseudo Color Global
AMSR-E is a passive microwave radiometer, all the channels are in microwave spectrum, not in visible spectrum. The image is to express the 'water planet' by simple color composite. Three day average data. Using only the descending paths, nightside orbits.
AMSR-E is a passive microwave radiometer,
all the channels are in microwave spectrum,
not in visible spectrum.
The image is to express the water planet by simple color composite.
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
- Keiji Imaoka (EORC/NASDA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, June 24, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Series
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[Aqua: AMSR-E]
ID: 4For more information, please click http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/
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