The A-Train Observes Tropical Storm Debby
The A-Train is a group of spacecraft flying in close formation allowing data taken by each instrument to be correlated to the other instruments providing data synergy. The A-Train includes Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, Parasol, and Aura. The animation begins showing the Earth with moving clouds and with a day/night terminator. Time slows down, and A-train spacecraft orbits are added during a daytime pass. The orbits progress around the globe for 12 hours. During a night time pass the camera zooms into Tropical Storm Debby as the A-train flies over on August 24, 2006. Data sets from some of the A-train's spacecraft/instruments are shown including Aqua/MODIS, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aqua/AIRS. This visualization was created to support an A-Train session at the 2007 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).
The A-Train observes Tropical Storm Debby
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![The A-train flys over Tropical Storm Debby on August 24, 2006. The A-train flys over Tropical Storm Debby on August 24, 2006.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
The A-train flys over Tropical Storm Debby on August 24, 2006.
![MODIS data of Tropical Storm Debby. MODIS data of Tropical Storm Debby.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
MODIS data of Tropical Storm Debby.
![Cloudsat and CALIPSO data of Tropical Storm Debby. Cloudsat and CALIPSO data of Tropical Storm Debby.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
Cloudsat and CALIPSO data of Tropical Storm Debby.
![AIRS water vapor data of Tropical Storm Debby. AIRS water vapor data of Tropical Storm Debby.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
AIRS water vapor data of Tropical Storm Debby.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Jeff de La Beaujardiere (NASA)
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Charles Trepte (NASA/LaRC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Sunday, July 22, 2007.
This page was last updated on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM EDT.
Datasets used in this visualization
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[Aqua: AIRS]
ID: 3For more information on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, click http://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/
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[Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 5 -
[CALIPSO: CALIOP]
ID: 178Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
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[CloudSat: CPR]
ID: 197 -
Earth at Night [DMSP: OLS]
ID: 286 -
Sea Surface Height Anomaly [TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 514 -
CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
ID: 600Global cloud cover from multiple satellites
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