The A-Train Observes Tropical Storm Debby

  • Released Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
  • Updated Sunday, August 20th, 2023 at 10:00PM
  • ID: 3437
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.

MODIS data of Tropical Storm Debby.

MODIS data of Tropical Storm Debby.

Cloudsat and CALIPSO data of Tropical Storm Debby.

Cloudsat and CALIPSO data of Tropical Storm Debby.

AIRS water vapor data of Tropical Storm Debby.

AIRS water vapor data of Tropical Storm Debby.

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Missions

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Datasets used in this visualization

Aqua (Collected with the AIRS sensor)

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Aqua (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
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CALIPSO (Collected with the CALIOP sensor)

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

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CloudSat (Collected with the CPR sensor)
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CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
Data Compilation Climate Prediction Center (CPC) 08/14/2006 - 08/24/2006

Global cloud cover from multiple satellites

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DMSP Earth at Night (Collected with the OLS sensor)
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TOPEX Sea Surface Height Anomaly (Collected with the Poseidon sensor)
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