The A-Train Observes Tropical Storm Debby
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- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
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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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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) [Lead]
- Jeff de La Beaujardiere (NASA)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Charles Trepte (NASA/LaRC)
Datasets used in this visualization
Aqua (Collected with the AIRS sensor)
For more information on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, click http://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/
See more visualizations using this data setAqua (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
CALIPSO (Collected with the CALIOP sensor)
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
See more visualizations using this data setCloudSat (Collected with the CPR sensor)
CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
Data Compilation
Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
08/14/2006 - 08/24/2006
Global cloud cover from multiple satellites
See more visualizations using this data setDMSP Earth at Night (Collected with the OLS sensor)
TOPEX Sea Surface Height Anomaly (Collected with the Poseidon sensor)
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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