SIGGRAPH 2015: Dailies Talk

CALIPSO observes Saharan dust crossing the Atlantic OceanVisualizer and presenter: Kel ElkinsSummary:For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert the Amazon rainforest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a fertilizer, which the Amazon depends on in order to flourish.In this talk, Kel Elkins describes how NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) creates animated visualizations using data from NASA missions. Kel describes step-by-step how data from NASA’s CALIPSO satellite was used to create a visualization depicting dust from Africa traveling through the atmosphere towards South America. For PowerPoint slide presentation, click the 'Download' button above.For more details and to download other media formats, click here.