Earth  ID: 102

Annually Occurring Aerosol Features: Biomass Burning in South America from Aug. through Sept. 1987

Visualizations by Andy Acuna Released on June 15, 1996
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Aerosol index over South America from August 1, 1987 through September 30, 1987 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
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Video slate image reads "Biomass Burning in South America
1987".

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http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov

Visualization Credits

Andy Acuna (Hughes STX): Lead Animator
Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Colin Seftor (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
N. C. Hsu (University of Maryland Baltimore County): Scientist
Pawan K. Bhartia (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Data Used:
Nimbus-7/TOMS
1987/08/01-1987/09/30
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TOMS Aerosols

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Biomass
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Fire Occurrence
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0