Earth  ID: 1132

South American Cirrus Clouds

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on April 19, 2000
Looking through cirrus clouds over part of South America.
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This visualization was made to demonstrate a technique developed by scientists to remove clouds from data images by using cloud data. Initially, you will see a portion of South America with the clouds obstructing the view, then fades to a mask to mask out the clouds, and then removes the clouds from the view, leaving the view of South America unobstructed.
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Chart showing side-by-side images of before the clouds are removed (far left), the cloud mask (center), and after the clouds are removed (far right).
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South America before cloud removal
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South America after cloud removal
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Cirrus clouds mask
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Video slate image reads,
"Cirrus clouds over South America".

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Yoram Kaufman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra/MODIS
2000/03
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This item is part of this series:
Terra First Light

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Cirrus
GCMD >> Location >> North America
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