Earth ID: 2478

MODIS White Sky Albedo Image Improves Climate Modeling

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on July 1, 2002

The MODIS instrument, flying aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, measures how much solar radiation is reflected by the Earth's surface almost every day over the entire planet. The colors in this image emphasize the albedos ranging from 0.0 to 0.4 over the Earth's land surfaces. Areas colored red show the brightest, most reflective regions; yellows and greens are intermediate values; and blues and violets show relatively dark surfaces. White indicates no data were available, and no albedo data are provided over the oceans. This image was produced using data composited over a 6-day period, from April 7-22, 2002.

This annimation shows a global view of the Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) version of the global broadband white sky albedo. The product correlates 16 days worth of data

For More Information

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2002/200207099816.html

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Crystal Schaaf (Boston University): Scientist
Elena Tsvetsinskaya (Boston University): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/MODIS

2002/04/07 - 2002/04/22

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MODIS Albedo

Keywords:
SVS >> Albedo
DLESE >> Climatology
SVS >> Forecast
DLESE >> Physical geography
NASA Science >> Earth