Earth ID: 3040

ICESat Cloud Walls (south to north spiral camera path)

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on November 4, 2004

This is an animation showing data from ICESat's Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS). Cloud data can be seen over about 15 orbits on October 6, 2003. The data are initially laid out in the order that is was collected followed by continued movement around the scene.
This version of the animation starts at the south pole and spirals slowly up to the north pole.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Steve Palm (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)

Data Used:

ICESat/GLAS

2003/10/01

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Clouds
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface >> Topography
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Amount
SVS >> Atmospheric Science
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Type
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Frequency
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