Earth ID: 3130

Continental Effects of 2004 Alaskan Fires (WMS)

Visualizations by Jeff de La Beaujardiere Released on March 14, 2005

Wildfires started by lightning burned more than 80,000 acres in Alaska in June 2004. The effects of these fires can be seen across North America with the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument on the Earth Probe spacecraft. TOMS detects the presence of UV-absorbing tropospheric aerosols across the globe.

Color scale for this animation showing low aerosol values as shades of blue and green and higher values as yellow, orange or red. The units of aerosol index are dimensionless.

For More Information

http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosols/aerosols.html

Visualization Credits

Jeff de La Beaujardiere (NASA): Lead Animator
Pawan K. Bhartia (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:

Earth Probe/TOMS/Aerosols

2004/06/21 - 2004/07/10

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This item is part of these series:
TOMS Aerosols
WMS

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols >> Aerosol Radiance
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