Earth  ID: 4076

Landsat-8 Long Swath

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on May 15, 2013
Landsat-8 launched February 11th, 2013. This visualization shows one of the first full swaths of data taken on April 19th, 2013, only one week after Landsat-8 ascended to its final altitude of 438 miles (705 km).
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Example animation compositing the Landsat swath traverse with window tracker. The window tracker highlights where we are on the swath.
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Animation of the window tracker icon layer. This layer is synchronized with the swath traverse layer and can be used together to identify where we along the swath traverse.
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Animation of the swath traverse. This layer is synchronized with the window tracker. (Layer generated by Matthew R. Radcliff.)
 

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Landsat 8 Long Swath

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Video Editor
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Producer
James R. Irons (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jesse Allen (Sigma Space Corporation): Project Support
Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation): Project Support
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Leann Johnson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat-8/OLI/Band Combination 2,3,4 also referred to as: True Color
Observed Data
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Landsat
LDCM

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Location >> Red Sea
GCMD >> Location >> Iraq
GCMD >> Location >> Saudi Arabia
GCMD >> Location >> Syria
GCMD >> Location >> Africa
GCMD >> Location >> Middle East
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