Earth  ID: 554

SeaWiFS Gulf of Mexico Eastern U.S. Fly-by

Visualizations by Jesse Allen Released on January 21, 1999
The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) satellite was launched in August 1997 to collect global ocean color data. Ocean color traces the concentration of phytoplankton, microscopic plants that are the first link in the marine food web. SeaWiFS scientists also developed a way of observing land vegetation with the satellite. This 'true color' visualization of eastern North America supplies a realistic and penetrating view of sea, land, and atmosphere in early April 1998.
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A flyby from the Gulf of Mexico along the east coast of the United States to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from a SeaWiFS image taken April 12, 1998
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Video slate image reads, "SeaWiFS Gulf of Mexico NOrth American East Coast Fly-by
This true color visualization of Eastern North America supplies a realistic and penetrating view of sea, land and atmosphere in early April 1998".

Visualization Credits

Jesse Allen (Raytheon): Lead Animator
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

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Data Used:
SeaStar/SeaWiFS/Global Biosphere
1998/04/12
SeaWiFS Global Biosphere is a combination of the Land NDVI and Chlorophyll Concentration data sets. All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye.
Credit:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical geography
GCMD >> Location >> Gulf Of Mexico
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