| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
GOES-8 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1994
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Title
Big Blue Marble
Full Description
Though all looks peaceful in this image of the big blue marble
taken by the GOES 8 weather satellite, one of two weather
satellites designed and built by NASA but operated by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, statistically
the United States has the world's most violent weather. In a
typical year, the U.S. will endure some 10,000 violent
thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes and several
hurricanes. Improving weather prediction, therefore, always has
been a top priority for meteorologists. Since its launch in
1994, GOES 8 has become indispensable for imaging clouds and
measuring cloud heights?information scientists need for three-
dimensional weather models. A companion weather satellite, GOES
10, was launched in 1997.
Keywords
GOES 8 Weather Satellite National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA
Subject Category
Earth Science, Planet-Earth,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
GOES-8
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000112
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
61 |
60 |
12 |
Small |
JPEG |
437 |
430 |
285 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1025 |
1007 |
1,371 |
Large |
JPEG |
1 |
2014 |
4,813 |
Publication Information
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is
not
an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes
only.
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