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NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center
Image # : 119
Date : 09/18/1997

Title

Satellite Image of Earth's Interrelated Systems and Climate

Full Description

Satellite data and images such as those presented in this image of Earth give scientists a more comprehensive view of the Earth's interrelated systems and climate. Four different satellites contributed to the making of this image. Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) provided the land image layer and is a true color composite of land vegetation for cloud-free conditions from September 18 to October 3, 1997. Each red dot over South America and Africa represents a fire detected by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. The oceanic aerosol layer is based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data and is caused by biomass burning and windblown dust over Africa. The cloud layer is a composite of infrared images from four geostationary weather satellites?NOAA's GOES 8 and 9, the European Space Agency's METEOSAT, and Japan's GMS 5.

Keywords

Satellite SeaWiFS Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA GOES European Space Agency METEOSAT ESA Japan GMS Earth Science

Subject Category

Earth-Science and Weather-Satellites, Earth Science, Planet-Earth,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: GSFC
  • Center Number: 119
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000121

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 95 113 21
Small JPEG 672 800 460
Medium JPEG 1575 1875 2,000
Large JPEG 1 3750 6,977

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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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