Satellites Observe Tropical Storm Debby

(7/22/2007) NASA

The A-Train is a group of spacecraft flying in close formation allowing data taken by each instrument to be correlated to the other instruments providing data synergy. The A-Train includes Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, Parasol, and Aura. The animation begins showing the Earth with moving clouds and with a day/night terminator. Time slows down, and A-train spacecraft orbits are added during a daytime pass. The orbits progress around the globe for 12 hours. During a night time pass the camera zooms into Tropical Storm Debby as the A-train flies over on August 24, 2006. Data sets from some of the A-train's spacecraft/instruments are shown including Aqua/MODIS, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aqua/AIRS. This visualization was created to support an A-Train session at the 2007 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Note: The A-Train observes Tropical Storm Debby. Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC), Cindy Starr (GST), Jeff De La Beaujardiere (NASA), Tom Bridgman (GST). Scientist: Charles Trepte (NASA/LaRC). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Aqua/AIRS, Aqua/MODIS, CALIPSO/CALIOP, CloudSat/CPR, DMSP/OLS/Earth at Night, TOPEX/Poseidon/Sea Surface Height Anomaly, CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite.

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• storm
• tropical
• Debbie
• hurricane