Global Infrared Cloud Cover, September 2001 (WMS)
This animation is a mosaic of cloud cover data taken by several different satellites in the infrared band. One of the most prominent cloud features during this time was Hurricane Erin near the Atlantic coast of the United States.
This animation is meant to be wrapped around a three-dimensional globe. It shows a global composite of cloud cover data taken from the infrared sensors of several different satellites during September 2001.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Dennis Chesters (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, February 11, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Series
This page can be found in the following series:Datasets used
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[GMS-4: VISSR]
ID: 20 -
[GOES-8: Imager]
ID: 30 -
[GOES-9: Imager]
ID: 32 -
[METEOSAT-6: VISSR]
ID: 57
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.