Earth  ID: 2839

Iceberg B-15A: RADARSAT

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on October 23, 2003
Match-frame rendered RADARSAT approach to the B-15A iceberg area. Useful as a frame-of-reference for the location of the B-15A iceberg. Match-framed to animations 2838, 2840, and 2841 for post-production.
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Animation zooms down to the area where iceberg B-15A split in two between 10-7-03 and 10-9-03. McMurdo Station can be seen on the final frame of this animation. McMurdo Station is towards the top of the image, and appears as a white dot with 4 lines (runways-roads) branching off it.
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Video slate image reads "Iceberg B-15A: RADARSAT Match-frame rendered RADARSAT approach to the B-15A iceberg area. McMurdo Station can be seen towards the very top of the final image as a white dot with 4 lines (runways/roads) branching off of it".
 

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Two Scientists Have a Frank and Honest Discussion about Antarctica

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MODIS Rapid Response Team. (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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Data Used:
RADARSAT-1/SAR
1997/09/26-1997/11/04
Credit:
Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
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Iceberg B-15A

Keywords:
SVS >> Iceberg
SVS >> McMurdo
GCMD >> Location >> Antarctica
SVS >> Glaciers
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

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