Medium Quicktime movie, sorensen compression, 640x360, 15.4 MB
| title: | MODIS Himalaya Flyover |
| vis type: | animation |
| version: | 1 |
| vis creation date: | March 2001 |
| vis credit: | Visualization: Marit Jentoft-Nilsen |
| vis contact: | VAL |
| thumbnail 1: | |
| small version 1: | Small Quicktime movie, jpeg compression, 320x180, 11.4 MB |
| medium version 1: | Medium Quicktime movie, jpeg compression, 640x360, 37.5 MB
Medium Quicktime movie, sorensen compression, 640x360, 15.4 MB |
| original visualization 1: | ftp://gloria2-f.gsfc.nasa.gov/mpeg2/val/himalaya.mpg |
| vis size 1: | 1280 x 720 x 3, 40 seconds, 96 MB |
| vis format 1: | mpeg 2 |
| input data 1: | MODIS, MOD09 |
| data source 1: | http://rsd/projects/modis_refl/index.html |
| data start date 1: | 2000161 |
| data end date 1: | 2000313 |
| colorbar 1: | N/A |
| input data 2: | GTOPO |
| data source 2: | http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html |
| data start date 2: | N/A |
| data end date 2: | N/A |
| colorbar 2: | N/A |
| parameters, gcmd: | N/A |
| description: | This visualization combines a MODIS true color textureimages with topological data in a flyover of the Himalayas. The flyover starts with an overview showing the Indian subcontinent and Himalayas, then zooms in while turning towards the west to fly over the Indus River in Pakistan. We start a slow turn north with sweeping views of Afghanistan and Tajikistan and pass over the Karakorum before heading east along the spine of the Himalaya. At the eastern end of the Himalaya we turn north again and slowly zoom back out to the starting point. The flyover passes over all the 8000m peaks; but until the visualization can be redone with hgher resolution topography it will be very hard to pinpoint their exact locations. |
| comments: | caveats, things that don't fit in other fields |
| location (keyword): | Western Asia,Central Asia |
| location (free text): | Himalayas, Indian subcontinent, Taklimakan Desert |
| free text keywords: | other keywords that don't fit in any of the above? |
| VAL location: | mpeg2 or demo location |