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Hurricane Katrina Poster

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00647

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Summary

Abstract: This product is a poster, available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The poster dimension is 36 inches wide by 30 inches tall. In the poster: NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite, NOAA-18, captures historic Hurricane Katrina shortly before making landfall along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts at 1950 UTC on August 29, 2005. Spatial resolution of AVHRR instrument is 1 km.

Purpose: To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: poster

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

Pricing is dependent on customer order specifications. Please contact NCDC for information on fees and terms for retreiving the Data Set or Product.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 40.0

S: 20.0

E: -70.0

W: -93.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Dataset Title: Hurricane Katrina Poster

Dataset Release Date: 2005-09-08

Data Presentation Form: remote sensing image

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2005-08-28

Stop Date: 2005-08-28

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 Km
Longitude Resolution: 1 Km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > HURRICANES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

AQUA > Earth Observing System (EOS), AQUA

ATDD > A-Train Data Depot

Quality The following web site provides quality informaton about the MOD04_L2
product:

http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD04_L2/qa.html

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

AEROSOL INDEX

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (FTP)

Distribution Size: 2.58MB

Distribution Format: HDF

Fees: Free

Personnel

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-614-5224

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

Code 610.2

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-09-22

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-28

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