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December 26, 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean: MISR Imagery of Breaking Waves Along India's Eastern Coast
Entry ID: Tsunami_122604_MISR_India

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Summary
Abstract: At 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This was the fourth largest earthquake in
the world since 1900 and the largest in over 40 years. It was caused by the
release of stresses in the Earth that are built up as the Indian tectonic plate
descends into the mantle beneath the Burma plate. It is estimated that the sea
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Link: GET DATA > EOSDIS DATA POOL
Description: ASDC Data Pool: FTP MISR
Data Set: MISR Level 1B2 Ellipsoid Data V002 (MI1B2E.002)
File names:
MISR_AM1_GRP_ELLIPSOID_GM_P142_O026720_AF_F03_0023.hdf
MISR_AM1_GRP_ELLIPSOID_GM_P142_O026720_BF_F03_0023.hdf
MISR_AM1_GRP_ELLIPSOID_GM_P142_O026720_CF_F03_0023.hdf
MISR_AM1_GRP_ELLIPSOID_GM_P142_O026720_DF_F03_0023.hdf
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Caption:  Breaking Tsunami Waves along India's Eastern Coast
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 36.96   S: 6.58   E: 99.01   W: 66.79

Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
MI1B2E2
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2004-12-26
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) Ancillary Description
Instrument
CAMERAS Ancillary Description
MISR > Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Originating Center
Data Center
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ASDC USER SERVICES
Phone: 757-864-8656
Email: support-asdc at earthdata.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
User and Data Services
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157D
City: Hampton
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA
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Personnel
DAVID, DR. J. DINER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 818-354-6319
Fax: 818-393-4616
Email: david.j.diner at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
City: Pasadena
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 91109-8099
Country: USA
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Publications/References
A complete list of references can be found on the MISR web site's
Publications page:
http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/pubs/misr_publications.html
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-02-09
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-29

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