Abstract

NASA Satellite Data Visualization and Analysis using GIS Tools
Track: Parks and Natural Reserves
Author(s): Michael Garay, John Burke, Timothy Stough, Stephanie Granger

The latest suite of scientific instruments on NASA satellites
provide an unprecedented view of the Earth as an
interconnected, three-dimensional system. Instruments such as
MISR, AIRS, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and TES are returning large
amounts of data useful to atmospheric scientists, who until
recently lacked the ability to work with more than one data set
at a time. New tools such as Google Earth and Arc Explorer allow
users to explore data relatively easily and interactively in a
three-dimensional sense. ArcGIS Desktop allows even more
sophisticated analysis to be performed. We will present
examples illustrating new ways of displaying these multi-
instrument data sets in 3D within Google Earth and Arc Explorer,
and describe some scientific studies being facilitated by this
technology.

Michael Garay
Intelligence and Information Systems, Raytheon Corp.
4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S: 169-237
Pasadena , California 91109
United States
Phone: 323-253-4712
E-mail: Michael.J.Garay@jpl.nasa.gov

John Burke
Intelligence and Information Systems, Raytheon Corp.
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena , California 91109
United States
Phone: 626-255-7143
E-mail: John.C.Burke@jpl.nasa.gov

Timothy Stough
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S: 306-463
Pasadena , California 91109
United States
Phone: 818-393-5347
E-mail: Timothy.M.Stough@jpl.nasa.gov

Stephanie Granger
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S: 169-237
Pasadena , California 91109
United States
Phone: 818-354-5683
Fax: 818-393-4619
E-mail: Stephanie.L.Granger@jpl.nasa.gov