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| Keywords: Lompoc, CA DVIDS712909.jpg en The area around Vandenberg Air Force Base California is shown in this simulated natural color ASTER image The city of Santa Maria is at the top left and Lompoc is at the bottom left Vandenberg includes the area along the coast and the prominent airport This image was acquired on August 31 2001 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ASTER on NASA's Terra satellite With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters about 50 to 300 feet ASTER images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet ASTER is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched December 18 1999 on NASA's Terra satellite The instrument was built by Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry A joint U S /Japan science team is responsible for validation and calibration of the instrument and the data products The broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution of ASTER will provide scientists in numerous disciplines with critical information for surface mapping and monitoring of dynamic conditions and temporal change Example applications are monitoring glacial advances and retreats; monitoring potentially active volcanoes; identifying crop stress; determining cloud morphology and physical properties; wetlands evaluation; thermal pollution monitoring; coral reef degradation; surface temperature mapping of soils and geology; and measuring surface heat balance Dr Anne Kahle at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California is the U S Science team leader; Bjorn Eng of JPL is the project manager The Terra mission is part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise a long- term research effort to understand and protect our home planet Through the study of Earth NASA will help to provide sound science to policy and economic decision-makers so as to better life here while developing the technologies needed to explore the universe and search for life beyond our home planet Size 73 4 x 62 8 km 45 5 x 38 9 miles Location 34 7 deg North lat 120 3 deg West long Orientation North at top Image Data ASTER bands 1 2 and 3 Original Data Resolution 15 m Date Acquired August 31 2001 NASA Identifier PLAN-PIA03882 2009-10-15 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/712909 712909 2012-10-10 17 21 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Vandenberg Air Force Base Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
