Antarctica Satellite Image Wall Map

Product Description

A large, striking wall map (143x 103cm) derived from remotely sensed data acquired during 1980
- 1987 by the AVHRR sensors on the NOAA 6, 7, 9 & 10 satellites. The images have been corrected & tone-matched to produce this single seamless depiction. Toned in shades of grey/blue, the general relief is portrayed by hill-shading. Major regions, island groups, & sea areas are named, & clouds which could not be eliminated are identified to avoid confusion with terrain features. A polar stereographic graticule of latitude & longitude lines is superimposed over the map, & several national research bases are marked. An inset at 1:17, 500, 000 shows the region in the thermal infrared b&, with blue & red tones denoting cooler & warmer areas respectively. A smaller inset map relates mapped areas to specific satellites & shows the data acquisition times. Explanatory text on the image data & the construction of the image is included.