{"id":4727,"date":"2001-10-02T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2001-10-02T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2013-09-18T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:59:25","slug":"the-earth-comes-to-madison-electronic-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/4727","title":{"rendered":"The Earth Comes to Madison\u2014Electronic Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

MADISON, WI,<\/b>\u00a0October 2, 2001\u2014NASA\u2019s Dr. Arthur Frederick \u201cFritz\u201d Hasler will present the \u201cNASA\/NOAA Earth Science Electronic Theater\u201d (or ETheater), in Madison, Wisconsin, October 17-18 during the American Meteorological Society\u2019s eleventh annual Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography conference. Both the conference and ETheater take place at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.<\/p>\n

Offering visually stunning views of the Earth from space, the ETheater will be presented to the general public Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Monona Terrace exhibition hall. Middle and high school students will attend previously scheduled shows during the day.<\/p>\n

\"Movies<\/a>

Movies made from images like this, showing vorticity, from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones group, will be shown in the Electronic Theater.<\/p><\/div>\n

The ETheater reveals the beauty of Earth with scientific insight and technological prowess. Dr. Hasler presents the Earth in several dimensions and in a historical perspective. You’ll fly in from outer space to Wisconsin and to the shores of Madison\u2019s four lakes. Early images, from the 1960s, are contrasted with the latest U.S. and international images of the whole Earth and of tornadoes and hurricanes. From the first geostationary weather satellite image in 1966 at the University of Wisconsin through the current GOES, the Earth\u2019s small size is evident.<\/p>\n

If you attend the ETheater, you’ll see spectacular images of the earth at night from an Air Force weather satellite-cities, fishing fleets, gas flares. Many other images will be provided by UW\u2013Madison\u2019s Space Science and Engineering Center, of tropical cyclones, burning fires, Antarctica, Wisconsin, and more, from NOAA and NASA satellites. SSEC has collected this data for scientific purposes since 1965. Landsat imagery showing Wisconsin in spring, summer and fall is provided by UW\u2013Madison\u2019s\u00a0Environmental Remote Sensing Center,<\/a>\u00a0who also provide a digital high-resolution map of the campus, produced with the Department of Civil Engineering and others.<\/p>\n

\"Wisconsin,<\/a>

Wisconsin, as seen by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), on NASA\u2019s Terra earth science research satellite.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fritz Hasler, the ETheater master showman, is a visualization scientist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington, D.C. He is also a Madison native and alumnus of Madison schools and UW\u2013Madison\u2019s Department of Meteorology.<\/p>\n

These organizations are making the ETheater possible:<\/p>\n