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SASS Data Animations

SASS 'A' (sigma-0 at 40 deg incidence angle) images of the various regions are animated in the following movies. The images have been down sampled from their original sizes and may have modified aspect ratios. These movies are available in (only) animated gif formats. The poor spatial coverage characteristics of SASS results in "holes" in the images, particularly for h-pol which was not used much over land.

Here are several different regions from year 1978 for sash and sasv:
 
 Antarctic & Arctic  Siberia & North Africa  Greenland & Alaska  Europe & North China and Japan
 Australia & North America  Indonesia & Bering Strait  South Africa & South America  Central America & South Asia

Antarctic & Arctic Regions
 
 

Antarctic 
(SASS sash data)

 Arctic 
(SASS sash data)

Antarctic 
             (SASS sasv data)

Arctic
(SASS sasv data)
Gif   78.188-281
Gif   78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Siberia & North Africa Regions
 
 

Siberia Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

North Africa Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

Siberia Land Masked
                    (SASS sasv data)

North Africa Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Greenland & Alaska Regions
 
 

Greenland Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

Alaska Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

Greenland Land Masked
                     (SASS sasv data)

Alaska Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Europe & North China and Japan Regions
 
 

Europe Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

North China and Japan Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

Europe Land Masked
                     (SASS sasv data)

North China and Japan Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Australia and North America
 
 

Australia Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

North America Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

Australia Land Masked
                     (SASS sasv data)

North America Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Indonesia & Bering Strait
 
 

IndonesiaLand Masked
(SASS sash data)

Bering Strait
(SASS sash data)

Indonesia Land Masked
                    (SASS sasv data)

Bering Strait 
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

South Africa & South America
 
 

South Africa Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

South America Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

South Africa Land Masked
                (SASS sasv data)

South America Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281

Central America & South Asia
 
 

Central America Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

South Asian Land Masked
(SASS sash data)

 Central America Land Masked
                   (SASS sasv data)

South Asian Land Masked
(SASS sasv data)
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281
Gif  78.188-281