NORTHERN CHILE -THERMOGRAPHS INFRA - RED

From Nimbus 4 channel 11.5 micrometer infra-red radiometer system temperature - humidity (T H I R)

Abstract

The numerical charts, obtained by the NIMBUS 4 satellite, which uses the night infrared, show the situations of the northern Chilean desert throughout the year 1970.

By this means, it is possible to observe the different geological and geomorphological formations, mainly the "Pampa del Tamarugal", the course of the "Rio Loa" and the "Salar de Atacama", the N-S faults of the Andean foothills, the Bolivian altiplano and finally the Pacific Ocean.