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Terra/Aqua Snow Sequence Jan
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| Title |
Terra/Aqua Snow Sequence January/February 2003 |
| Abstract |
This is a sequence of snow images from the Terra and Aqua Satellites in January and February 2003. |
| Completed |
2003-02-26 |
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Floods in the Ohio River Val
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| Title |
Floods in the Ohio River Valley |
| Description |
Heavy rain and snow had swollen the rivers of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, pushing many past flood stage during the first two weeks of January 2005. The flooding occurred after several days of rain and snow fell on the already saturated ground of the U.S. Midwest. Since the water could not be absorbed into the soaked ground, it ran off as flood water. The storms were followed by warm temperatures, which melted the snow and produced further flooding. By January 17, some of the flooding had started to recede, but large tracts of land along the Ohio and Wabash Rivers were still under water. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) flying aboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the flooded rivers on January 17. The Ohio and Wabash Rivers are the most noticeably flooded, but many other rivers are also much larger than they were on November 25, 2004. On November 25, the Wabash River measured less than 3 pixels across in the 500-meter-resolution MODIS image (the large image provided above). On January 17, the river spanned 18 pixels at its widest point, increasing its width from approximately 1.5 kilometers to 9 kilometers. The Ohio River similarly grew to a width of 13.5 kilometers in the top image. Floods along the Ohio are not unusual, but the timing of this flood was. The Ohio River and its tributaries often flood in the spring when winter's snow melts and runs into regional rivers. This flood, however, occurred in the middle of the winter, which is unusual. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 ]. |
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Floods in the Ohio River Val
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| Title |
Floods in the Ohio River Valley |
| Description |
Heavy rain and snow had swollen the rivers of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, pushing many past flood stage during the first two weeks of January 2005. The flooding occurred after several days of rain and snow fell on the already saturated ground of the U.S. Midwest. Since the water could not be absorbed into the soaked ground, it ran off as flood water. The storms were followed by warm temperatures, which melted the snow and produced further flooding. By January 17, some of the flooding had started to recede, but large tracts of land along the Ohio and Wabash Rivers were still under water. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) flying aboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the flooded rivers on January 17. The Ohio and Wabash Rivers are the most noticeably flooded, but many other rivers are also much larger than they were on November 25, 2004. On November 25, the Wabash River measured less than 3 pixels across in the 500-meter-resolution MODIS image (the large image provided above). On January 17, the river spanned 18 pixels at its widest point, increasing its width from approximately 1.5 kilometers to 9 kilometers. The Ohio River similarly grew to a width of 13.5 kilometers in the top image. Floods along the Ohio are not unusual, but the timing of this flood was. The Ohio River and its tributaries often flood in the spring when winter's snow melts and runs into regional rivers. This flood, however, occurred in the middle of the winter, which is unusual. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The images are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 ]. |
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Floods in the Southern and M
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| Title |
Floods in the Southern and Midwestern United States |
| Description |
At the point where Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana meet, the Wabash River flows into the Ohio River, which in turn will eventually feed the Mississippi River. The two rivers are susceptible to flooding in the winter and spring, and by the end of January 2007, the confluence of the Wabash and the Ohio bulged with water. The floods came after a series of winter storms pummeled the Midwest United States in mid-January. The effect of the storms on the rivers is clear from this pair of false-color images, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. The images are made with a combination and infrared and visible light, which makes water much more visible than it would be in a photo-like image. In this combination of wavelengths, water is dark blue or black, plant-covered land is green, sparsely vegetated or bare ground is tan-pink, and burned ground is red-brown. Icy clouds are light blue, while water clouds are white. The top image was take on January 23, 2007, shortly after the storm clouds cleared. Compared to the lower image, which was taken on January 2, the Wabash, Ohio, and Little Wabash Rivers are all swollen. By January 25, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3/2007025 ] the floods appeared to be receding. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3/2007025 ] of the Midwest are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in the Southern and M
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| Title |
Floods in the Southern and Midwestern United States |
| Description |
At the point where Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana meet, the Wabash River flows into the Ohio River, which in turn will eventually feed the Mississippi River. The two rivers are susceptible to flooding in the winter and spring, and by the end of January 2007, the confluence of the Wabash and the Ohio bulged with water. The floods came after a series of winter storms pummeled the Midwest United States in mid-January. The effect of the storms on the rivers is clear from this pair of false-color images, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. The images are made with a combination and infrared and visible light, which makes water much more visible than it would be in a photo-like image. In this combination of wavelengths, water is dark blue or black, plant-covered land is green, sparsely vegetated or bare ground is tan-pink, and burned ground is red-brown. Icy clouds are light blue, while water clouds are white. The top image was take on January 23, 2007, shortly after the storm clouds cleared. Compared to the lower image, which was taken on January 2, the Wabash, Ohio, and Little Wabash Rivers are all swollen. By January 25, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3/2007025 ] the floods appeared to be receding. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3/2007025 ] of the Midwest are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Snowstorm in the American Mi
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| Title |
Snowstorm in the American Midwest |
| Description |
The vernal equinox marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. But after a record-setting warm winter, the start of spring 2006 came with an ironic twist: a powerful snowstorm that blanketed most of the American Midwest in heavy snow. According to the Associated Press, snow fell as rapidly as two inches an hour in Illinois and Indiana, while in parts of Nebraska, total accumulations were as much as two feet (roughly 60 centimeters) of snow, closing sections of Interstate 80. In Colorado and Kansas, the same snow system also forced closings along Interstate 70 on March 20. The AP was also reporting that at least five deaths had been attributed to the snow in Colorado, Nebraska, and Texas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite observed the wake behind the storm at 12:55 p.m. Mountain Time (19:45 UTC) on March 21, 2006. In this false-color image, clouds appear white, snow and ice appear blue, and land colors vary from reddish tans to greens in areas of lesser or greater vegetation. While a thin layer of cloud covers much of the area where the heaviest snow fell the previous day, the long, wide swath of blue, occasionally visible through the thin cloud cover, shows the path of the snowstorm. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Snowstorm in the American Mi
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| Title |
Snowstorm in the American Midwest |
| Description |
In the Upper Midwest and the Ohio Valley, a major winter snow storm heralded the arrival of spring in the United States. When the storm clouds cleared over the area southwest of Lake Michigan on March 22, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite captured this image of the swath of snow across the region. Two swaths of snow are visible in the image. One cuts across the top left corner, northeastward through Minnesota into Wisconsin. The second swath passes southeastward, through Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. At upper right, Michigan is hidden by lingering clouds. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides images of the area at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3/2006081/USA3.2006081.aqua ] NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Floods in the U.S. Midwest:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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USA3_AMO_2008149_162
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-06-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
USA3_AMO_2008149_162 |
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Floods in the U.S. Midwest:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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USA3_TMO_2008160
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-06-08 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
USA3_TMO_2008160 |
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Floods in the Southern and M
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Wabash_AMO_2007023
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-01-23 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Wabash_AMO_2007023 |
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Floods in Indiana, Illinois:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Na
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ge_08822
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
? 5/28/2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08822 |
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Floods in Indiana, Illinois:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Na
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ge_08822
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
? 5/28/2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08822 |
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Floods in Indiana, Illinois:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Na
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ge_08822
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
? 5/28/2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08822 |
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Floods in Indiana, Illinois:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Na
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ge_08822
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
? 5/28/2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08822 |
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Floods in Indiana, Illinois:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Na
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ge_08822
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
? 5/28/2008 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08822 |
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Floods in the U.S. Midwest:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Indiana_AMO_2008012
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-01-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Indiana_AMO_2008012 |
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Polynya North of Alaska: Ima
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In August 2006, a -- an irre
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beaufortsea_amo_2006254
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-09-11 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. |
| identifier |
beaufortsea_amo_2006254 |
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Snowstorm in the American Mi
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
In the Upper Midwest and the
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Midwest_snow.AMO2006081
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-03-22 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Midwest_snow.AMO2006081 |
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Floods Along the Ohio River:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rain and snow had swol
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ge_05175
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-01-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The images are available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 additional resolutions . |
| identifier |
ge_05175 |
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Floods Along the Ohio River:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rain and snow had swol
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ge_05175
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-01-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The images are available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 additional resolutions . |
| identifier |
ge_05175 |
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Floods Along the Ohio River:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rain and snow had swol
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ge_05175
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-01-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The images are available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 additional resolutions . |
| identifier |
ge_05175 |
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Floods Along the Ohio River:
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Heavy rain and snow had swol
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ge_05175
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-01-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The images are available in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?USA3 additional resolutions . |
| identifier |
ge_05175 |
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Snowstorm in the American Mi
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The vernal equinox marks the
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midwest_AMO_2006080
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-03-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
midwest_AMO_2006080 |
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Floods in the Ohio River Val
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Ohio_AMO_2005017
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-01-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Ohio_AMO_2005017 |
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