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Himalayas Exaggerated (Draft
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| Title |
Himalayas Exaggerated (Draft) |
| Abstract |
Satellite photographs (from Terra-MODIS) and computer-generated models help visualize Bangladesh's place in the world. Located in South Asia, it is virtually surrounded by India and the Bay of Bengal to the south. But in many ways, the country's fate is dominated by the world's highest mountain range looming to the north-the Himalayas. |
| Completed |
2002-01-23 |
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Himalayas Exaggerated (Draft
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| Title |
Himalayas Exaggerated (Draft) |
| Abstract |
Satellite photographs (from Terra-MODIS) and computer-generated models help visualize Bangladesh's place in the world. Located in South Asia, it is virtually surrounded by India and the Bay of Bengal to the south. But in many ways, the country's fate is dominated by the world's highest mountain range looming to the north-the Himalayas. |
| Completed |
2002-01-23 |
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Himalayas Exaggerated (versi
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| Title |
Himalayas Exaggerated (version 2.2) |
| Abstract |
Satellite photographs (from Terra-MODIS) and computer-generated models help visualize Bangladesh's place in the world. Located in South Asia, it is virtually surrounded by India and the Bay of Bengal to the south. But in many ways, the country's fate is dominated by the world's highest mountain range looming to the north-the Himalayas. |
| Completed |
2002-04-18 |
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Himalayas Exaggerated (versi
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| Title |
Himalayas Exaggerated (version 2.2) |
| Abstract |
Satellite photographs (from Terra-MODIS) and computer-generated models help visualize Bangladesh's place in the world. Located in South Asia, it is virtually surrounded by India and the Bay of Bengal to the south. But in many ways, the country's fate is dominated by the world's highest mountain range looming to the north-the Himalayas. |
| Completed |
2002-04-18 |
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Chlorophyll in the Bay of Be
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| Title |
Chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal with Fluorescence |
| Abstract |
The following is an excerpt from (http://www-indoex.ucsd.edu). INDOEX [(The Indian Ocean Experiment)] addresses questions of climate change that are of high priority and of great value to the US and the international community. The project's goal is to study natural and anthropogenic climate forcing by aerosols and feedbacks on regional and global climate. This issue is at the core of the International Global Change Research Program and has been identified by IPCC as a major gap in the science of climate change prediction. |
| Completed |
2000-04-13 |
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Chlorophyll in the Bay of Be
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| Title |
Chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal with Fluorescence |
| Abstract |
The following is an excerpt from (http://www-indoex.ucsd.edu). INDOEX [(The Indian Ocean Experiment)] addresses questions of climate change that are of high priority and of great value to the US and the international community. The project's goal is to study natural and anthropogenic climate forcing by aerosols and feedbacks on regional and global climate. This issue is at the core of the International Global Change Research Program and has been identified by IPCC as a major gap in the science of climate change prediction. |
| Completed |
2000-04-13 |
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Chlorophyll in the Bay of Be
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| Title |
Chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal with Fluorescence |
| Abstract |
The following is an excerpt from (http://www-indoex.ucsd.edu). INDOEX [(The Indian Ocean Experiment)] addresses questions of climate change that are of high priority and of great value to the US and the international community. The project's goal is to study natural and anthropogenic climate forcing by aerosols and feedbacks on regional and global climate. This issue is at the core of the International Global Change Research Program and has been identified by IPCC as a major gap in the science of climate change prediction. |
| Completed |
2000-04-13 |
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Chlorophyll in the Bay of Be
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| Title |
Chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal with Fluorescence |
| Abstract |
The following is an excerpt from (http://www-indoex.ucsd.edu). INDOEX [(The Indian Ocean Experiment)] addresses questions of climate change that are of high priority and of great value to the US and the international community. The project's goal is to study natural and anthropogenic climate forcing by aerosols and feedbacks on regional and global climate. This issue is at the core of the International Global Change Research Program and has been identified by IPCC as a major gap in the science of climate change prediction. |
| Completed |
2000-04-13 |
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Agricultural Fires in Northe
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Agricultural Fires in Northern India |
| Description |
Smoke from agricultural fires in northern India continues to back up against the Himalaya Mountains on November 6, 2003. This image shows a river of haze stretching all the way from the Indus River valley (top left) eastward to where the Ganges River empties into the Bay of Bengal (right center edge). At top, the skies over the Tibetan Plateau are clear. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Southern India
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Floods in Southern India |
| Description |
Days of persistent rain caused widespread flooding in Southern India's Tamil Nadu state in late November 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured these two images, which contrast conditions before the floods on November 18, lower image, and during the floods on November 27, top. The images are shown in false color to make water easier to see. In this color combination, water is dark blue or black, plant-covered land is green, clouds are pale blue and white, and bare earth is tan. The images focus on the mouth of the Kollidam River, though the floods extend over a much larger region. Swollen with water, the river and other streams emptying into the Bay of Bengal spread across a wide section of the coast. This same section of coast was also impacted by the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. According to the United Nations Development Program, well over 2 million people have been affected by flooding in Tamil Nadu. The floods have disrupted transportation and destroyed crops across the state. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images of India in a variety of resolutions. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Haze along the Himalaya
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Haze along the Himalaya |
| Description |
A pale gray ribbon of haze snakes along the front of the Himalaya Mountains in northern India in this photo-like image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on December 16, 2006. The haze travels east along the path of the Ganges River and pours out over the Bay of Bengal. Atmospheric pressure combined with geology often trap haze at the base of the Himalaya Mountains. India's rapid industrialization has clearly played a role in producing so much haze. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [ http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0609584104v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=india+rice&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT ] in December 2006, the pollution dims incoming sunlight and reduces rainfall, both of which reduce India's rice harvest. You can also download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Dec2006/nindia_tmo_2006350.kmz ] of the haze along the front of the Himalaya for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Haze along the Himalaya Fron
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Haze along the Himalaya Front Range |
| Description |
What may be a mixture of haze and dust is spread out in a band at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in northern India (occupying most of the scene) and Pakistan (at upper left) and in a second swath in the center of the scene. The haze stretches out over the Mouths of the Ganges River (right center edge) and the Bay of Bengal to the south. Beyond the high peaks of the Himalaya (top), skies are clear over the Tibetan Plateau. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite on November 15, 2004. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Cyclone Mala
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Cyclone Mala |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed in the Bay of Bengal on April 24, 2006. The cyclone has been gradually building strength and size. As of April 26, it was projected to head towards Myanmar, possibly coming ashore there on or around April 29, after grazing along the Andaman Islands. It was not projected to become a particularly powerful storm before reaching the mainland. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on April 26, 2006, at 10:35 a.m. local time (04:35 UTC). Cyclone Mala at this time had a basic rounded form, but lacked the well-developed eye, tight-wound shape, and strong winds of a powerful storm. Sustained, peak winds in the storm system were roughly 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured. NASA image by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from theGoddard Earth Sciences DAAC. [ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Cyclone Mala
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Cyclone Mala |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Mala formed in the Bay of Bengal on April 24, 2006. The cyclone has been gradually building strength and size. As of April 28, it was heading towards Myanmar, possibly coming ashore there on or around April 29. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on April 28, 2006, at 10:05 a.m. local time (04:05 UTC). Cyclone Mala was quite transformed from two days prior. At the time of this image, the storm had the well-developed eye, tight-wound shape, and strong winds of a powerful storm. Sustained, peak winds in the storm system were roughly 210 kilometers per hour (130 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured. The high-resolution image provided above is provided at the full MODIS spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006118-0428/Mala.A2006118.0425 ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Monsoon Flooding in India
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Monsoon Flooding in India |
| Description |
Though water levels have started to drop, the Krishna River was still swollen far beyond its banks on August 12, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The river is overflowing after record-setting monsoon rains fell in western India during July and early August. The water is now draining into the Krishna through its tributaries so that, even though the western floods have lifted, the river is still running high. The false-color images show the eastern reaches of the Krishna River as it flows through Andhra Pradesh. In these images, water is dark blue. The river, tainted with muddy flood water, is lighter blue than the clearer water of the Bay of Bengal, seen in the lower right corner. Clouds are light blue, vegetation is bright green, and bare land is tan. In addition to showing floods, the images show the positive effect of the monsoon rains. In between June 15, when the lower image was taken, and August 12, the landscape had gone from a barren tan to widespread green. The large images provided above show the full extent of the river, though clouds still cover much of the western half of the river. The large images have a resolution of 500 meters per pixel and were created by the MODIS Rapid Response Team, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India4/2005224 ] of India at a variety of resolutions, including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Monsoon Flooding in India
| Title |
Monsoon Flooding in India |
| Description |
Though water levels have started to drop, the Krishna River was still swollen far beyond its banks on August 12, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image. The river is overflowing after record-setting monsoon rains fell in western India during July and early August. The water is now draining into the Krishna through its tributaries so that, even though the western floods have lifted, the river is still running high. The false-color images show the eastern reaches of the Krishna River as it flows through Andhra Pradesh. In these images, water is dark blue. The river, tainted with muddy flood water, is lighter blue than the clearer water of the Bay of Bengal, seen in the lower right corner. Clouds are light blue, vegetation is bright green, and bare land is tan. In addition to showing floods, the images show the positive effect of the monsoon rains. In between June 15, when the lower image was taken, and August 12, the landscape had gone from a barren tan to widespread green. The large images provided above show the full extent of the river, though clouds still cover much of the western half of the river. The large images have a resolution of 500 meters per pixel and were created by the MODIS Rapid Response Team, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India4/2005224 ] of India at a variety of resolutions, including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Smog over the Bay of Bengal
| Title |
Smog over the Bay of Bengal |
| Description |
Against the arcing backdrop of the Himalaya Mountains (top of image), rivers of grayish haze follow the courses of the Ganges River and its tributaries (left) and the Brahmaputra River (right) on February 1, 2006. The plumes appear to combine like their watery counterparts and flow out together over the Bay of Bengal past the Mouths of the Ganges, the multi-pronged delta of the river along the Bangladesh coast. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite. Scientists studying the cloud of haze that frequently lingers over parts of Asia from Pakistan to China and even the Indian and Pacific Oceans have called the pollution the "Asian Brown Cloud." The mix of aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the air) includes smoke from agricultural and home heating and cooking fires, vehicle exhaust, and industrial emissions. In addition to the respiratory problems the persistent haze can cause, it also appears to hinder crops by blocking sunlight and could be altering regional weather. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Thick Haze Over Northern Ind
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Thick Haze Over Northern India |
| Description |
The skies over Northern India are filled with a thick soup of aerosol particles all along the southern edge of the Himalayan Mountains, and streaming southward over Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. Notice that the air over the Tibetan Plateau to the north of the Himalayas is very clear, whereas the view of the land surface south of the mountains is obstructed by the brownish haze. Most of this air pollution comes from human activities. The aerosol over this region is notoriously rich in sulfates, nitrates, organic and black carbon, and fly ash. These particles not only represent a health hazard to those people living in the region, but scientists have also recently found that they can have a significant impact on the region's hydrological cycle and climate (click to read the relevant NASA press release [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2001/200108135050.html ]). This true-color image was acquired on December 4, 2001, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. It is interesting to compare the image above with this earlier MODIS image over the region, acquired on October 23, 2001 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5258 ]. Notice the difference in the clarity of the air over the region in the earlier image. Under the thick plume of aerosol, the Brahmaputra (upper right) and Ganges Rivers are still visible. The many mouths of the Ganges have turned the northern waters of the Bay of Bengal a murky brown as they empty their sediment-laden waters into the bay. Toward the upper lefthand corner of the image, there appears to be a fresh swath of snow on the ground just south of the Himalayas. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Thick Haze Over Northern Ind
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| Title |
Thick Haze Over Northern India |
| Description |
The skies over Northern India are filled with a thick soup of aerosol particles all along the southern edge of the Himalayan Mountains, and streaming southward over Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. Notice that the air over the Tibetan Plateau to the north of the Himalayas is very clear, whereas the view of the land surface south of the mountains is obstructed by the brownish haze. Most of this air pollution comes from human activities. The aerosol over this region is notoriously rich in sulfates, nitrates, organic and black carbon, and fly ash. These particles not only represent a health hazard to those people living in the region, but scientists have also recently found that they can have a significant impact on the region's hydrological cycle and climate (click to read the relevant NASA press release [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2001/200108135050.html ]). This true-color image was acquired on January 14, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Tropical Cyclone 01B
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Tropical Cyclone 01B |
| Description |
On May 14, 2003, the MODIS instrument onboard the NASA's Terra satellite captured this bird's-eye view of Tropical Cyclone 01B in the Bay of Bengal. This satellite image reveals that the low-level circulation is fully exposed to the east of the deep convection (dense cloud). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Tropical Cyclone 03B
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Tropical Cyclone 03B |
| Description |
Cyclonic storms in the Arabian Sea are rare, but not unheard of. Two tropical cyclones in the space of a month, on the other hand, is quite rare indeed. Unlike its predecessor, Tropical Cyclone Gonu, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14295 ] Cyclone 03B originated on the opposite side of the Indian Peninsula in the Bay of Bengal. At 11:10 a.m. local time (06:10 UTC) on June 25, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image, Tropical Cyclone 03B was reforming in the Arabian Sea south of the Pakistan coast after having crossed over India. The storm system has a discernible spiraling shape, but does not appear well-formed in this image. The storm has no distinct eye, suggesting that it was not particularly well organized. At the time, sustained winds were measured at 60 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour) according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center. [ http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/ ] The storm flooded India's Andhra Pradesh province, resulting in 45 deaths, according to Weather Underground. [ http://www.wunderground.com/ ] It also caused flooding and wind damage in Karachi, Pakistan, where the death toll was around 200, according to BBC News. [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/ ] After crossing land, the storm reached the Arabian Sea and began to reform. As of June 26, forecasts were calling for the storm to gain some organization and power, skirt the Pakistan coast, and make landfall again somewhere near the border between Iran and Pakistan. Storm surge from Cyclone 03B was predicted to be moderately high, even though the storm was not strong, since the offshore waters are shallow, similar to the northern Gulf of Mexico. Because these kinds of storms are rare in the area, coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to storm surge damage. You can download a 250-meter-resolution Cyclone 03B KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jun2007/ cyc03b_tmo_2007158.kmz ] for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Tropical Cyclone Baaz Approa
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Tropical Cyclone Baaz Approaches India |
| Description |
On November 29, 2005, a tropical cyclone brewed in the Bay of Bengal off the southern coast of India near the island of Sri Lanka. This image of the organizing storm, called Baaz, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Tuesday, November 29, at 5:05 UTC (10:35 a.m. local time). The storm does not have the classical cyclone shape in the image, but some arcing bands of clouds are beginning to take shape to the northeast of the storm's core, and several areas of "boiling" clouds suggest intense thunderstorm activity. As of the early afternoon of November 30, the storm had slowed in its west-northwest progress toward land, and forecasters at the Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center were predicting that the storm would be arriving at the coast of India within 48 hours. According to news reports, thousands of people were evacuating the low-lying coastal states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in southern India, areas which were affected by the December 2004 tsunami as well as by flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13263 ] in recent weeks. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ]Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Tropical Cyclone Gonu
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Tropical Cyclone Gonu |
| Description |
A storm with near-perfect symmetry and a well-defined eye hovering over the warm waters of the Caribbean or in the South Pacific is not unusual, but Tropical Cyclone Gonu showed up in a rather different place: the Arabian Sea. Though rare, cyclones like Gonu are not unheard of in the northern Indian Ocean basin. Most cyclones that form in the region form over the Bay of Bengal, east of India. Those that take shape over the Arabian Sea, west of the Indian peninsula, tend to be small and fizzle out before coming ashore. Cyclone Gonu was a rare exception. According to storm statistics maintained on Unisys Weather, [ http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ ] the last storm of this size to form over the Arabian Sea was Cyclone 01A, which tracked northwest along the coast of India between May 21 and May 28, 2001. Unlike Gonu's forecasted track, Cyclone 01A's path never brought it ashore. At 9:35 a.m. local time (06:35 UTC) on June 5, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image, Tropical Cyclone Gonu was approaching the northeastern shore of Oman. At this time, the powerful storm had reached a dangerous Category 4 [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ] status. Sustained winds were measured at 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour) according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center, [ http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/ ] at the time of this MODIS image. The storm has the hallmark tightly wound arms that spiral around a well-defined, circular eye. The eye is surrounded by a wall of towering clouds that cast shadows on the surrounding clouds. Called hot towers, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17662 ], these clouds are a sign of the powerful uplift that feeds the storm. The symmetrical spirals, distinct eye, and towering clouds are all features regularly seen in satellite images of other particularly powerful cyclones, which are also known as typhoons or hurricanes when they form in other parts of the world. The forecast as of June 5 called for the storm to graze Oman's shore, but with the center of the storm staying offshore in the Gulf of Oman. The storm's first landfall was predicted to be in southern Iran. The cooler water along the Oman coast was expected to rob the storm of some of its intensity, and it was predicted to strike the Iranian coast at around Category 1 strength. If, however, the forecast track is not quite right and the storm stays farther from shore over shallower and much warmer waters in the Gulf of Oman, it could make landfall while still packing Category 3 winds. In either case, communities along the Gulf of Oman are poorly prepared for hurricanes, given their rarity, and severe damage to cities and oil platforms is possible due to winds and storm surge. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS' full spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2007156-0605/Gonu.A2007156.0635 ] You can download a 250-meter-resolution Cyclone Gonu KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jun2007/Gonu.A2007156.0635.250m.kmz ] for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Tropical Cyclone Sidr
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Tropical Cyclone Sidr |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Sidr was continuing its northward progress over the Bay of Bengal on November 14, 2007. It was moving north toward the Mouths of the Ganges at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour (8 miles per hour), and winds in the storm system were raging at 220 km/hr (140 mph) near the storm's center, making it a Category 4 strength [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ] tropical cyclone. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired this photo-like image at 10:15 a.m. local time (4:45 UTC) on November 14, 2007. Tropical Cyclone Sidr appears here as a well-developed and distinct ball of circling clouds, the storm has a distinct but cloudy eye at its center. An extended arm of clouds reaches northward from the storm across Bangladesh, bringing the influence of the storm onshore already even though it was hundreds of kilometers to the south. Western Bangladesh, where the storm appeared to be headed as of November 15, is the most heavily populated low-lying area in the world, with a history of severe causalities from previous storms due to both direct flooding and storm surge. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center [ https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php ] was predicting that the storm would weaken, but still make landfall with hurricane-force winds. In 1970, a Category 3 storm that made landfall in the same vicinity caused 300,000 deaths and was one of the most deadly natural disasters in modern history. Another 138,000 people perished in 1991 from another such cyclone. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Tropical Cyclone Sidr
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Tropical Cyclone Sidr |
| Description |
Tropical Cyclone Sidr was gathering strength when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this photo-like image on November 12, 2007. The storm's swirling clouds straddle the center of the Bay of Bengal, with the eastern shores of Sri Lanka and India forming the left edge of the image. At the time that this image was taken, Sidr was relatively small, with sustained winds estimated at 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour or 55 knots), the equivalent of an Atlantic tropical storm. Despite its small size, Sidr is well-formed, with a dark spot near the center where an eye may be developing surrounded by tight bands of clouds. On November 12, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center [ https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php ] forecast that Sidr would grow to the equivalent of a Category 2 storm, with sustained winds of 170 km/hr (100 mph or 90 knots) by November 14. NASA image by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Flooding in Eastern India
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Flooding in Eastern India |
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India's annual monsoon triggered widespread flooding throughout the country in early July 2007. In West Bengal, ABC News [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/08/1972766.htm ] reported, nearly a million people were stranded by flooding. Every major river in the East Indian state was swollen from torrential rain and releases from too-full reservoirs, ABC added. As of July 10, at least 187 people had died and 7 million had been affected by flooding across India, said Reuters. [ http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSDEL267798._CH_.2400 ] This image shows extensive flooding in West Bengal (top) and northern Orissa (lower left) as seen by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on July 9, 2007. The lower image was taken on May 31, before the monsoon rains started. In this type of image, water is typically black, as seen in the Bay of Bengal. However, the water is heavily laden with mud in the flooded landscape, so its coloring is light blue. The extensive floods cut between the channels of the Ganges River, which flow into the Bay of Bengal in the center of the image, and extend southwest along the coast. Additional flooding is visible in the large image, which shows a broader area. Clouds, which appear light blue and white in this image made from infrared and visible light, cover the floods in Bangladesh to the east. In addition to causing floods, the monsoon rains have brought new life to eastern India. The landscape has gone from the tan-pink of bare earth to the bright green that indicates plant cover. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of the flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jul2007/eindia_tmo_2007190.kmz ] and comparison imagery from May 31, suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Flooding in Eastern India
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Flooding in Eastern India |
| Description |
India's annual monsoon triggered widespread flooding throughout the country in early July 2007. In West Bengal, ABC News [ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/08/1972766.htm ] reported, nearly a million people were stranded by flooding. Every major river in the East Indian state was swollen from torrential rain and releases from too-full reservoirs, ABC added. As of July 10, at least 187 people had died and 7 million had been affected by flooding across India, said Reuters. [ http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSDEL267798._CH_.2400 ] This image shows extensive flooding in West Bengal (top) and northern Orissa (lower left) as seen by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on July 9, 2007. The lower image was taken on May 31, before the monsoon rains started. In this type of image, water is typically black, as seen in the Bay of Bengal. However, the water is heavily laden with mud in the flooded landscape, so its coloring is light blue. The extensive floods cut between the channels of the Ganges River, which flow into the Bay of Bengal in the center of the image, and extend southwest along the coast. Additional flooding is visible in the large image, which shows a broader area. Clouds, which appear light blue and white in this image made from infrared and visible light, cover the floods in Bangladesh to the east. In addition to causing floods, the monsoon rains have brought new life to eastern India. The landscape has gone from the tan-pink of bare earth to the bright green that indicates plant cover. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of the flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jul2007/eindia_tmo_2007190.kmz ] and comparison imagery from May 31, suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Flooding in Myanmar
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Flooding in Myanmar |
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On May 19, 2004, a tropical cyclone [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12148 ] moved ashore over northern Myanmar bringing strong tidal surges and coastal flooding. As of June 4, the government estimated that 220 people had died and others are still missing. Over 18,000 were left homeless. On May 26, one week after the storm moved ashore, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected ongoing flooding near the Bay of Bengal. In the false-color image, left, the flooded area is blue. By comparison, a MODIS image taken on May 10 shows dry land (tan pixels) where the blue flood waters are in the flooded scene. In both images, clouds are light blue. NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Flooding in Myanmar
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Flooding in Myanmar |
| Description |
On May 19, 2004, a tropical cyclone [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12148 ] moved ashore over northern Myanmar bringing strong tidal surges and coastal flooding. As of June 4, the government estimated that 220 people had died and others are still missing. Over 18,000 were left homeless. On May 26, one week after the storm moved ashore, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected ongoing flooding near the Bay of Bengal. In the false-color image, left, the flooded area is blue. By comparison, a MODIS image taken on May 10 shows dry land (tan pixels) where the blue flood waters are in the flooded scene. In both images, clouds are light blue. NASA image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Floods in Bangladesh
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Floods in Bangladesh |
| Description |
Dozens of villages were inundated when rain pushed the rivers of northwestern Bangladesh over their banks in early October 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the flooded Ghaghat and Atrai Rivers on October 12, 2005. The deep blue of the rivers is spread across the countryside in the flood image, and a few clouds—light blue and white in this false-color treatment—cover the region. Low-lying Bangladesh floods often. The country is built over the flood plains of three major rivers, the Brahmaputra, Meghna, and Ganges Rivers. The three rivers converge in Bangladesh and empty into the Bay of Bengal through the largest river delta in the world. The flat land within each flood plain is fertile, and the country is densely populated. As a result, floods on any of the three rivers can affect a vast number of people. When all of the rivers run high with monsoon rains and melting snow from the Himalaya Mountains (the source of the rivers), much of Bangladesh can be under water. See Asian Monsoons [ http://earthbulletin.amnh.org/C/3/2/index.html ] from the American Museum of Natural History to learn more.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Bangladesh ] of Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh
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Floods in Bangladesh |
| Description |
Dozens of villages were inundated when rain pushed the rivers of northwestern Bangladesh over their banks in early October 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image of the flooded Ghaghat and Atrai Rivers on October 12, 2005. The deep blue of the rivers is spread across the countryside in the flood image, and a few clouds—light blue and white in this false-color treatment—cover the region. Low-lying Bangladesh floods often. The country is built over the flood plains of three major rivers, the Brahmaputra, Meghna, and Ganges Rivers. The three rivers converge in Bangladesh and empty into the Bay of Bengal through the largest river delta in the world. The flat land within each flood plain is fertile, and the country is densely populated. As a result, floods on any of the three rivers can affect a vast number of people. When all of the rivers run high with monsoon rains and melting snow from the Himalaya Mountains (the source of the rivers), much of Bangladesh can be under water. See Asian Monsoons [ http://earthbulletin.amnh.org/C/3/2/index.html ] from the American Museum of Natural History to learn more.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_Bangladesh ] of Bangladesh 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 East India
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Floods in East India |
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Monsoon rains combined with a tropical depression to leave portions of India's Orissa state flooded starting on September 22, 2007, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LRON-77FJAN?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000083-IND ]). By September 27, every river system except the Mahanadi was flooded. This image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 30, 2007, shows significant flooding in northeastern Orissa, one of the hardest-hit regions of the state. The most severe flooding shown in the image is around the Brahmani River, where water covers tens of kilometers of land that had been dry a little more than two weeks earlier (lower image). Clouds, light blue and white in this combination of infrared and visible light, still cover parts of the flood scene. Unlike the Bay of Bengal, which is black in these images, the water in the river systems and flood areas is bright blue against a backdrop of green, plant-covered land. This is a sign that mud-laden run-off fills the rivers. A cloud of sediment runs from the mouth of the Mahanadi River into the Bay of Bengal. This sediment may come from floods, but it may also be from coastal erosion. The tropical depression that brought the flood-inducing rain also brought battering waves to the coast of India. As much as 50 meters of shore washed away in the Paradeep port, near the sediment plume, said the IFRC. The floods are just the latest in a series of floods that have swept across India since the summer monsoon started in June. Earlier in September, MODIS observed extensive flooding in northeastern India's Bihar [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14518 ] state, and Orissa and West Bengal [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14364 ] were flooded in July. The late-September flood claimed at least 88 lives in Orissa and West Bengal, reported the AFP news service [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/THOU-77K3CT?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000083-IND ] on September 29. With these new deaths, more than 3,100 people have died as a result of floods or rain throughout India during the 2007 summer monsoon, said AFP.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India3 ] of East India 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 East India
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Floods in East India |
| Description |
Monsoon rains combined with a tropical depression to leave portions of India's Orissa state flooded starting on September 22, 2007, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LRON-77FJAN?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000083-IND ]). By September 27, every river system except the Mahanadi was flooded. This image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on September 30, 2007, shows significant flooding in northeastern Orissa, one of the hardest-hit regions of the state. The most severe flooding shown in the image is around the Brahmani River, where water covers tens of kilometers of land that had been dry a little more than two weeks earlier (lower image). Clouds, light blue and white in this combination of infrared and visible light, still cover parts of the flood scene. Unlike the Bay of Bengal, which is black in these images, the water in the river systems and flood areas is bright blue against a backdrop of green, plant-covered land. This is a sign that mud-laden run-off fills the rivers. A cloud of sediment runs from the mouth of the Mahanadi River into the Bay of Bengal. This sediment may come from floods, but it may also be from coastal erosion. The tropical depression that brought the flood-inducing rain also brought battering waves to the coast of India. As much as 50 meters of shore washed away in the Paradeep port, near the sediment plume, said the IFRC. The floods are just the latest in a series of floods that have swept across India since the summer monsoon started in June. Earlier in September, MODIS observed extensive flooding in northeastern India's Bihar [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14518 ] state, and Orissa and West Bengal [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14364 ] were flooded in July. The late-September flood claimed at least 88 lives in Orissa and West Bengal, reported the AFP news service [ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/THOU-77K3CT?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=FF-2007-000083-IND ] on September 29. With these new deaths, more than 3,100 people have died as a result of floods or rain throughout India during the 2007 summer monsoon, said AFP.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_India3 ] of East India 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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Deadly Floods Sweep Across N
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Cyclone Nargis: Natural Haza
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In early May 2008, Cyclone N
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Record Crops in India: Natur
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Floods in India and Banglade
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