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Haze in Eastern China
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Haze in Eastern China |
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Haze collected south of Beijing on August 13, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image the same day. In this image, haze snakes its way northward from an especially heavy concentration just east of the Yellow Sea. The haze likely resulted from a combination of industrial smog and smoke from wildfires. Weather patterns may have played a role in trapping the haze in this region, Typhoon Pabuk made landfall near Hong Kong and traveled northward along the coast. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4/ ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
More haze filled the skies of eastern China on September 20, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. Unlike the smog in the region on September 17, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13877 ] however, this haze did not hug the coastal plain east of the Taihang Shan range. Instead, it blended with clouds over the mountains while leaving the coast near the Yellow Sea relatively clear. In this image, the haze appears as a pale, dingy gray mass with ill-defined borders, in contrast to the bright white clouds. Weather patterns, including the presence of Typhoon Shanshan [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13883 ] in the region, may have caused this haze to accumulate in eastern China. Because China's Beijing region is one of the world's most densely populated and is urbanizing rapidly, it produces urban and industrial smog, along with smoke from agricultural fires. Where the skies are clear, cities appear as tan dots surrounded by a green landscape. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Sandstorms Sweep Across Nort
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Sandstorms Sweep Across Northern China |
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Powerful sandstorms have scoured Northern China in recent days. In some places, visibility has dropped to 100 meters (330 feet) in the most intense sandstorm so far this year. About 70 million people in 11 provinces have been affected by strong winds and blowing sand. On March 28, 2004, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this view of the dust moving over the Yellow Sea. The thickness of the dust has nearly obscured the sea. On the left side of the image, the dust and cloud are covering the nation's capital, Beijing. The high resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Smog and Sand over Beijing
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Smog and Sand over Beijing |
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Thick sand from one of China's famed sandstorms clouded the air over Beijing on April 17, 2006. The storm swept east from the border region between China and Mongolia and blanketed cities across China with gritty yellow sand. The storm was the eighth and worst such storm of 2006, reported the BBC. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture on the morning of April 17. In this image, a thick band of tan dust obscures the view of the land surface below. Immediately east of the sandstorm are thick clouds, colored tan by the airborne dust. Along the coastlines, brownish sediments from both China and the Korean Peninsula cloud the Yellow Sea. As Terra captured this image, The Korea Times predicted that the storm would strike Korea on the evening of April 17, 2006. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. [ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast |
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A thick shroud of haze lingers over China, turning the sky an opaque grey over much of the eastern portion of the country. Beijing, China?s capital city, is situated roughly 150 km (93 miles) west of Bo Hai Bay, just north of what appears to the densest portion of the aerosol pollution in this true-color scene. The heavy aerosol concentrations can be seen blowing eastward across the Bo Hai Bay and Yellow Sea. These data were collected on March 12, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC |
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Spring Dust Storms Scour Chi
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Spring Dust Storms Scour China |
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Just as flowering and greening plants, migrating birds, and flooding herald the coming of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, dust storms are a sign of spring in northern China. Cold fronts from Siberia to the north bring strong winds to the deserts of Inner Mongolia. The winds pick up sand and carry it southeast over the densely populated region surrounding the Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. In the most powerful storms, the dust may be carried all the way across the Pacific Ocean to North America. The storms subside in mid-May when warm air moves up from the southwest. On April 20, 2005, 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 of dust over the Yellow Sea. The storm that generated this dense brown cloud of dust covered much of Northern China, including Beijing, with a dusty haze. The dust blew east into Korea, where officials referred to it as the worst dust storm so far this year. The winds are expected to calm on Friday, April 22, 2005. Not all of the brown seen in this image is caused by airborne dust. Near the shores, sediment colors the water of the Yellow Sea. The brown of the sediment fades to green as the dirt is diluted in the sea. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Widespread Smoke, Fires Acro
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Widespread Smoke, Fires Across Eastern China |
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Many fires (red pixels) were burning across the Henan Province in eastern China on June 7, 2002, filling the skies with a thick pall of greyish smoke as far north as Beijing. The smoke appears to be blowing northeastward over the Yellow Sea toward Korea and Japan. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor?s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002158-0607 ] site. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust over the Yellow Sea: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On May 20, 2008, a strong du
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yellowsea_tmo_2008142
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2008-05-21 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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yellowsea_tmo_2008142 |
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Dust Storm over East Asia: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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March often brings an increa
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ge_08477
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-03-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08477 |
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Dust Storm over East Asia: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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March often brings an increa
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ge_08477
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-03-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_08477 |
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Dust Storm over East Asia: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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asdust_tmo_2008061
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2008-03-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
asdust_tmo_2008061 |
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Haze in Eastern China: Natur
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Haze collected south of Beij
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china_tmo_2007225
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2007-08-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
china_tmo_2007225 |
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Pollution over China: Natura
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This true-color image over n
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chinadust.TMO2002325
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-11-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
chinadust.TMO2002325 |
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Pollution over China: Natura
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This true-color image over n
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chinadust.TMO2002325
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-11-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
chinadust.TMO2002325 |
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Haze over Eastern China: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
More haze filled the skies o
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chinahaze_tmo_2006263
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2006-09-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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chinahaze_tmo_2006263 |
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Spring Dust Storms Scour Chi
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Just as flowering and greeni
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YellowSea_TMO_2005110
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2005-04-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
YellowSea_TMO_2005110 |
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A thick shroud of haze linge
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ChinaSmog_M2002071
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-03-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ChinaSmog_M2002071 |
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Dust Storm over Eastern Chin
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Thick sand from one of China
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nechina_tmo_2006107
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2006-04-17 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
nechina_tmo_2006107 |
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Widespread Smoke, Fires Acro
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Many fires (red pixels) were
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ChinaSmoke_TMO2002158
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-06-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ChinaSmoke_TMO2002158 |
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