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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Seco
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| Title |
Terra: Focus on INDOEX (Second Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (second version). 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 |
2000-04-15 |
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Indonesian Tropospheric Ozon
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| Title |
Indonesian Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosol Index |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2000-10-19 |
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Indonesian Tropospheric Ozon
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| Title |
Indonesian Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosol Index |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2000-10-19 |
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Indonesian Tropospheric Ozon
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| Title |
Indonesian Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosol Index |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2000-10-19 |
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Indonesian Tropospheric Ozon
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| Title |
Indonesian Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosol Index |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2000-10-19 |
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Indonesian Tropospheric Ozon
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| Title |
Indonesian Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosol Index |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2000-10-19 |
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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Focus on INDOEX (First Versi
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| Title |
Focus on INDOEX (First Version) |
| Abstract |
Showing various registered datasets of the INDOEX region (first version). 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 projectandapos;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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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean to Indonesia Zoom |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indian Ocean to Indonesia Zoom |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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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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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke
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| Title |
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia |
| Abstract |
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray. |
| Completed |
2001-03-06 |
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Floods in Madagascar
| Title |
Floods in Madagascar |
| Description |
*Floods in Madagascar* Mud-rich water gushes off the northwestern shore of Madagascar in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Elita [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11929 ] in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image acquired by the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on February 8, 2004. The storm first came ashore near this area on January 29. Elita drifted down the west coast, and then pulled back into the Mozambique Channel, where it hovered offshore for many days, dropping as much as 20 inches of rain in northwestern Madagascar. On February 3, Elita cut across the island for a second time, spinning out into the Indian Ocean on February 4. By the time the storm passed, 18,000 people were left homeless and 6 died, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The intense rains destroyed buildings and pushed rivers to overflowing. When this image was taken, four days after the storm had passed, the rivers were still swollen with reddish mud. A halo of green rings the coast where sediment has washed off the shores and is diffusing in the ocean water. The high resolution image provided above has a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The image is available in additional resolutions, including MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Floods in Northern Australia
| Title |
Floods in Northern Australia |
| Description |
Though Cyclone George was a very weak storm when it passed over Australia's Northern Territory on March 1 and March 2, 2007, it brought widespread rain and high tides to the region. The rain and tides triggered floods along the coast and in river systems, which are shown in the top image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on March 8. The lower image, taken on February 15, 2007, shows the area before the storm came ashore. In these images, made with visible and infrared light, water is black or dark blue. Most striking in the March 8 image are the dark pools of water along the coast and in coastal inlets. The wetlands that jut in from the northern shore have expanded into wide, triangular rivers. To the southwest, the Daly River and nearby wetlands are also flooded. Signs of flooding are also visible in the Indian Ocean. Though sunlight reflecting off the water makes the color hard to distinguish, the water near shore is blue, not black as it was in February. When flood water drains into the ocean, it carries sediment from the run-off. The sediment scatters light, lending the water the blue color seen here. Clouds in this type of image are pale blue and white. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, the floods swamped the rail line that connects Darwin to southern Australia, cutting off rail travel. The floods also inundated the small community of Oenpelli, in the upper right corner of the image. By March 8, when the image was captured, the floods had started to recede. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia2/2007067 ] of the flood area are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Northern Australia
| Title |
Floods in Northern Australia |
| Description |
Though Cyclone George was a very weak storm when it passed over Australia's Northern Territory on March 1 and March 2, 2007, it brought widespread rain and high tides to the region. The rain and tides triggered floods along the coast and in river systems, which are shown in the top image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on March 8. The lower image, taken on February 15, 2007, shows the area before the storm came ashore. In these images, made with visible and infrared light, water is black or dark blue. Most striking in the March 8 image are the dark pools of water along the coast and in coastal inlets. The wetlands that jut in from the northern shore have expanded into wide, triangular rivers. To the southwest, the Daly River and nearby wetlands are also flooded. Signs of flooding are also visible in the Indian Ocean. Though sunlight reflecting off the water makes the color hard to distinguish, the water near shore is blue, not black as it was in February. When flood water drains into the ocean, it carries sediment from the run-off. The sediment scatters light, lending the water the blue color seen here. Clouds in this type of image are pale blue and white. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, the floods swamped the rail line that connects Darwin to southern Australia, cutting off rail travel. The floods also inundated the small community of Oenpelli, in the upper right corner of the image. By March 8, when the image was captured, the floods had started to recede. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia2/2007067 ] of the flood area are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Southern Africa
| Title |
Floods in Southern Africa |
| Description |
Widespread floods were evident in central Mozambique when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image on January 23, 2007. Water, black against the bright green vegetation in these infrared-enhanced images, spreads in a wide line parallel to the coast. A week earlier, when MODIS on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired the lower image, the water was isolated to the wetlands around the river. According to local news reports, [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200701220205.html ] parts of the provincial capital, Quelimane, were under water after 339.2 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours on January 21, more rain than the region typically receives during the entire month of January. The floods forced at least 400 families from their homes in the city. Though Quelimane was visible on January 16 as a pale brown-gray patch on the north bank of the river, it was covered by clouds on January 23. The clouds are pale blue and white in these false-color images. The silvery color of the Indian Ocean in the lower image is caused by sunlight reflecting off the water's surface. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Mozambique/2007023 ] of Mozambique are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Southern Africa
| Title |
Floods in Southern Africa |
| Description |
Widespread floods were evident in central Mozambique when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured the top image on January 23, 2007. Water, black against the bright green vegetation in these infrared-enhanced images, spreads in a wide line parallel to the coast. A week earlier, when MODIS on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired the lower image, the water was isolated to the wetlands around the river. According to local news reports, [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200701220205.html ] parts of the provincial capital, Quelimane, were under water after 339.2 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours on January 21, more rain than the region typically receives during the entire month of January. The floods forced at least 400 families from their homes in the city. Though Quelimane was visible on January 16 as a pale brown-gray patch on the north bank of the river, it was covered by clouds on January 23. The clouds are pale blue and white in these false-color images. The silvery color of the Indian Ocean in the lower image is caused by sunlight reflecting off the water's surface. Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Mozambique/2007023 ] of Mozambique are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Southern India
| Title |
Floods in Southern India |
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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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Floods in West Africa
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Floods in West Africa |
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The season's rain came late to parts of the African Sahel, but the tardy downpour was heavy and steady throughout August and into September 2007. Though good for crops, the rains swelled rivers from the West African Atlantic coastline to the Horn of Africa abutting the Indian Ocean. As of September 17, the floods had impacted more than a million people across 17 countries, reported BBC News. [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6998651.stm ] Among the countries affected by flooding were Senegal and Mauritania. The border between the two countries is defined by the Senegal River, which was flooded on September 16, 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 lower image shows the river on July 23, 2007, before the steady rains started. These false-color images were made with a combination of visible and infrared light so that water is black or, when colored by mud, blue. The Senegal River painted a thin blue line across the sparsely vegetated, tan-pink landscape on July 23. By September, floods pooled on either side of the river. The river's tributaries in Mauritania were swollen, as was the Senegal River near its mouth. Additional proof of recent rain can be seen in the changing color of the surrounding land, which was colored green with new plants in September. A harbinger of the coming rains, turquoise and white clouds cover the southern half of the scene on July 23. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images of West Africa. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?NAfrica_2_02/2007259 ] |
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Floods in West Africa
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Floods in West Africa |
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The season's rain came late to parts of the African Sahel, but the tardy downpour was heavy and steady throughout August and into September 2007. Though good for crops, the rains swelled rivers from the West African Atlantic coastline to the Horn of Africa abutting the Indian Ocean. As of September 17, the floods had impacted more than a million people across 17 countries, reported BBC News. [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6998651.stm ] Among the countries affected by flooding were Senegal and Mauritania. The border between the two countries is defined by the Senegal River, which was flooded on September 16, 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 lower image shows the river on July 23, 2007, before the steady rains started. These false-color images were made with a combination of visible and infrared light so that water is black or, when colored by mud, blue. The Senegal River painted a thin blue line across the sparsely vegetated, tan-pink landscape on July 23. By September, floods pooled on either side of the river. The river's tributaries in Mauritania were swollen, as was the Senegal River near its mouth. Additional proof of recent rain can be seen in the changing color of the surrounding land, which was colored green with new plants in September. A harbinger of the coming rains, turquoise and white clouds cover the southern half of the scene on July 23. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images of West Africa. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?NAfrica_2_02/2007259 ] |
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Floods in Western Australia
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Floods in Western Australia |
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Although eight days had passed since Cyclone Emma drenched northwestern Australia, flooding was more dramatic than it had been immediately after the storm came ashore on March 1, 2006. By March 8, top image, upstream floodwater had swollen the web of rivers in the center of the image and spread across the dry landscape. Additional flooding is apparent near the shore along the top of the image, and the cloud of bright blue offshore indicates that mud-laden water is draining into the Indian Ocean. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the floods had stranded or killed cattle in the rural region.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia1/ ] of northwestern Australia are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Western Australia
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Floods in Western Australia |
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Although eight days had passed since Cyclone Emma drenched northwestern Australia, flooding was more dramatic than it had been immediately after the storm came ashore on March 1, 2006. By March 8, top image, upstream floodwater had swollen the web of rivers in the center of the image and spread across the dry landscape. Additional flooding is apparent near the shore along the top of the image, and the cloud of bright blue offshore indicates that mud-laden water is draining into the Indian Ocean. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the floods had stranded or killed cattle in the rural region.Daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia1/ ] of northwestern Australia are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Western Australia
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Floods in Western Australia |
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The Murchison River of central Western Australia was still grossly swollen on March 12, 2006, 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 flooding started when Cyclone Emma dumped heavy rain over the river basin on March 1. Since then, the glut of flood water has steadily made its way downstream, making the river bulge as it went. On March 9, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the river was at its highest level on record, expanding to more than ten kilometers wide in places. In the days following March 12, the flood water was expected to drain into the Indian Ocean through Kalbarri National Park and the city of Kalbarri. In the image, the flood-widened river is a ribbon of blue, particularly in the southwestern reaches of the river. In these areas, the river had been a barely discernable blue line on February 20, lower image, before the cyclone hit. The large images have a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. They are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia4/2006071/Australia4.2006071.terra.721 ], including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel, from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Floods in Western Australia
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Floods in Western Australia |
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The Murchison River of central Western Australia was still grossly swollen on March 12, 2006, 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 flooding started when Cyclone Emma dumped heavy rain over the river basin on March 1. Since then, the glut of flood water has steadily made its way downstream, making the river bulge as it went. On March 9, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the river was at its highest level on record, expanding to more than ten kilometers wide in places. In the days following March 12, the flood water was expected to drain into the Indian Ocean through Kalbarri National Park and the city of Kalbarri. In the image, the flood-widened river is a ribbon of blue, particularly in the southwestern reaches of the river. In these areas, the river had been a barely discernable blue line on February 20, lower image, before the cyclone hit. The large images have a resolution of 500 meters per pixel. They are available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia4/2006071/Australia4.2006071.terra.721 ], including MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel, from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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