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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
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A thick band of haze hung over the low-lying coastal basin of eastern China on September 17, 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. The smoggy blanket stretched from Beijing in the north to beyond Shanghai (hidden by clouds and haze in the lower right corner of the scene). The haze is especially thick just east of the Taihang Shan range that runs southward from the capital city along the western edge of the coastal plain. The haze is darker and fuzzier than the bright white clouds in this image. Also visible is thick, tan-colored sediment in the waters along the coastline. The Beijing region of China is one of the world's most densely populated areas, producing its share of urban and industrial smog. Beneath the haze, a scattering of small tan circles—cities—dot the green vegetation of the plain. Agricultural fires in the region may have added to the haze. Even though the amount of haze being generated at the time of the image might not have been above normal, weather conditions may have been responsible for keep the pollution trapped over the area. Typhoon Shanshan, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13864 ] located offshore to the east, may have been trapping the air over the region, preventing the haze from dispersing over the ocean. A similar situation occurred in the United States in the summer of 2002, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/IDEA/ ] when Hurricane Gustav off the Carolinas prevented hazy air in the Southeast from dispersing over the Atlantic Ocean, and then Tropical Storm Hannah in the Gulf of Mexico kept it from escaping to the south. Air quality across the South and Southeast was compromised for many days during the event. 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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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan |
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The dust cloud over eastern Asia was so thick on March 21, 2002, that the Korean Peninsula completely disappeared from view in this Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image of the region. Parts of South Korea report that visibility at the surface is less than 50 m (165 feet). Airports throughout the region canceled flights due to the poor visibility. Eyewitnesses in China report that the dust was so thick in Beijing at times that visibility was limited to 100 m (330 feet), while in parts of the Gansu Province visibility was reported at less than 10 m (33 feet). Chinese officials say this is the worst dust storm to hit in more than 10 years. Dust from an earlier event still colors the air to the east of Japan. (The island of Honshu is just peeking out from under the cloud cover in these images.) Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan |
| Description |
A few days earlier than usual, a large, dense plume of dust blew southward and eastward from the desert plains of Mongolia?quite smothering to the residents of Beijing. Citizens of northeastern China call this annual event the ?shachenbao,? or ?dust cloud tempest.? However, the tempest normally occurs during the spring time. The dust storm hit Beijing on Friday night, March 15, and began coating everything with a fine, pale brown layer of grit. The region is quite dry, a problem some believe has been exacerbated by decades of deforestation. According to Chinese government estimates, roughly 1 million tons of desert dust and sand blow into Beijing each year. This true-color image was made using data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard the OrbView-2 satellite, on March 18, 2002. The massive dust storm (brownish pixels) can easily be distinguished from clouds (bright white pixels) as it blows across Japan and out over the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Pollution over China
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Pollution over China |
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Central eastern China was not too cloudy on the last day of 2002. Nevertheless, the ground was hidden from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) in many places by a dense layer of grayish haze that probably was generated by the burning of heating fuels such as coal. North of the worst of the haze and south of Beijing, snow covers much of the North China Plain. The many dark smudges in the snow cover (visible in the full-resolution version) are local population centers. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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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 most of the eastern provinces and almost completely blotting out details of the land surface in this true-color scene. Beijing, China?s capital city, is situated roughly 150 km (93 miles) west of Bo Hai Bay, under what appears to the densest portion of the aerosol pollution. These data were collected on January 11, 2002, by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard OrbView 2. The heavy aerosol concentrations can be seen blowing eastward across the Bo Hai Bay and Yellow Sea. It appears that some of the pollution has reached as far east as North and South Korea and the islands of Japan. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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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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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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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 |
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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 |
| date |
2002-11-21 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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chinadust.TMO2002325 |
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Pollution over East China: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This true-color image over e
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China_AMO2002289
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-10-16 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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China_AMO2002289 |
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Spring Dust Storm Smothers B
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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A few days earlier than usua
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seawifs_dust_20020318
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-03-17 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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seawifs_dust_20020318 |
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A few days earlier than usua
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AsianDust_S2002077
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-03-18 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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AsianDust_S2002077 |
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Airborne Sea of Dust over Ch
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Dust covered northern China
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duststorm_MI032902
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-03-24 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ MISR Team |
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duststorm_MI032902 |
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Pollution over China: Natura
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Central eastern China was no
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ChinaHaze_OSE2002365
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-12-31 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ChinaHaze_OSE2002365 |
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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 |
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2002-03-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ChinaSmog_M2002071 |
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Dust Obscures Korea: Image o
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The dust cloud over eastern
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S2002080030602.L1A_HJMS
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-03-21 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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S2002080030602.L1A_HJMS |
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Beijing, China: Image of the
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Beijing has been one of the
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STS090-714-42_lrg
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002 |
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NASA -- eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS090&roll=714&frame=42 STS090-714-42 was taken with the Hasselblad film camera using a 250 mm lens and was provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
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STS090-714-42_lrg |
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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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Pollution over East China: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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This true-color image over e
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ge_02879
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-10-16 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
| identifier |
ge_02879 |
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Pollution over East China: I
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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This true-color image over e
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ge_02879
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2002-10-16 |
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NASA -- NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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ge_02879 |
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