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Haze Over Eastern China
Title Haze Over Eastern China
Description *Haze Over Eastern China* The widespread pall of haze and pollution continued to hang over eastern China on February 15, 2004. Some of the pollution can be seen blowing over and just north of Taiwan and eastward far out to sea over the Pacific Ocean in this true-color image acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS). The strong winds blowing over eastern China have several other effects evident in this scene. Note the patterns of suspended sediments (light browns and turquoise) in the East China Sea, which are being churned up in the water column by the strong winds. These sediments are being washed out of the mouth of the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay in such abundance that they color the water a deep caramel along a long stretch of coastline, making it almost indistinguishable from land in some areas. Note also the cloud vortex streets extending southward from Korea and Japan, as well as the brownish dust and haze streaming eastward north of Tokyo. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ]
Haze Over Eastern China
Title Haze Over Eastern China
Description The air over the eastern China cleared somewhat on February 25, 2004, as the haze and pollution (gray pixels) moved eastward over the East China Sea and toward the open Pacific Ocean. There also continues to be a large amount of sediment (light brown) washing into the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC
Heavy Sediment from the Yang …
Title Heavy Sediment from the Yangtze River
Description The heavy load of sediments carried by the Yangtze River into the East China Sea colored the waters along the Chinese coastline light brown on April 12, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.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 site. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC
Heavy Smoke over China
Title Heavy Smoke over China
Description There was a thick layer of smog (greyish pixels) over central portions of China on July 11, 2002, while a thick pall of smoke from dozens of fires (red pixels) in the east obscured the Chinese coastline. There also appears to be a heavy sediment loading (reddish brown pixels) being carried by the Yangtze River into the East China Sea?probably the result of heavy rains and high water levels further inland. This true-color image was acquired on July 11 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, flying aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Particle Pollution in Easter …
Title Particle Pollution in Eastern China
Description This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from October 22, 2004, shows trans-boundary pollution from eastern China spreading out over the east China Sea south of the Korean Peninsula (top right) and out of the scene at image right, where the westernmost edge of the Japanese island of Kyushu is visible. Urban and industrial pollution is a major environmental concern for China and the countries downwind. This image was captured by the MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite. Other geographic reference points include the island of Taiwan, at bottom center, and the mouth of the Yangtze River, roughly in image center. Just south of South Korea, the island of Cheju is creating a swirling wake in the clouds to its south. Cheju is home to the Halla volcano, a shield volcano that last erupted in 1007. It appears that a plume of dust or smoke from the island is joining the larger flow from mainland China. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team.
Particle Pollution in Easter …
Title Particle Pollution in Eastern China
Description The atmosphere is a globally shared natural resource, and this image from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) illustrates the point. A pool of air pollution has spread out over eastern China and then slipped over the coast like water over a dam. A river of haze flows across the East China Sea past the Korean Peninsula and northeastward toward Japan, where it arcs along the western coastline of the island chain before disappearing out of the scene at upper right. Rapidly developing China is the world?s second largest consumer of energy (the United States is first), and its primary fuel is coal, most of it burned in inefficient power plants that emit large amounts of carbon emissions and sulfur dioxide, which is the precursor to acid rain. Increasing affluence in the country is also giving rise to a vehicle boom. As cities become more and more clogged with cars, skies become more and more clogged with automobile emissions. Scenes such as this one from October 22, 2004, are not uncommon for this region. With the typical Northern Hemisphere ?Westerlies? flowing from west to east across the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the air pollution from eastern China regularly spreads to South Korea and Japan and out over the Pacific Ocean. Trans-boundary pollution occurs in many places across the globe, and most nations are simultaneously sources of pollution for countries ?downwind,? and recipients of another country?s pollution. 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
Particle Pollution in Easter …
Title Particle Pollution in Eastern China
Description Thick pearly white haze hung heavily over much of Eastern China on October 25, 2004, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. The haze has lingered over China for much of October, trapped in place largely by a string of typhoons moving through the East China Sea. The remnants of the most recent typhoon, Nock-ten, is visible along the right edge of the image. The thickest smog is in the north, near China?s capital, Beijing, top right. The most current image of the Beijing region as well as additional resolutions of this image are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ]. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC
Particle Pollution in Easter …
Title Particle Pollution in Eastern China
Description Thick haze blanketed much of China on November 4, 2004. Haze is a frequent problem in China, where coal is a source of energy and heat for many. In anticipation of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing has set a plan in action to reduce haze over the city, which is located near the left edge of the image. The city plans to relocate several factories and switch to natural gas where possible to cut down on pollution. Beijing is not the only part of China being affected by the haze on November 4. The thick air stretches from the southern edge of the Gobi Desert (left) down to the South China Sea (right), and from the East China Sea (top) to the mountains of central China (right)—a distance of well over 2,000 kilometers in each direction. The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this image on November 4, 2004. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ].
Super Typhoon Maemi
Title Super Typhoon Maemi
Description *animations:* animation (4 MB MPEG) As Typhoon Maemi was churning in the waters of the East China Sea, the TRMM satellite captured this image. The accompanying visualization zooms down to the storm and peels away the clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Yellow areas represent areas where rain is falling at a rate of 0.5 inches per hour, greens represent areas where rain is falling at a rate of 1 inch per hour while the red areas are indicative of rain rates of 2 inches per hour. Images and animations courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Typhoon Nari
Title Typhoon Nari
Description Typhoon Nari formed as a tropical storm near Okinawa on September 12, reaching typhoon strength the next day. The typhoon was forecast to swing through the East China Sea and bring stormy seas and rain to China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. By late in the day September 14, Nari had reached Category 4, [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ] "Super Typhoon" status, with peak winds measured at 220 kilometers per hour (135 miles per hour). However, the typhoon was out at sea, and forecasts were calling for it to lose most of its strength well before coming ashore in Japan. 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 10:50 a.m. local time (01:50 UTC) on September 14, 2007. Typhoon Nari appears here as a ball of circling clouds with a distinct, though cloudy, eye at its center. According to Unisys Weather, [ http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ ] Nari had peak winds of around 120 km/hr (65 mph), and it was classified a Category 1 typhoon. You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Typhoon Nari [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2007/nari_tmo_2007257.kmz ] 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.
Typhoon Nari
Title Typhoon Nari
Description Typhoon Nari was a compact, but powerful storm as it churned north over the East China Sea toward Korea in mid-September 2007. The storm came ashore over South Korea as a Category 2 storm on September 16, causing at least one death and stranding some 15,000 travelers on the South Korean island of Jeju, reported Agence France-Presse. Nari was a far more powerful Category 4 storm, with winds of 220 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour or 120 knots), on September 15, 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. The more powerful a tropical cyclone is, the more distinct and symmetrical its shape. At Category 4 strength, Nari was very "tidy" with well-organized bands of clouds tightly wound around a distinct eye in a near-perfect circle. 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/?2007258-0915/Nari.A2007258.0235 ] You can download a 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Typhoon Nari [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Sep2007/Nari.A2007258.0235.250m.kmz ] suitable for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/ ] NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center.
Typhoon Nock-Ten strikes Tai …
Title Typhoon Nock-Ten strikes Taiwan
Description Typhoon Nock-Ten hammered Taiwan with heavy rains and strong winds on October 25, 2004, killing at least four, according to media reports. Heavy rains drenched northeastern Taiwan, triggering extensive flooding. Though winds had dropped to about 170 kilometers per hour (100 mph) when the storm blew ashore, at its height, Nock-Ten?s maximum sustained winds reached 204 kilometers per hour (127 mph) with stronger gusts. This image of the storm was acquired on October 24, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite a few hours after the storm began to weaken. Nock-Ten, ?bird? in Laotian, is the sixth typhoon to strike Taiwan and the 24th to develop in the western Pacific this year. After moving across northern Taiwan, the storm curved east over the East China Sea and weakened into an extra-tropical depression as it approached Japan?s southern islands on October 26. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team.
Typhoon Soudelor
Title Typhoon Soudelor
Description *animations:* small movie (972 KB MPEG)large movie [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jun2003/soudelor.qt ] (2.5 MB QuickTime) After traversing through the western Pacific over the past week, Tropical Cyclone Soudelor (07W) was beginning the end of its life cycle as it passed through the Korean Strait. Soudelor was named a Tropical Storm just west of the central Philippines at 12:00 UTC on the June 13, 2003. In the days following, the storm slowly skirted east of the Philippines where it delivered several inches of rain to the central islands as seen in the TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Once past the Philippines, Soudelor took a more northerly track staying well east of the island of Taiwan and was elevated to typhoon status at 18:00 UTC on the June 16. After briefly reaching a strength of category 4 on the June 18, Soudelor began to weaken as it left the East China Sea and passed through the Korean Strait into the Sea of Japan. TRMM was able to capture Soudelor's the swath of heavy rainfall extending from east of the Philippines all the way into southern Japan where the cyclone interacted with a frontal system. This rainmap shows the total rainfall accumulation for the period June 13-20, 2003. The heaviest rainfall totals were found just off the southern coast of Korea and were a result of Soudelor's interaction with the frontal system. Although parts of southern Japan are shown to have received several inches of rain, fortunately the heaviest amounts remained offshore. NASA's TRMM or Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission features a spaceborne weather radar built by the Japanese space agency NASDA. In operation for five years, TRMM has provided unprecedented views of tropical rain events around the globe. For more information on TRMM, please visit the TRMM website. Image and movie courtesy of Hal Pierce, TRMM Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Typhoon Soudelor
Title Typhoon Soudelor
Description *animations:* small movie (972 KB MPEG)large movie [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Jun2003/soudelor.qt ] (2.5 MB QuickTime) After traversing through the western Pacific over the past week, Tropical Cyclone Soudelor (07W) was beginning the end of its life cycle as it passed through the Korean Strait. Soudelor was named a Tropical Storm just west of the central Philippines at 12:00 UTC on the June 13, 2003. In the days following, the storm slowly skirted east of the Philippines where it delivered several inches of rain to the central islands as seen in the TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Once past the Philippines, Soudelor took a more northerly track staying well east of the island of Taiwan and was elevated to typhoon status at 18:00 UTC on the June 16. After briefly reaching a strength of category 4 on the June 18, Soudelor began to weaken as it left the East China Sea and passed through the Korean Strait into the Sea of Japan. TRMM was able to capture Soudelor's the swath of heavy rainfall extending from east of the Philippines all the way into southern Japan where the cyclone interacted with a frontal system. This rainmap shows the total rainfall accumulation for the period June 13-20, 2003. The heaviest rainfall totals were found just off the southern coast of Korea and were a result of Soudelor's interaction with the frontal system. Although parts of southern Japan are shown to have received several inches of rain, fortunately the heaviest amounts remained offshore. NASA's TRMM or Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission features a spaceborne weather radar built by the Japanese space agency NASDA. In operation for five years, TRMM has provided unprecedented views of tropical rain events around the globe. For more information on TRMM, please visit the TRMM website. Image and movie courtesy of Hal Pierce, TRMM Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Volcanic Activity on Suwanos …
Title Volcanic Activity on Suwanose-jima
Description On September 20, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite caught the Suwanose-jima Volcano in the East China Sea in the process of emitting volcanic ash and steam. In this image, the volcano's emissions blow northward, gradually fanning out over the ocean. The volcanic plume's dingy hue distinguishes it from the nearby white clouds.Suwanose-jima [ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0802-03= ] is one of Japan's most active volcanoes. This tiny volcanic island, only 8 kilometers (5 miles) long and sparsely populated, is a stratovolcano consisting of alternating layers of hardened lava, ash, and volcanic rocks ejected by previous eruptions. The volcano has two craters that have shown activity during recorded history. One of the craters, named Otake, underwent intermittent eruptions between 1949 and 1996. These eruptions were strombolian, named after the Stromboli Volcano in Italy, ejecting hot cinders and lava bombs. After 1996, the volcano showed longer periods of quiet. The volcano's biggest historical eruption was in 1813-1814, when lava flows reached the coast. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team.
Snow in China: Natural Hazar …
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Typhoon Nari: Natural Hazard …
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Typhoon Nari formed as a tro …
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Volcanic Activity on Suwanos …
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On September 20, 2006, the M …
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Typhoon Nock-Ten strikes Tai …
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Typhoon Nock-Ten hammered Ta …
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identifier terra_nockten_24oct04
Haze Over Eastern China: Nat …
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The air over the eastern Chi …
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Cyclone Soudelor: Image of t …
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On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, t …
Soudelor_amo2003168
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Typhoon Soudelor: Natural Ha …
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Aerosols over Eastern Asia : …
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This Sea-viewing Wide Field- …
S2001287035110_HJMS
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date 2001-10-14
creator NASA -- Image courtesy the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
identifier S2001287035110_HJMS
Heavy Smoke over China: Imag …
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There was a thick layer of s …
ChinaSmoke_TMO2002192
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date 2002-07-11
creator NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
identifier ChinaSmoke_TMO2002192
Snow and Dust over Inner Mon …
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A severe snow-and-sand storm …
seawifs_china_snow
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date 2001-01-02
creator NASA -- Provided by the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
identifier seawifs_china_snow
How Does Anthropogenic Haze …
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Greenhouse gases act broadly …
STS075-773-66_lrg
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date 1996-03-04
creator NASA -- NASA photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS075&roll=773&frame=66 STS075-773-66, was taken March 4, 1996, 01:29:47 GMT, center point 28 degrees N 123 degrees E, craft nadir 28 degrees N 128.1 degrees W, from an altitude of 278 km, with a Hasselblad film camera and 40 mm lens. The image 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.
identifier STS075-773-66_lrg
Pollution over China Blows o …
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The atmosphere is a globally …
echinasea_sea_2004296
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date 2004-10-22
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Haze over Eastern China: Ima …
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Across eastern China, the in …
SEAsia_OSE2004046
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date 2004-02-15
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Particle Pollution in Easter …
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Thick haze blanketed much of …
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Typhoon Nari: Natural Hazard …
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Typhoon Nari was a compact, …
nari_tmo_2007258
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Particle Pollution in Easter …
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This Moderate Resolution Ima …
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China and East China Sea as …
Title China and East China Sea as seen from Gemini 10 spacecraft
Description China, coast of Chekiang Province, Hangchow Wan, East China Sea, looking northwest, as seen from Gemini 10 spacecraft. Portion of the Gemini 10 spacecraft can be seen bottom center of the scene.
Date Taken 1966-07-18
Volcanic Plume from Mt. Unze …
Title Volcanic Plume from Mt. Unzen, Dust Cloud, cloud Vortices
Description Stable, south flowing air over the western Pacific Ocean (26.0N, 131.0E) is disturbed by islands south of Korea, resulting in sinuous clouds known as von Karman vortices. The smoke plume from Japan's Mount Unzen Volcano on Kyushu, is visible just west of the large cloud mass and extending southward. A very large, purple tinged dust pall, originating in Mongolia, can be seen on the Earth's Limb, covering eastern China and extending into the East China Sea.
Date Taken 1991-12-01
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