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TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueli
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| Title |
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. |
| Completed |
2004-09-15 |
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TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueli
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| Title |
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. |
| Completed |
2004-09-15 |
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TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueli
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| Title |
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. |
| Completed |
2004-09-15 |
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TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueli
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| Title |
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. |
| Completed |
2004-09-15 |
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TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueli
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| Title |
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. |
| Completed |
2004-09-15 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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| Title |
Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
| Completed |
2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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| Title |
Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
| Completed |
2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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| Title |
Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
| Completed |
2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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| Title |
Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
| Completed |
2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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| Title |
Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004 |
| Abstract |
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
| Completed |
2004-09-16 |
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Growing-Season Fires in Cent
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Growing-Season Fires in Central United States |
| Description |
Agricultural burning in preparation for the growing season was underway in the central United States at the time of this image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on March 31, 2004. Across the dun-colored witner landscape, spring green is beginning to spread across the south-central parts of the country, including (top left to bottom) Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and (top right to bottom) Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Fires have been marked with red dots in the image. The smokier fires in Arkansas may be prescribed burns on state or federal lands that are set in the spring to decrease built-up underbrush and other vegetation that could contribute to more severe wildfires later in the season. Though not necessarily hazardous, large-scale burning can have an impact on weather, climate, human health, and natural resources. 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 Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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| Title |
Hurricane Katrina Erodes the U.S. Gulf Coast |
| Description |
The graceful curve of the Chandeleur Islands resembles a multi-boned spine connecting the Mississippi Gulf coast to the delta of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Like all barrier islands, the Chandeleur Islands form a thin protective wall between the open sea and the mainland, in this case Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish. The islands absorb the strongest waves, sheltering the mainland during large storms. It is no surprise, then, that barrier islands along the U.S. Gulf Coast changed dramatically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and no change is as dramatic as that seen in the Chandeleur Islands. Hurricane Katrina's strong winds, storm surge, and battering waves scoured the islands, leaving them reduced or gone altogether. These images of the islands were taken by the Landsat 5 satellite. The top image, taken on September 16, 2005, shows the Mississippi and Alabama coast line, including the line of islands that bore the brunt of Katrina's fury. The lower images show the northern section of the Chandeleur Islands at full resolution. In the 11 months that passed between October 15, 2004, when the right image was taken, and September 16, 2005, when the left image was taken, the islands have wasted away. Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the change seen here is probably a result of Katrina. Hurricane Dennis also gave the islands a glancing blow on July 10, 2005, and may be responsible for some of the change. The other barrier islands shown in the top image were also scoured by Katrina. The large images show that the Ship Islands [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130 ] are now significantly smaller than they were in 2004, and Dauphin Island [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13132 ] has been cut in two. To read more about Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast, please visit the United States Geological Survey's Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies [ http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/katrina/ ] page. To learn how NASA technology is contributing to our understanding of coastal erosion, see "LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm" [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Lidar/index.html ] on the Earth Observatory. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office |
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Fires Across Southern United
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Fires Across Southern United States |
| Description |
This image of fires in the southern United States was captured on March 10, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Actively burning fires have been marked with red dots in Oklahoma (top left), Texas (bottom left), Arkansas (top center), Louisiana (bottom center), and (left to right across the rest of the image) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Most of us don?t think of late winter as fire season in the United States, but according to the Southern Coordination Center for the National Interagency Fire Center, just over 993,000 acres had been affected by fire in the Southern region as of March 23, 2004: 11,936 human-caused fires affected 130,385 acres, 18 lightning-caused fire affected 225 acres, and 1,084 prescribed fires (those set by land management agencies for natural resource management purposes) affected 862,772 acres. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the G
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| Title |
Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ]., A dark green plume of phytoplankton extends away from the crow?s foot of the Mississippi River Delta in this image, acquired on December 13, 2004, by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view (SeaWiFS) Sensor flying on the OrbView-2 satellite. Phytoplankton blooms usually occur where cold water rushes up from the bottom of the ocean carrying nutrients to sunlit waters. In this case, the bloom may be related to recent flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Heavy rains early in December triggered floods [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12619 ] across the southeastern United States. The draining flood water carried agricultural run-off into the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, and that may have provided the nutrients the microscopic ocean plants needed to thrive. In the above images, the Red River twists across southeastern Louisiana from the upper left corner and pours into the Mississippi River beneath the cloud bank. Also concealed by clouds, the Mississipppi drains into the Gulf of Mexico, but just beyond the river?s mouths, the Gulf of Mexico is green with phytoplankton. The lower image shows high chlorophyll concentrations, yellow, corresponding to the green bloom. Scientists have suspected that phytoplankton blooms such as this one may be connected to agricultural run-off, and a recent study seems to confirm this. Using images from NASA?s SeaWiFS sensor, scientists from Stanford University?s School of Earth Sciences compared the timing of irrigation along the west coast of Mexico and phytoplankton blooms in Mexico?s Sea of Cortez (Golfo de California) and found a close correlation. (See press release [ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2004/agugulf-0112.html ] for more information.) Phytoplankton blooms occurred in the Sea of Cortez shortly after irrigation along the coast carried fertilizers and other agricultural run-off into the sea. The bloom detected in the Gulf of Mexico on December 13 may be similarly linked to agricultural run-off. Phytoplankton are an important source of food for many marine animals, so waters that are rich in phytoplankton usually support a thriving ecosystem. But in some cases, phytoplankton blooms can be deadly to the very ecosystem they typically support. Some blooms, such as red tide, are toxic and result in wide-spread fish deaths. Large blooms can also create dead zones in the ocean?oxygen-poor regions where fish cannot survive? when the plants die. The bacteria that break down the decaying plants consume all of the oxygen, leaving a dead spot. The Gulf of Mexico is annually plagued with one such dead zone every summer near the location of the current bloom. NASA image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ] |
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the G
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| Title |
Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ]., A dark green plume of phytoplankton extends away from the crow?s foot of the Mississippi River Delta in this image, acquired on December 13, 2004, by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view (SeaWiFS) Sensor flying on the OrbView-2 satellite. Phytoplankton blooms usually occur where cold water rushes up from the bottom of the ocean carrying nutrients to sunlit waters. In this case, the bloom may be related to recent flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Heavy rains early in December triggered floods [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12619 ] across the southeastern United States. The draining flood water carried agricultural run-off into the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, and that may have provided the nutrients the microscopic ocean plants needed to thrive. In the above images, the Red River twists across southeastern Louisiana from the upper left corner and pours into the Mississippi River beneath the cloud bank. Also concealed by clouds, the Mississipppi drains into the Gulf of Mexico, but just beyond the river?s mouths, the Gulf of Mexico is green with phytoplankton. The lower image shows high chlorophyll concentrations, yellow, corresponding to the green bloom. Scientists have suspected that phytoplankton blooms such as this one may be connected to agricultural run-off, and a recent study seems to confirm this. Using images from NASA?s SeaWiFS sensor, scientists from Stanford University?s School of Earth Sciences compared the timing of irrigation along the west coast of Mexico and phytoplankton blooms in Mexico?s Sea of Cortez (Golfo de California) and found a close correlation. (See press release [ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2004/agugulf-0112.html ] for more information.) Phytoplankton blooms occurred in the Sea of Cortez shortly after irrigation along the coast carried fertilizers and other agricultural run-off into the sea. The bloom detected in the Gulf of Mexico on December 13 may be similarly linked to agricultural run-off. Phytoplankton are an important source of food for many marine animals, so waters that are rich in phytoplankton usually support a thriving ecosystem. But in some cases, phytoplankton blooms can be deadly to the very ecosystem they typically support. Some blooms, such as red tide, are toxic and result in wide-spread fish deaths. Large blooms can also create dead zones in the ocean?oxygen-poor regions where fish cannot survive? when the plants die. The bacteria that break down the decaying plants consume all of the oxygen, leaving a dead spot. The Gulf of Mexico is annually plagued with one such dead zone every summer near the location of the current bloom. NASA image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ] |
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the G
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| Title |
Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Description |
. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ]., A dark green plume of phytoplankton extends away from the crow?s foot of the Mississippi River Delta in this image, acquired on December 13, 2004, by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view (SeaWiFS) Sensor flying on the OrbView-2 satellite. Phytoplankton blooms usually occur where cold water rushes up from the bottom of the ocean carrying nutrients to sunlit waters. In this case, the bloom may be related to recent flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Heavy rains early in December triggered floods [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12619 ] across the southeastern United States. The draining flood water carried agricultural run-off into the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, and that may have provided the nutrients the microscopic ocean plants needed to thrive. In the above images, the Red River twists across southeastern Louisiana from the upper left corner and pours into the Mississippi River beneath the cloud bank. Also concealed by clouds, the Mississipppi drains into the Gulf of Mexico, but just beyond the river?s mouths, the Gulf of Mexico is green with phytoplankton. The lower image shows high chlorophyll concentrations, yellow, corresponding to the green bloom. Scientists have suspected that phytoplankton blooms such as this one may be connected to agricultural run-off, and a recent study seems to confirm this. Using images from NASA?s SeaWiFS sensor, scientists from Stanford University?s School of Earth Sciences compared the timing of irrigation along the west coast of Mexico and phytoplankton blooms in Mexico?s Sea of Cortez (Golfo de California) and found a close correlation. (See press release [ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2004/agugulf-0112.html ] for more information.) Phytoplankton blooms occurred in the Sea of Cortez shortly after irrigation along the coast carried fertilizers and other agricultural run-off into the sea. The bloom detected in the Gulf of Mexico on December 13 may be similarly linked to agricultural run-off. Phytoplankton are an important source of food for many marine animals, so waters that are rich in phytoplankton usually support a thriving ecosystem. But in some cases, phytoplankton blooms can be deadly to the very ecosystem they typically support. Some blooms, such as red tide, are toxic and result in wide-spread fish deaths. Large blooms can also create dead zones in the ocean?oxygen-poor regions where fish cannot survive? when the plants die. The bacteria that break down the decaying plants consume all of the oxygen, leaving a dead spot. The Gulf of Mexico is annually plagued with one such dead zone every summer near the location of the current bloom. NASA image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE [ http://www.orbimage.com/ ] |
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Smoke from Alaska Fires
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Smoke from Alaska Fires |
| Description |
Smoke from large forest fires in Alaska has made the rounds across several parts of the Northern Hemisphere since the fires began in mid-June 2004. The plumes of grayish-yellow smoke have drifted across Canada and out to the Atlantic, southward to Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and eastward over the Bering Strait to Russia. In this scene, smoke from fires located in the top center of the scene, in east-central Alaska, is spreading southward along the western arc of the Alaska Range Mountains and the Alaska Peninsula. Below and to the left of center, the smoke breaks eastward across the mountain barrier and streams out over the Gulf of Alaska in two parallel paths?north and south of Kodiak Island. The smoke is getting swirled into a counter clockwise-spinning region of low atmospheric pressure in Gulf. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite on August 29, 2004. NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Smoke from Alaskan Fires ove
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| Title |
Smoke from Alaskan Fires over Louisiana |
| Description |
This image of the southern United States from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite is a picture-perfect example of what meteorologists mean when they describe the atmosphere as a fluid. In the center of the image, an airborne river of smoke from fires raging across Alaska is flowing down the Mississippi River corridor and spreading out across the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, at the bottom of the scene. Thick smoke hangs over Louisiana (bottom center) as well as Texas, to the west, and Arkansas to the north. MODIS captured the image on July 19, 2004. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at GSFC |
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rai
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rains on Texas and Louisiana |
| Description |
An advancing cold front supported by an upper-level trough triggered abundant showers and strong thunderstorms that brought numerous reports of hail and high winds from central Oklahoma through central Texas. The storms also dumped heavy rains over coastal portions of Texas and Louisiana, triggering localized floods, as low-level winds drew moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. The top image gives a broad snapshot of the storms that led to the heavy rains. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured this image at 21:29 UTC (4:29 pm CDT) on May 13, 2004. It shows a horizontal view of rain intensity. Rain rates in the center swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space, and rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). TRMM shows a long, broken line of storms beginning with a squall line over southwestern Louisiana with an intense leading edge of (dark reds). The broken line of storms extends all the way back into the southern hill country of central Texas. The large TRMM image also shows a separate area of a few intense, individual thunderstorms over north central Texas. The TRMM satellite uses both passive and active sensors to measure rainfall from space. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for May 7-14, 2004 show peak rainfall amounts of up to 10 to 12 inches (dark red areas) across much of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana. Moderate amounts on the order of 3 to 6 inches (green areas) cover much of Louisiana and much of central and southern Texas.TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rai
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| Title |
Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rains on Texas and Louisiana |
| Description |
An advancing cold front supported by an upper-level trough triggered abundant showers and strong thunderstorms that brought numerous reports of hail and high winds from central Oklahoma through central Texas. The storms also dumped heavy rains over coastal portions of Texas and Louisiana, triggering localized floods, as low-level winds drew moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. The top image gives a broad snapshot of the storms that led to the heavy rains. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured this image at 21:29 UTC (4:29 pm CDT) on May 13, 2004. It shows a horizontal view of rain intensity. Rain rates in the center swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space, and rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). TRMM shows a long, broken line of storms beginning with a squall line over southwestern Louisiana with an intense leading edge of (dark reds). The broken line of storms extends all the way back into the southern hill country of central Texas. The large TRMM image also shows a separate area of a few intense, individual thunderstorms over north central Texas. The TRMM satellite uses both passive and active sensors to measure rainfall from space. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for May 7-14, 2004 show peak rainfall amounts of up to 10 to 12 inches (dark red areas) across much of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana. Moderate amounts on the order of 3 to 6 inches (green areas) cover much of Louisiana and much of central and southern Texas.TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rai
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| Title |
Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rains on Texas and Louisiana |
| Description |
An advancing cold front supported by an upper-level trough triggered abundant showers and strong thunderstorms that brought numerous reports of hail and high winds from central Oklahoma through central Texas. The storms also dumped heavy rains over coastal portions of Texas and Louisiana, triggering localized floods, as low-level winds drew moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. The top image gives a broad snapshot of the storms that led to the heavy rains. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured this image at 21:29 UTC (4:29 pm CDT) on May 13, 2004. It shows a horizontal view of rain intensity. Rain rates in the center swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space, and rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). TRMM shows a long, broken line of storms beginning with a squall line over southwestern Louisiana with an intense leading edge of (dark reds). The broken line of storms extends all the way back into the southern hill country of central Texas. The large TRMM image also shows a separate area of a few intense, individual thunderstorms over north central Texas. The TRMM satellite uses both passive and active sensors to measure rainfall from space. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for May 7-14, 2004 show peak rainfall amounts of up to 10 to 12 inches (dark red areas) across much of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana. Moderate amounts on the order of 3 to 6 inches (green areas) cover much of Louisiana and much of central and southern Texas.TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rai
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| Title |
Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rains on Texas and Louisiana |
| Description |
An advancing cold front supported by an upper-level trough triggered abundant showers and strong thunderstorms that brought numerous reports of hail and high winds from central Oklahoma through central Texas. The storms also dumped heavy rains over coastal portions of Texas and Louisiana, triggering localized floods, as low-level winds drew moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. The top image gives a broad snapshot of the storms that led to the heavy rains. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured this image at 21:29 UTC (4:29 pm CDT) on May 13, 2004. It shows a horizontal view of rain intensity. Rain rates in the center swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space, and rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). TRMM shows a long, broken line of storms beginning with a squall line over southwestern Louisiana with an intense leading edge of (dark reds). The broken line of storms extends all the way back into the southern hill country of central Texas. The large TRMM image also shows a separate area of a few intense, individual thunderstorms over north central Texas. The TRMM satellite uses both passive and active sensors to measure rainfall from space. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global tropics. MPA rainfall totals for May 7-14, 2004 show peak rainfall amounts of up to 10 to 12 inches (dark red areas) across much of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana. Moderate amounts on the order of 3 to 6 inches (green areas) cover much of Louisiana and much of central and southern Texas.TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Tropical Storm Matthew Flood
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Tropical Storm Matthew Floods Louisiana |
| Description |
As much as 305 millimeters (12 inches) of rain fell over southeastern Louisiana when Tropical Storm Matthew blew ashore on October 10, 2004. Though little damage has been reported, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected extensive flooding along the coast and around Lake Pontchartrain, top center. In these false-color images, water is dark blue and black. The Mississippi River runs from the west through the center of the scene, passing through New Orleans, the grey colored area on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The worst of the flooding appears to be southeast of the city and directly east of the Mississippi River where black water covers land that was green on September 28, 2004. Extensive flooding is also visible around Lake Pontchartrain. Directly west of New Orleans a dark circle of water has puddled on the south side of the lake. The lake?s western and northern shores are also dark with flood water. In these images, clouds are light blue and vegetation is bright green. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Tropical Storm Matthew Flood
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| Title |
Tropical Storm Matthew Floods Louisiana |
| Description |
As much as 305 millimeters (12 inches) of rain fell over southeastern Louisiana when Tropical Storm Matthew blew ashore on October 10, 2004. Though little damage has been reported, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected extensive flooding along the coast and around Lake Pontchartrain, top center. In these false-color images, water is dark blue and black. The Mississippi River runs from the west through the center of the scene, passing through New Orleans, the grey colored area on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The worst of the flooding appears to be southeast of the city and directly east of the Mississippi River where black water covers land that was green on September 28, 2004. Extensive flooding is also visible around Lake Pontchartrain. Directly west of New Orleans a dark circle of water has puddled on the south side of the lake. The lake?s western and northern shores are also dark with flood water. In these images, clouds are light blue and vegetation is bright green. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Tropical Storm Matthew Flood
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| Title |
Tropical Storm Matthew Floods Louisiana |
| Description |
As much as 305 millimeters (12 inches) of rain fell over southeastern Louisiana when Tropical Storm Matthew blew ashore on October 10, 2004. Though little damage has been reported, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite detected extensive flooding along the coast and around Lake Pontchartrain, top center. In these false-color images, water is dark blue and black. The Mississippi River runs from the west through the center of the scene, passing through New Orleans, the grey colored area on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The worst of the flooding appears to be southeast of the city and directly east of the Mississippi River where black water covers land that was green on September 28, 2004. Extensive flooding is also visible around Lake Pontchartrain. Directly west of New Orleans a dark circle of water has puddled on the south side of the lake. The lake?s western and northern shores are also dark with flood water. In these images, clouds are light blue and vegetation is bright green. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Hurricane Ivan from the Spac
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Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station |
| Explanation |
Ninety percent of the houses on Grenada [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada ] were damaged by the destructive force of Hurricane Ivan [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan ]. At its peak, Ivan [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004ivan.shtml ] was a Category 5 hurricane [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml ], the highest power category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir-Simpson ], and created sustained winds [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxFOm8BC4GE ] in excess of 200 kilometers per hour. Ivan was the largest hurricane to strike the US [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040903.html ] in 2004, and, so far, the 10th most powerful in recorded history. As it swirled in the Atlantic Ocean [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean ], the tremendous eye [ http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/factsheets/FactsAboutHurricaneEye.htm ] of Hurricane Ivan was photographed from above [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/html/iss009e22187.html ] by the orbiting International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021208.html ]. The name Ivan has now been retired from Atlantic Ocean use by the World Meteorological Organization [ http://www.wmo.ch/ ]. |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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2004-10-15 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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IMAGE |
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2004-10-15 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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IMAGE |
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| date |
2004-10-15 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
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| date |
2004-10-15 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_15534 |
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Hurricane Katrina Erodes the
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The graceful curve of the Ch
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ge_15534
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-10-15 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_15534 |
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Growing-Season Fires in Cent
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Agricultural burning in prep
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CentralUS.AMOA2004091
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-03-31 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
CentralUS.AMOA2004091 |
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Smoke from Alaska Fires: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Smoke from large forest fire
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terra_alaska_29aug04
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-08-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
terra_alaska_29aug04 |
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Smoke from Alaska Fires: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Smoke from large forest fire
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terra_alaska_29aug04
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-08-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
terra_alaska_29aug04 |
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April Showers Bring May Flow
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Vigorous vegetation growth i
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PIA04358
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ MISR Team. Text by Clare Averill (Raytheon ITSS/Jet Propulsion Laboratory). |
| identifier |
PIA04358 |
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Growing-Season Fires in Cent
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Agricultural burning in prep
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CentralUS.AMOA2004091
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-03-31 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
CentralUS.AMOA2004091 |
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Smoke from Alaskan Fires ove
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This image of the southern U
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ge_13524
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-07-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_13524 |
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Fires Across Southern United
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This image of fires in the s
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UnitedStates.AMOA2004070
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-03-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
UnitedStates.AMOA2004070 |
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the G
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Mississippi_Sea_2004348
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-12-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Mississippi_Sea_2004348 |
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Strong Storms Dump Heavy Rai
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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Texas_TRMM_14may2004
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-05-14 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Texas_TRMM_14may2004 |
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Tropical Storm Matthew Flood
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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modis_neworleans_11oct04
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-10-11 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
modis_neworleans_11oct04 |
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Tropical Storm Matthew Flood
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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modis_neworleans_11oct04
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-10-11 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
modis_neworleans_11oct04 |
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Fires and Haze Along U.S. Gu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
In Louisiana and other sugar
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terra_gulfmex_03oct04
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-10-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
terra_gulfmex_03oct04 |
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April Showers Bring May Flow
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PIA04358
Sol (our sun)
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroR
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| Title |
April Showers Bring May Flowers to the Southern United States |
| Original Caption Released with Image |
Vigorous vegetation growth in the Southern United States after heavy rains fell during April and early May, 2004, is quantified in these images and data products from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR). The images were acquired on April 1 (top set) and May 3 (bottom set), and extend through Kansas and Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and eastern Texas, with the Texas-Louisiana border at the bottom right-hand corner. The left-hand images are natural-color views from MISR's nadir camera. In the month between the April and May images, the overall greenness is enhanced, and the Boston and Ouachita Mountains are transformed from brownish hues to vivid green. The city of Dallas, Texas, appears as the pale gray area at lower left and the Red River (which corresponds with the Texas-Oklahoma border) is apparent as the yellowish feature flowing toward the lower left-hand edge. Scattered clouds appear in the upper right-hand corners of both images. Quantitative values for the vegetation changes are provided by the center and right-hand images. The middle panels show Leaf Area Index (LAI), or the area of leaves per unit area of ground below them, as measured from above. The right-hand panels show FPAR, which is the fraction of the photosynthetically active region (PAR) of visible light (400 - 700 nm) absorbed by green vegetation. LAI and FPAR are two important quantities for monitoring the photosynthetic activity and carbon uptake efficiency of live vegetation. MISR's LAI and FPAR products make use of aerosol retrievals to correct for atmospheric scattering and absorption effects, and use plant canopy structural models to determine the partitioning of solar radiation. Both of these aspects are facilitated by the multiangular nature of the MISR measurements. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer observes the daylit Earth continuously and every 9 days views the entire globe between 82 degrees north and 82 degrees south latitude. These data products were generated from a portion of the imagery acquired during Terra orbits 22810 and 23276. The panels cover an area of about 380 kilometers x 704 kilometers, and utilize data from blocks 61 to 65 within World Reference System-2 path 26. MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. |
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| General Description |
Exploration Imagery |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of roseate spoonbills share their watery hunting ground with a lone white ibis near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. |
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01/08/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A roseate spoonbill contemplates its reflection in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. |
| Release Date |
01/08/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two roseate spoonbills hunt for their supper in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. |
| Release Date |
01/08/2004 |
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