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NASA/Navy Work Together To C
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A NASA scientist at Stennis
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1/1/95
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A NASA scientist at Stennis Space Center works with U.S. Navy personnel on instrumentation used on a NASA-Navy scientific mission, designed to chart colors in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Japan. |
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1/1/95 |
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NASA/Navy work together to c
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A NASA scientist at Stennis
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1/1/95
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A NASA scientist at Stennis Space Center, works with U.S. Navy personnel on instrumentation used on a NASA-Navy scientific mission, designed to chart colors in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Japan. |
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1/1/95 |
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CALIPSO Profile over China
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CALIPSO Profile over China |
| Abstract |
Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles. Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds. They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere. The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere. In these images looking eastward across China over the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere. The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km. Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x. The near-vertical line indicates 40 degree North latitude, while the horizontal line marks 120 degree east longitude. |
| Completed |
2006-07-27 |
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CALIPSO Profile over China
| Title |
CALIPSO Profile over China |
| Abstract |
Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles. Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds. They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere. The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere. In these images looking eastward across China over the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere. The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km. Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x. The near-vertical line indicates 40 degree North latitude, while the horizontal line marks 120 degree east longitude. |
| Completed |
2006-07-27 |
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CALIPSO Profile over China
| Title |
CALIPSO Profile over China |
| Abstract |
Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles. Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds. They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere. The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere. In these images looking eastward across China over the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere. The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km. Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x. The near-vertical line indicates 40 degree North latitude, while the horizontal line marks 120 degree east longitude. |
| Completed |
2006-07-27 |
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CALIPSO Profile over China
| Title |
CALIPSO Profile over China |
| Abstract |
Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere, can be produced from natural sources, such as volcanos and dust storms, or from human activity, such as pollution from manufacturing and automobiles. Aerosols remain in the atmosphere for long periods and travel across the globe propelled by winds. They also affect weather and climate by reflecting or absorbing sunlight and by altering chemical reactions within the atmosphere. The CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite enables scientists to collect aerosol data on slices or 'curtains' through the atmosphere. In these images looking eastward across China over the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula, slices of total attenuated backscatter show the geographic location and altitude of both aerosols and subvisible clouds in the upper troposphere. The curtain shown here extends from sea level to a height of 20 km. Both the height of the curtain and the terrain are exaggerated by 6x. The near-vertical line indicates 40 degree North latitude, while the horizontal line marks 120 degree east longitude. |
| Completed |
2006-07-27 |
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Haze in Eastern China
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Haze in Eastern China |
| Description |
Haze collected south of Beijing on August 13, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image the same day. In this image, haze snakes its way northward from an especially heavy concentration just east of the Yellow Sea. The haze likely resulted from a combination of industrial smog and smoke from wildfires. Weather patterns may have played a role in trapping the haze in this region, Typhoon Pabuk made landfall near Hong Kong and traveled northward along the coast. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4/ ] of this region. |
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Haze over China
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Haze over China |
| Description |
Haze mingled with clouds in the skies over eastern China on March 20, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, opaque white clouds and dingy gray haze obscure the view of the land surface while thick brown sediment clouds the shoreline of the Yellow Sea. At least some of the haze results from pollution as China rapidly industrializes. Ubiquitous settlements in China appear in this image as tiny beige dots in a sea of green vegetation, especially near the Yellow Sea. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze Over Eastern China
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Haze Over Eastern China |
| Description |
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 |
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Haze Over Eastern China
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Haze Over Eastern China |
| Description |
Thick haze blurs the North China Plain, right, and snakes through the valley the Yellow River cuts through the Luliang Shan Mountains, left. In the north, the haze seems to dissipate near China's capital, Beijing, west of the Bo Hai, the bay off the Yellow Sea. In this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) image captured on April 5, 2004, by the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite, the haze clings near the ground, letting the peaks of the mountains peek through, while white clouds hover above. Such haze is common in Eastern China, particularly during the winter when people burn coal and wood for heat. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
More haze filled the skies of eastern China on September 20, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. Unlike the smog in the region on September 17, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13877 ] however, this haze did not hug the coastal plain east of the Taihang Shan range. Instead, it blended with clouds over the mountains while leaving the coast near the Yellow Sea relatively clear. In this image, the haze appears as a pale, dingy gray mass with ill-defined borders, in contrast to the bright white clouds. Weather patterns, including the presence of Typhoon Shanshan [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13883 ] in the region, may have caused this haze to accumulate in eastern China. Because China's Beijing region is one of the world's most densely populated and is urbanizing rapidly, it produces urban and industrial smog, along with smoke from agricultural fires. Where the skies are clear, cities appear as tan dots surrounded by a green landscape. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
Another thick band of haze covered much of the low-lying coastal basin of eastern China on October 2, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. The smog extended from the Liaoning region in the northeast to Beijing in the west, and it stretched southwards past the coast bordering the Yellow Sea. Like the haze that covered the region on September 17, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13877 ] this smog kept to the coastal plain, away from the Taihang Shan Mountains in the west. Likewise, the haze strayed somewhat from the coast around the Yellow Sea. In this image, the relatively clear area along the coast provides a view of the underlying terrain. The tan dots indicate settlements in the otherwise vegetated plain. Among the world's most densely populated areas, China's Beijing region produces considerable urban and industrial smog. Some of the haze in this image may also result from agricultural fires. Weather patterns can sometimes play a role in trapping pollutants over the region. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
More haze collected over eastern China's coastal basin November 2, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. The smog extended from the Liaoning region in the northeast to Beijing in the west, and it thickened near the coast bordering the Yellow Sea. Like the haze that covered the region on September 17, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13877 ] this smog kept to the coastal plain, away from the Taihang Shan Mountains in the west. China's Beijing region is one of the world's most densely populated areas, and it produces substantial urban and industrial smog. Some of the haze in this image may also result from agricultural fires. Weather patterns (high-pressure systems) can sometimes play a role in trapping pollutants over the region. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
Haze clouded the skies over eastern China on November 28, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, dingy gray haze obscures the view of the land surface while thick brown sediment clouds the Yellow Sea and Bo Hai near the shore. As in an earlier [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13953 ] image of this region, the haze clings primarily to low-lying coastal areas, while leaving the skies relatively clear over the Taihang Shan Mountains in the west. Although the skies over the mountains are free of smog, they are filled with clouds. Opaque white clouds also mingle with the haze over the lower elevations and the water. One week before MODIS acquired this image, air pollution registered in the "hazardous" category of the China Environmental Monitoring Center's index, according to the Reuters news service. Likewise, Voice of America reported that in the first half of 2006, China's pollution increased, including a 2.4 percent increase in industrial wastewater, and a 4 percent increase in sulfur dioxide, which results from the burning of fossil fuels. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
Continuing the pattern from late November, haze collected over eastern China on December 3, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, gray haze hugs the low-lying coastal areas of eastern China, keeping away from the Taihang Shan Mountains in the west. One clear region in the lowlands is the area adjacent to the Yellow Sea. Fluffy white clouds fringe the region, perhaps related to a weather system contributing to trapping the haze. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
Dense haze completely obscured the North China Plain and the Bo Hai (a bay in the Yellow Sea) when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite flew over on December 20, 2006. The thick brown haze seen here is most common in winter, when coal is burned to provide heat. The haze covers the normally distinctive cities and crop lands and seeps into mountain valleys to the north. A few small clouds float over the brown soup, and low clouds or fog sit under the haze near Beijing. China's State Environmental Protection Administration [ http://english.sepa.gov.cn/ ] reported that the air over Beijing was lightly polluted, the fourth designation on a seven-point scale for air quality where "heavily polluted" is the highest designation. To see twice-daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of eastern China, please visit the MODIS Rapid Response web site. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
| Description |
Haze formed an arc over eastern China on June 25, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, dingy gray haze sweeps inland from the ocean, the southern tip near the Yellow Sea, and the northern tip near Bo Hai. As in an earlier [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13953 ] image of this region, the haze clings primarily to low-lying areas, while avoiding the Taihang Shan (Mountains) in the west. Some clouds, however, do collect over the mountains, as well as in the south. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Eastern China
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Haze over Eastern China |
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One day after a thick plume of haze crept toward Beijing, much of eastern China was obscured on October 23, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite took this picture the same day, showing haze dense enough to completely block the view of the land surface below. As on the previous day, the haze largely avoided the Taihang Shan Mountains southwest of the capital city, although fingers of haze crept westward toward the peaks. Thick haze spread from Beijing southward, well past the coast of the Yellow Sea. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] of this region. |
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Haze over Korea
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Haze over Korea |
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A thick band of haze crossed the Yellow Sea, Korean Peninsula, and Sea of Japan on October 9, 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. In this image, the pollution appears as a dingy plume of grey-beige, so thick in places that it completely obscures the view of the underlying land or water. At least some of this haze may have resulted from fires on Borneo and Sumatra. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13925 ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] team. |
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Haze over Korea
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Haze over Korea |
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On February 6, 2007, thick haze blew across the Yellow Sea and the Korean Peninsula toward Japan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, the band of haze appears to narrow somewhat as it crosses over South Korea, then spreads out over the Sea of Japan. Skies over North Korea and the northern portion of the Sea of Japan are relatively clear. Opaque white clouds mix with the haze, especially over the Yellow Sea and Japan. Through the haze, thick brown sediment can be seen along China's coast. The haze appears particularly thick in southeastern China and western Japan. In part, the smoggier appearance results from the location of those areas along the edge of the swath that the satellite observed. At the swath edges, the MODIS sensor is looking through the atmosphere at an angle, creating a longer line of sight that enhances the appearance of haze. China's air pollution problems are function of its rapidly developing economy. With an energy infrastructure dominated by coal-burning power plants and a dramatic increase in private vehicle ownership over the past decade, the country has experienced a deterioration in air quality, a problem which spills over national boundaries. On February 8, 2007, the Worldwatch Institute issued a news release that China's parliament backed a plan to shut down many of the nation's smaller coal-fired power plants. According to World Watch magazine, small plants release 20 times as much smog-forming pollutants as larger plants. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Haze over Korea
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Haze over Korea |
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On February 21, 2007, more haze clouded the skies over the Yellow Sea, the Korean Peninsula, and the Sea of Japan. 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, capturing the haze and clouds in the region. The haze likely originated in China, where rapid economic development has produced an unwanted smoggy side effect. Coal-burning power plants and increased automobile ownership have harmed the country's air quality. On February 8, 2007, the Worldwatch Institute issued a news release that China's parliament backed a plan to shut down many of the nation's smaller coal-fired power plants. According to World Watch magazine, small plants release 20 times as much smog-forming pollutants as larger plants. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea |
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A dense gray pall of pollution covered much of eastern China on January 4, 2004. The haze has been lingering over this region for more than a month. Some of the aerosol can be seen blowing eastward across the Yellow Sea. This true-color scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. NASA image by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] NASA GSFC |
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea |
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Dense haze was drifting eastward from China across the Yellow Sea, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan on December 22, 2003. Winter is a time of increased coal usage for heating in east Asia, and this may account for some of the haze. This SeaWiFS image was collected starting at 4:23 UTC— just under 3 hours before winter solstice, which occurred at 7:04 UTC. Image courtesy SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea
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Haze Over the Yellow Sea |
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The air over most of eastern China was filled with a thick, gray pall of aerosol pollution on January 29, 2004. The haze, easily distinguished from the much brighter, white clouds in this scene, is so thick in places that it almost completely obscures the view of the surface. The aerosol can be seen blowing eastward over the Yellow Sea toward the Korean Peninsula. The coastal waters of the Yellow Sea range from turquoise to light brown due to the heavy load of sediment washing off the land. Image by Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, based upon data provided by the MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC |
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Haze Shadows Winter Crops in
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Haze Shadows Winter Crops in China |
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For the most populous country in the world, maximizing agricultural production is a high priority. With nearly 1.3 billion people (United Nation estimates for 2001) to feed, China faces numerous challenges to food security, including rapid conversion of agricultural lands to development and severe water shortages. This pair of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite reveals another threat to agricultural productivity: regional haze. The top image shows a natural-color view of thick haze over the crop-growing areas north of the Yangtze River in eastern China on February 28, 2005. Similar to a digital photograph, the image shows how a blanket of air pollution shadows some of China's most important winter crop-growing regions so completely that the surface is hidden from the satellite?s view. The image on the bottom of the pair uses short-wave and near-infrared observations from MODIS to better reveal the landscape underneath the haze. Bright green winter crops, mostly wheat and (close to the Yangtze River) rice, stretch across the plain between the mountains to the west (left) and the Yellow Sea (right). Water is deep blue or brighter blue when sediment levels are high. In 1999, NASA-funded scientists announced the results [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/1999/19991206786.html ] of a study on how haze affects crop production in China. The scientists discovered that the year-round haze may be directly shielding sunlight from crops strongly enough to reduce productivity by 30 percent or more over as much as 70 percent of the country?s crops. The research suggests that China could reap agricultural as well as human health rewards by reducing air pollution. The large image provided has a spatial resolution of 1 kilometer per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Haze Shadows Winter Crops in
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Haze Shadows Winter Crops in China |
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For the most populous country in the world, maximizing agricultural production is a high priority. With nearly 1.3 billion people (United Nation estimates for 2001) to feed, China faces numerous challenges to food security, including rapid conversion of agricultural lands to development and severe water shortages. This pair of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite reveals another threat to agricultural productivity: regional haze. The top image shows a natural-color view of thick haze over the crop-growing areas north of the Yangtze River in eastern China on February 28, 2005. Similar to a digital photograph, the image shows how a blanket of air pollution shadows some of China's most important winter crop-growing regions so completely that the surface is hidden from the satellite?s view. The image on the bottom of the pair uses short-wave and near-infrared observations from MODIS to better reveal the landscape underneath the haze. Bright green winter crops, mostly wheat and (close to the Yangtze River) rice, stretch across the plain between the mountains to the west (left) and the Yellow Sea (right). Water is deep blue or brighter blue when sediment levels are high. In 1999, NASA-funded scientists announced the results [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/1999/19991206786.html ] of a study on how haze affects crop production in China. The scientists discovered that the year-round haze may be directly shielding sunlight from crops strongly enough to reduce productivity by 30 percent or more over as much as 70 percent of the country?s crops. The research suggests that China could reap agricultural as well as human health rewards by reducing air pollution. The large image provided has a spatial resolution of 1 kilometer per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4 ] Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Dust and Haze Blow Across Ch
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Dust and Haze Blow Across China |
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Dust blowing out of the Gobi desert mixed with haze casts a light yellow haze over eastern China, the Yellow Sea, and the Korean peninsula in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image, collected on March 28, 2005, by NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Such dust storms are common in the spring when winds blow out of the northwest, carrying dust from Asia over the Pacific Ocean. The Korean Meteorological Administration estimated that an average of 300 micrograms per cubic meter of dust blew over Korea on March 28, the Korea Herald reported. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. |
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Dust and Haze Blow Across Ch
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Dust and Haze Blow Across China |
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Powerful winds swept northeast out of China on April 14, 2005. The normally invisible air is colored by dust or haze, or possibly a combination of both, in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image, collected by NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. Particles such as those seen on the wind in this image are called aerosols. These small airborne particles can have a huge impact on the environment, threatening a range of things from human health to global climate. Aerosols are generated in almost every part of the world from a variety of sources including the burning of fossil fuels, fires, dust storms and volcanoes. In the atmosphere, aerosols can alter cloud formation. Clouds form when water molecules coalesce on particles. These tiny seeds grow as more and more water gathers around the particle, merging with other seeds until a large cloud is formed. When a large number of aerosols fill the air, water molecules have more places to land. The result is a bright cloud, made of many smaller particles too small to fall as rain. In this image, the most obvious band of aerosols stretches from the southern tip of China's Shandong Peninsula, over the Yellow Sea, across North Korea, and over the Sea of Japan. Smaller streamers of dust or haze blow across the Korea Bay, north of the larger plume, and cloud the air to the south of the plume. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
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Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan |
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A large plume of dust blew out over the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan from mainland China on March 17, 2002. The light brown-colored dust can be distinguished easily from the brighter, white clouds in this scene. The dust plume appears to be blowing across North and South Korea as well as parts of Japan on its eastward trek toward the open Pacific Ocean. This 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 discontinuity, or ?seam,? running diagonally through this image from top to bottom shows where two adjacent MODIS viewing swaths were stitched together to make one image. As Terra takes roughly 100 minutes to complete an orbit, that is how much time has passed between the righthand side and lefthand side of this image. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at NASA GSFC |
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Dust Storm over the Yellow S
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Dust Storm over the Yellow Sea |
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On November 6, 2005, a massive dust storm swept southward over the Yellow Sea from northern China. This storm followed on the heels of perhaps the worst air pollution [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13250 ] in nearby Beijing in six months, according to news reports. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on November 6. In this image, pale beige dust plumes streak southward over the Bo Hai, Korea Bay, and Yellow Sea, likely mixing with air pollutants from other parts of the country as the dust passes over the ocean. According to a news report [ http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1605041,00.html ] in The Guardian, China was named the "air pollution capital of the world" in the fall of 2005. This dust storm, however, owes its existence to more than pollution. The sandy deserts of Mongolia lie to the north, and Mongolia is one of the world's most prolific sources of dust. Yet this region produces some treasures along with natural hazards. Sandwiched between Mongolia to the north, and Bo Hai to the south, is Liaoning, a part of China that has become famous in recent years for its fossils, such as feathered dinosaurs [ http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs/diorama/forest.php ]. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Massive Dust Plume Emanates
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Massive Dust Plume Emanates from China |
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Considerable quantities of dust are visible in this true-color Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image of eastern Asia, acquired on Feb. 12, 2002. This view?looking obliquely towards the west?shows a large, brownish dust cloud crossing the Yellow Sea and passing south of the Korean Peninsula on its way to southern Japan. The air looks much clearer over snow-covered Russia and northern China (visible on the right in the full-resolution image). SeaWiFS 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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Monsoon Rains Flood East Asi
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Monsoon Rains Flood East Asia |
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The summer rainy season brought on by the summer monsoon has arrived over eastern Asia bringing with it seasonal flooding and torrential rains. Over the past few weeks, parts of Nepal, India and Bangladesh have been devastated by floods, but areas farther north have received their share of heavy rain too. China, Korea, and Japan have all suffered casualties recently as a result of flooding brought on by torrential rains. Over the past week, at least 17 people were lost due to flooding and mudslides in Japan. The situation is even worse in China as the death tolls have climbed into the hundreds so far this year. Hardest hit are southern, central and, more recently, eastern China particularly along the Huai River, which is at its highest level in over a decade. In November of 1997, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TRMM) satellite was launched in an effort to provide better estimates of rainfall over the global Tropics. Since that time, TRMM has been providing unprecedented estimates of rainfall over the Tropics using its array of passive and active sensors. TRMM can cover vast areas of the Tropics where rainfall is poorly measured such as over oceans and land areas where radar coverage is poor or lacking. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center provides rainfall estimates over the global Tropics. MPA rainfall totals for July 12 through July 19, 2004, are shown for East Asia. A swath of 4 to 8 inch rainfall (green area) extends from central China across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, and the Sea of Japan and into central Japan. The highest totals are over eastern China in the Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces where between 12 and 20 inches (red area) of rain fell. Localized areas of over a foot of rain appear along parts of the southern and eastern coast of South Korea and over central Japan along the east coast of Honshu. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Monsoon Rains Flood East Asi
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Monsoon Rains Flood East Asia |
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The summer rainy season brought on by the summer monsoon has arrived over eastern Asia bringing with it seasonal flooding and torrential rains. Over the past few weeks, parts of Nepal, India and Bangladesh have been devastated by floods, but areas farther north have received their share of heavy rain too. China, Korea, and Japan have all suffered casualties recently as a result of flooding brought on by torrential rains. Over the past week, at least 17 people were lost due to flooding and mudslides in Japan. The situation is even worse in China as the death tolls have climbed into the hundreds so far this year. Hardest hit are southern, central and, more recently, eastern China particularly along the Huai River, which is at its highest level in over a decade. In November of 1997, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TRMM) satellite was launched in an effort to provide better estimates of rainfall over the global Tropics. Since that time, TRMM has been providing unprecedented estimates of rainfall over the Tropics using its array of passive and active sensors. TRMM can cover vast areas of the Tropics where rainfall is poorly measured such as over oceans and land areas where radar coverage is poor or lacking. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center provides rainfall estimates over the global Tropics. MPA rainfall totals for July 12 through July 19, 2004, are shown for East Asia. A swath of 4 to 8 inch rainfall (green area) extends from central China across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, and the Sea of Japan and into central Japan. The highest totals are over eastern China in the Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces where between 12 and 20 inches (red area) of rain fell. Localized areas of over a foot of rain appear along parts of the southern and eastern coast of South Korea and over central Japan along the east coast of Honshu. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC). |
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Fires and Smoke in Eastern C
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Fires and Smoke in Eastern China |
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Haze has been blanketing eastern China off and on for at least a month, probably the result of smoke and air pollution. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on July 11, 2002, and shows a thick cloud of emissions packed into the Huang He (Yellow River) valley at the top of the image. At the southern part of the image, another of China?s large rivers can be seen. The Yangtze River runs roughly west-east through the bottom of the image before emptying its sediment-filled waters into the Huang Hai (Yellow Sea). Numerous fires (red dots) are burning south of the Yangtze. 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 |
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Particle Pollution in Easter
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Particle Pollution in Eastern China |
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In east-central China, the broad coastal plain through which the Yellow River drains out to Bo Hai is surrounded in an arc by a landscape of ridges and valleys. In this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the sensor on the Aqua satellite on November 17, 2004, the coastal plain takes up most of the scene. Grayish haze spreads across the coastal plain, and it fills valleys in the west, highlighting the topography. For example, the south-flowing Fen River at left center edge cuts a broad swath into the Taiyue Shan ("Shan" means "mountains" in Chinese), and haze has settled into the low-lying terrain. The haze flows off the continent and out over Bo Hai (top right) and the Yellow Sea (center right). The haze is likely a combination of several factors: emissions from the country's coal-dominated electricity production, smoke from home heating fires, and vehicle exhaust and other urban pollution from the region's large cities, such as Beijing and Tianjin. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Particle Pollution in Easter
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Particle Pollution in Eastern China |
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Thick haze streamed out of Eastern China over the Korean Peninsula and Japan on November 9, 2004. Cool winter weather often means poor air quality in eastern China, which relies heavily on coal-fired power plants and coal for heating and cooking. Haze blanketed much of eastern China during the first week of November, but a storm moving in on November 8 and 9 seemed to push much of the haze east over the Yellow Sea and Korea. The edge of the clouds are visible on the right side of the image. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on November 9, 2004. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Fires in Eastern China
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Fires in Eastern China |
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In eastern China in mid-June 2005, fires were burning in the northern part of Jiangsu province on the coast of the Yellow Sea. In this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite, red dots mark the location of actively burning fires that MODIS detected. The fires had been burning for several days before this image was collected on June 13, and the smoke was filling the skies over the Yellow Sea, the Korean Peninsula (top right), and approaching Japan (right edge). Jiangsu is an agricultural powerhouse in China, with large areas being cultivated much of the year. The widespread nature of the fires, their location, and the time of year suggest that these fires are being set intentionally for agricultural purposes. Although the fires are not necessarily immediately hazardous, such widespread burning can have a strong impact on weather, climate, human health, and natural resources. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Fires in Eastern China
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Fires in Eastern China |
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Scores of active fires were burning in the southern Shandong (top part of image), Anhui (lower left), and Jiangsu (lower right) provinces of eastern China on June 11, 2006. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] image from the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite shows active fire locations marked in red. Grayish smoke hangs over the center of the scene. According to reports from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, the region's winter wheat harvest is wrapping up, and these fires may be for post-harvest clean-up of fields. Below image center, sun glints brightly off Hongze Lake, while in the Yellow Sea south of Haizhou Bay, yellow-brown sediment fans out from the coast. A related image [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13631 ] of this region showing dust, smoke, and fires is included in the Natural Hazards: Dust and Smoke section. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image in additional resolutions and formats. [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?FAS_China4/2006162/ ] NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Pollution over China
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Pollution over China |
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The MODIS sensor aboard NASA's Aqua satellite observed a heavy pall of pollution (gray pixels) over much of eastern China on February 19, 2003. The haze appears to be particularly thick over the Shaanxi and Henan provinces in the eastern central part of the country. Notice how the pollution tends to "pool" up around mountainous terrain in the higher resolution version of this scene. The various light brown hues show bare land surface, while the darker browns show vegetated landscapes. A heavy discharge of sediments into the Bo Hai Bay and western Yellow Sea are coloring the surface waters caramel. There are a few red dots in this scene, indicating the locations of active fires. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Sandstorms Sweep Across Nort
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Sandstorms Sweep Across Northern China |
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Powerful sandstorms have scoured Northern China in recent days. In some places, visibility has dropped to 100 meters (330 feet) in the most intense sandstorm so far this year. About 70 million people in 11 provinces have been affected by strong winds and blowing sand. On March 28, 2004, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this view of the dust moving over the Yellow Sea. The thickness of the dust has nearly obscured the sea. On the left side of the image, the dust and cloud are covering the nation's capital, Beijing. The high resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Smog and Sand over Beijing
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Smog and Sand over Beijing |
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Thick sand from one of China's famed sandstorms clouded the air over Beijing on April 17, 2006. The storm swept east from the border region between China and Mongolia and blanketed cities across China with gritty yellow sand. The storm was the eighth and worst such storm of 2006, reported the BBC. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard the Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this picture on the morning of April 17. In this image, a thick band of tan dust obscures the view of the land surface below. Immediately east of the sandstorm are thick clouds, colored tan by the airborne dust. Along the coastlines, brownish sediments from both China and the Korean Peninsula cloud the Yellow Sea. As Terra captured this image, The Korea Times predicted that the storm would strike Korea on the evening of April 17, 2006. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC. [ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast
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Smog Obscures Chinese Coast |
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A thick shroud of haze lingers over China, turning the sky an opaque grey over 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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Spring Dust Storms Scour Chi
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Spring Dust Storms Scour China |
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Just as flowering and greening plants, migrating birds, and flooding herald the coming of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, dust storms are a sign of spring in northern China. Cold fronts from Siberia to the north bring strong winds to the deserts of Inner Mongolia. The winds pick up sand and carry it southeast over the densely populated region surrounding the Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. In the most powerful storms, the dust may be carried all the way across the Pacific Ocean to North America. The storms subside in mid-May when warm air moves up from the southwest. On April 20, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this photo-like image of dust over the Yellow Sea. The storm that generated this dense brown cloud of dust covered much of Northern China, including Beijing, with a dusty haze. The dust blew east into Korea, where officials referred to it as the worst dust storm so far this year. The winds are expected to calm on Friday, April 22, 2005. Not all of the brown seen in this image is caused by airborne dust. Near the shores, sediment colors the water of the Yellow Sea. The brown of the sediment fades to green as the dirt is diluted in the sea. The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC. |
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Thick Smog over China
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Thick Smog over China |
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Skies over China have darkened in the past five decades, thanks to a nine-fold increase fossil-fuel emissions. In January 2006, Yun Qian and collaborators reported this finding in Geophysical Research Letters. According to the Associated Press, Qian stated that pollution absorbs and reflects sunlight, allowing less of it to reach China's urban areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard the Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on January 27, 2006. In this image, a thick plume of smog makes its way across the Yellow Sea towards Korea. To the east, cloud cover can be discerned by its bright white appearance, compared to the pollution's dingy gray. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Typhoon Matsa
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Typhoon Matsa |
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Typhoon Matsa is shown here on the morning of August 2, 2005. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite at 04:40 UTC (2:40 p.m. local time). The typhoon had only just been upgraded from a tropical storm at that time, with steady winds of around 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour). It was not predicted to make landfall in the coming days, but isntead was predicted to travel northward into the Yellow Sea towards the Korean Peninsula and northern China. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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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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NASA/Navy Work Together To C
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NASA/Navy Work Together To Chart Ocean Color |
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A NASA scientist at Stennis Space Center works with U.S. Navy personnel on instrumentation used on a NASA-Navy scientific mission, designed to chart colors in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Japan. |
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01.01.1995 |
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NASA/Navy work together to c
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NASA/Navy work together to chart ocean color |
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A NASA scientist at Stennis Space Center, works with U.S. Navy personnel on instrumentation used on a NASA-Navy scientific mission, designed to chart colors in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Japan. |
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01.01.1995 |
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Dust over the Yellow Sea: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On May 20, 2008, a strong du
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2008-05-21 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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