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Image of the Week Archive — July 2004
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Dust and Pollution in the Indian Ocean
July 25, 2004 —
MODIS images of influx of pollution to the Bay of Bengal (top part) and dust (lower part) from India into the Arabian Sea. The left panels show a color composite of the regions being observed by MODIS. The center panel is the MODIS analysis of the aerosol . . . [continued]
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Rain Rate Estimation over Tropical Land
July 18, 2004 —
The present operational method to estimate rain rate, from TRMM microwave radiometer observations over land areas, is based on a multiple regression (statistical) scheme. The regression coefficients in the method are derived utilizing radar rain rate obse . . . [continued]
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Alaska Border Fires
July 11, 2004 —
This image acquired at 21:40 UTC on July 01, 2004 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor aboard the Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra satellite, and provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team, shows massive amounts of . . . [continued]
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What are super cloud clusters, and how fast do they travel?
July 4, 2004 —
Symbols A through D in Fig. 1 represent areas of super cloud clusters.1 Super cloud clusters are defined as areas of minimal outgoing (from earth) long-wave radiation (OLR). Fig. 2 is a blow-up of these super cloud clusters, which shows the i . . . [continued]
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