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Image of the Week Archive — October 2004
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Cheyenne Meets Catarina: First South Atlantic Hurricane Ever Recorded
October 31, 2004 —
On April 5, 2004 the 125 foot Catamaran Cheyenne (upper right), skippered by American adventurer Steve Fossett, and navigated by Australian sailor-meteorologist Adrienne Cahalan (middle right), with a crew of 11 (lower right), set a new round-the-world sa . . . [continued]
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Square-eyed Hurricane Ivan
October 24, 2004 —
HurricanesÕ eyes are often round, but they occasionally have polygonal shapes--from triangles to hexagons. These polygonal shapes are often incomplete, but segments of the shapes are distinct. This picture shows hurricane Ivan as it was approaching Flor . . . [continued]
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Changes in Mean Rainfall over U.S. with Time of Day as Seen by TRMM
October 17, 2004 —
During the daytime, the earth's surface is heated by the sun. It cools off during the night. This cycle of heating and cooling affects the average amount of rain that falls at various hours of the day, but other factors like land/sea contrast and topogr . . . [continued]
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Biomass burning over Indochina alters rainfall pattern over Southern China
October 10, 2004 —
From February through April, farmers in Indochina peninsula burn bushes and agricultural waste to clear the ground for the busy summer farming season. This annual agricultural practice produces a large amount of smoke and dramatically increases the aeroso . . . [continued]
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Radiation Hole
October 3, 2004 —
Everyone has heard of the Ozone Hole. However, "Ozone Hole" is a misnomer; the ozone column only declines to about one-third to one-half its normal value. For sunlight, on the other hand, we occasionally observe holes where the surface flux drops by a . . . [continued]
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