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Image of the Week Archive — June 2007
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What does smoke do to clouds?
June 17, 2007 —
This is a ‘hot’ topic, because smoke is literally hotter than clouds, but also because a number of scientists are looking into this enigmatic issue of smoke (and other aerosol) interaction with clouds. This true-color Aqua-MODIS image acquired on June 14, . . . [continued]
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Rotational ITCZ attractors
June 3, 2007 —
The latitudinal location of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is highly controlled by the peak of the latitudinal profile of the sea surface temperature (SST). However, there is another equally important factor that determines the latitudinal loc . . . [continued]
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