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Image of the Week Archive — October 2005
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The Sun's Variations as seen by SORCE’s Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM)
October 30, 2005 —
The fact that the Sun is behaving differently at ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths is important for determining the response of Earth's climate, since the different wavelengths are forcing different components of the Earth system. The ul . . . [continued]
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The Power of Biomass Fires
October 23, 2005 —
Large fires occur in most vegetated parts of the globe depending on season, either in the form of prescribed fires used for agricultural or experimental purposes, or in the form of wildfires ignited by lightning, accident, or other unknown causes. Part of . . . [continued]
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The South Asian Monsoon and Its Onset
October 16, 2005 —
These figures show the April through June monthly mean precipitation (in mm/day) in south Asia and its surrounding oceans averaged from 1979 to 1998. The data used in generating these figures are from Xie and Arkin of NCEP/NOAA. The rainy belt stretchin . . . [continued]
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Day-Night Changes in Rain in the Eastern Hemisphere
October 9, 2005 —
The image panels show the Dec-Feb average rainfall in the Earth's eastern hemisphere at two times of the day, 6 AM and 6 PM. The data come from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, which was l . . . [continued]
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Measuring low liquid water paths from an Infrared Thermometer
October 2, 2005 —
This image shows measurements of the sky temperature from the new Atmospheric Radiation Measurement ARM Program Infrared Thermometer (IRT) at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site in Oklahoma on September 26, 2005. This cu . . . [continued]
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