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Image of the Week Archive — November 2007
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Clouds, Rain and Radiation from Satellite Observations Versus Model Simulations
November 25, 2007 —
Clouds, radiation and precipitation are key components linking the Earth’s energy and water cycle. Components of the space-based Earth Observing System (EOS), such as NASA's Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) experiment and the Tropical . . . [continued]
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Spectral Albedo of Snow-covered Surfaces
November 18, 2007 —
Mean values of the spectral white-sky albedo of snow-covered surfaces of the Northern Hemisphere as derived from five years of Terra MODIS data. These data have been aggregated as a function of IGBP ecosystem classification, and were derived from 2000-200 . . . [continued]
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Three Days in Fall 2007
November 11, 2007 —
These three scenes of the West Coast from Aqua MODIS span a 32 day period with dramatically different atmospheric conditions. Oct 6th is dry and clear, affording the opportunity to study coastal ocean and land surface conditions from space. Oct 22nd saw S . . . [continued]
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The Chimeric Characteristic of Atmospheric Equatorial Waves
November 4, 2007 —
Besides the Madden-Julian oscillation, the large-scale equatorial waves in the atmosphere have been given in the literature the names “convectively-coupled Kelvin waves,” “convectively-coupled Rossby waves” and “convectively-coupled mixed Rossby-gravity w . . . [continued]
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