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Image of the Week Archive — April 2005
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Comparison of Terra and Aqua MODIS Aerosol Data
April 24, 2005 —
Comparison of aerosol data observed by MODIS from Terra (left 2 images) and from Aqua (right 2 images) for the North Sea region of Europe on September 4, 2004. In each pair, left images are composites of the MODIS true-color image, whereas the right imag . . . [continued]
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Three-dimensional (3D) radiative effects of clouds in biomass burning Amazon Basin
April 17, 2005 —
Often the EarthÕs atmosphere is assumed to be horizontally uniform for simplicity. However this assumption is often not valid, particularly in a cumulus cloud field such as the one in the left panel. In that case, the full 3D radiative transfer process ha . . . [continued]
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A Clear Day over South Florida
April 10, 2005 —
This scene is simply a pretty picture of South Florida and the Bahamas on an unusually clear day. The view is from the Aqua satellite flying south to north 600km over Florida at 1:40pm on April 4, 2005. The image was created using red, green and blue chan . . . [continued]
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Aerosols over India Undergo Unique Seasonal Cycle
April 3, 2005 —
The aerosols over India, especially in the Indo-Gangetic basin at the base of the Himalayas (black arrows), undergo a unique seasonal cycle. In the winter (right hand side) the Indo-Gangetic basin experiences moderate to high aerosol loading with values . . . [continued]
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