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When China Looks Like Canada
OK, so there probably aren’t any “Canadatowns” in China like there are Chinatowns in Canada. (Now you’re probably wondering what a Canadatown in China would look like. Maybe stores and restaurants selling poutine and maple syrup? Hockey rinks and curling … Continue reading
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Tagged China, false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, ice and snow, Natural Color, RGB composite, smog, smoke, true color
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Hell Froze Over (and the Great Lakes, too)
This has been some kind of winter. The media has focused a lot of attention on the super-scary “Polar Vortex” even though it isn’t that scary or that rare. (I wonder if Hollywood will make it the subject of the next … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, false color, great lakes, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, MODIS, Natural Color, RGB composite, Snow RGB, true color
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B-31 and the Pine Island Glacier
Nope. This post is not about a warplane, an alcoholic beverage or a “New Wave” band from the 1970s. (Those are all B-52s.) And I’m not talking about a county road in Michigan or a New York City bus line. … Continue reading
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Tagged antarctica, day/night band, ice and snow, Landsat, M-15, M-5, MODIS, Near Constant Contrast, resolution
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Record Russian Spring Snowmelt
It seems that last year’s posts were all about fires. Fires in Colorado (multiple fires, in fact), the Canary Islands, Siberia, Australia – there was even that 40-year-old pit of burning natural gas that has been called the “Gates of … Continue reading
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Land of Lincoln Underwater
The week beginning on 14 April 2013 was a big week for weather across the United States. There were 30 reports of tornadoes. (Make sure you click on each link, and look at the filtered reports.) And, when our home … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, flood, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, Illinois, michigan, resolution, RGB composite
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Chinese Super-Smog
No, not a Super-Smörg, super smog. Smog that is so thick, you can taste it. The smog in many parts of eastern China has been so bad this winter, it is literally “off-the-charts“. Based on our Environmental Protection Agency‘s not-very-intuitive … Continue reading
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Tagged China, day/night band, false color, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, RGB composite, smog, true color
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End of Autumn in the Alps
Much of the United States has had a below-average amount of snow this fall (and below-average precipitation for the whole year). Look at how little snow cover there was in the month of November. Parts of Europe, however, have seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, Europe, false color, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-15, M-5, M-7, Meteosat, resolution, RGB composite, VIIRS
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Remote Islands, part III: Îles Kerguelen and Heard Island
“At 10 o’clock the Captain was walking on deck and saw what he supposed to be an immense iceberg. … the atmosphere was hazy, and then a heavy snow squall came up which shut it out entirely from our … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, gravity waves, Heard Island, I-1, I-2, I-3, ice and snow, Kerguelen, remote island, RGB composite, VIIRS
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Greenland Eddies and Swirls
Last time we visited Greenland, it was because VIIRS saw evidence of the rapid ice melt event in July 2012. We return to Greenland because of this visible image VIIRS captured on 18 October 2012: This image was taken by … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, Greenland, I-1, I-5, ice and snow, M-10, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, RGB composite, sea surface temperature, true color
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VIIRS and the Greenland Ice Melt
First, a preface: The purpose of this blog (and this blog post) is not to ignite some debate about global warming. This is about what one new satellite instrument has observed and the information it is providing to the scientific … Continue reading
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