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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: NASA image: Colors after the storms |
| Date | 2015-10-31 02:20 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <15ldgc-ge7.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <kOOdnWHYtOOfiqnLnZ2dnUU7-a0AAAAA@giganews.com> |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > NASA image: Colors after the storms >> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-nasa-image-storms.html > >> Damaging heavy rains fell on South Carolina in the southeastern >> United States at the beginning of October 2015. Much of that water >> had, by mid-October, flowed into the Atlantic Ocean bringing with it >> heavy loads of sediment, nutrients, and dissolved organic material. >> >> The above image, from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite >> (VIIRS) instrument on NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite, shows the >> runoff as it interacts with ocean currents on Oct. 15. >> >> Suomi NPP, launched on Oct. 28, 2011, represents a critical first >> step in building the next-generation Earth-observing satellite system >> that will collect data on long-term climate change and short-term >> weather conditions. Suomi NPP launched with five key instruments, >> including VIIRS, a scanning radiometer which collects visible and >> infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, >> atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans. >> >> VIIRS data is used to measure cloud and aerosol properties, ocean >> color, sea and land surface temperature, ice motion and temperature, >> fires, and Earth's albedo. Climatologists use VIIRS data to improve >> our understanding of global climate change. >> Wan to bet no one wants to discuss this worthless, spamming cut and paste either, spamming shit head? -- Jim Pennino
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NASA image: Colors after the storms Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 20:18 -0500 Re: NASA image: Colors after the storms jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-31 02:20 +0000 Re: NASA image: Colors after the storms "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 13:20 -0700
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