Status Report

Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 05/27/2003

By SpaceRef Editor
May 27, 2003
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The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (05/27/2003)

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Don’t forget, the new Where On Earth … ? MISR Mystery Image Quiz (#14) will be published May 28 on the MISR site (http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/).

Earth Observatory

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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

* Latest Images:

Snow Depth in the Northern Hemisphere
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15297

Indianapolis, Indiana
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15296

How Does Anthropogenic Haze Influence Climate?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15295

Tonle Sap Wetlands, Cambodia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15294

Earth and Moon as Viewed from Mars
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15293

Oil Slicks on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15292

Cyclone Brings Flooding to Sri Lanka
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15291

* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/

  • – Coastal Cities Turn Up the Heat on Rainfall
  • – NASA to Mentor Students in Earth Science Research
  • – New NASA Computer Models May Lead to Quake Forecast System
  • – First-Time-Ever Snapshot Released of Mother Earth from Mars

* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/

  • – New Climate Model Predicts Greater 21st Century Warming

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New Data:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/

* Updated Data:

Aerosol Optical Depth data for April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html

Aerosol Particle Radius data for April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html

TOMS Aerosol Index data for March 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aerosol.toms.html

Cirrus Cloud Fraction data for April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/cld_ci.modis.html

Cloud Radiative Forcing data for November – December 2002
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/cldforc.erbe.html

Outgoing Longwave Radiation data for November – December 2002
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lwflux.erbe.html

Net Radiation data for November – December 2002
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/netflux.erbe.html

Ozone data for April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/ozone.toms.html

Snow Cover data for February – April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/snow.modis.html

Reflected Shortwave Radiation data for November – December 2002
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/swflux.erbe.html

UV Radiation Exposure data for April 2003
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/uv.toms.html

SpaceRef staff editor.