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US Navy/NRL/ ©EUMETSAT 2007
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Meteosat-5 IR-BD Enhancement 1400UTC 11 Mar 2007
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US Navy/NRL/ ©EUMETSAT 2007
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Meteosat-5 IR-BD Enhancement 1400UTC 12 Mar 2007
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US Navy/NRL/ ©EUMETSAT 2007
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Multisensor Images of Tropical Cyclone Indlala, 12 Mar 2007
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US Navy/NRL/ ©EUMETSAT 2007
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Meteosat-5 IR-BD Enhancement 1330UTC 13 Mar 2007
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US Navy/NRL/ ©EUMETSAT 2007
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Meteosat-5 IR-BD Enhancement 1330UTC 14 Mar 2007
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David Jorgensen
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Conceptual model of the airborne Doppler radar scanning techniques and the beam pattern for a single aircraft (image courtesy of Dr. David Jorgensen)
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NASA
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2002-2003 El Nino Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies detected by AMSR-E
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left- NOAA, right - US Navy NRL/NASA
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Maps of radar and AMSR precipitation estimates
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NOAA, NASA, USAF (no change to current graphic)
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12-hr composite of soil moisture measured by AMSR-E, 26 Oct 2005
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Australia Bureau of Meteorology
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Radar images of convection over NW Australia 18 Feb 2006
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Australia Bureau of Meteorology
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Radar images of convection over NW Australia 16 Jan 2006
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©The COMET Program
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Blackbody curves of Solar Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere and Solar Radiation reaching the Surface
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UW-CIMSS/NOAA
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NOAA POES 3.7 micron (Near IR) image showing fires and land surface changes in Brazi
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US Navy/NRL/NASA
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Aqua IR and CloudSat reflectivity of Tropical Storm Gordon
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US Navy / NRL / NASA
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Cloudsat Profile through Tropical Storm Gordon, 16 Sep 2006
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US Navy/NRL/NASA
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CloudSat Orbit Segment over GOES enhanced IR, 26 Aug 2006
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US Navy/NRL/NASA
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Aqua IR and CloudSat reflectivity of Hurricane Ileana
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NASA/©EUMETSAT 2007
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CloudSat profile through a West African squall line
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US Navy/NRL/NASA
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CloudSat reflectivity profile through developing tropical storm, Ernesto
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H. Hashiguchi, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)
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Photograph of Equatorial Atmospheric Radar
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H. Hashiguchi, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)
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Zonal Wind speed near the Tropopause measured by the Equatorial Atmospheric Radar
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NCAR/EOL
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ELDORA Reflectivity X-Z cross-section through Hurricane Rita
1801-1821 UTC 22 Sep 2005
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NCAR/EOL
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ELDORA reflectivity composite image of Hurricane Rita
1706-1742 UTC 22 Sep 2005
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©The COMET Program
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Electromagnetic Spectrum and Absorption by Atmospheric Gases
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©The COMET Program
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Electromagnetic Spectrum and Transmission of radiation through the atmosphere. Spectral bands where radiation is absorbed by different gases absorb radiation are marked.
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NASA
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Burn scars and fire locations in Central Africa detected using MODIS shortwave near IR, and visible light.
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The COMET Program / EUMETSAT / NASA / NOAA / WMO
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The global satellite observation system
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© The COMET Program / EUMETSAT / NASA / NOAA / WMO
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Global Satellite Observation System
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UCAR
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Global GPS sites with precipitable water vapor estimates and photograph of GPS receiver
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©The COMET Program
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Map of Surface Synoptic and Metar Stations, 20 Mar 2007
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Smith et al 2006
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Time-average precipitation directly analyzed bias (1996-2003) for the GPI satellite estimates
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NOAA, NASA, USAF (no change to current graphic)
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GPM Radar Frequencies
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NOAA, NASA, USAF (no change to current graphic)
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GPM Core Satellite and Constellation
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National Meteorological Service of Jamaica
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Doppler Radar Image of Hurricane Ivan, 1445 UTC 10 Sep 2004
Column Maximum Reflectivity
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NASA
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Annual averaged number of lightning flashes per km2 from merged LIS and OTD gridded data
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NASA
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Ozone concentrations (parts per billion) calculated from Aura satellite data and the GEOS-Chem atmospheric model
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©The COMET Program
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24-Hour Coverage of the EUMETSAT polar-orbiting satellite, MetOp
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NASA
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Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer images of clouds over Florida at three angles
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NOAA, NASA, USAF (no change to current graphic)
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MODIS false color dust image of dust storm across the Persian Gulf, 29 May 2003
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UCAR/NASA
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MOPITT average measured concentrations of CO at 700 hPa, 2-12 Dec. 2004
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NOAA
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Map showing six-hour coverage of POES soundings and GOES WV/Cloud Track Winds
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US Navy/ NRL (no change to current graphic)
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NRL Experimental Bleanded Rain rate Product
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US Navy/NRL
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OLS and IR image of cloud and lightning flashes over Florida
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UCAR
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Progression of tangent point for a series of progressively deeper occultations
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NASA
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TRMM PR images of Tropical Cyclone Percy including reflectivity cross-section showing towering (chimney) cumulonimbus cloud in the eyewall
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David Weissman /NASA
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Rainrate estimates from TMI (upper) and SeaWinds scatterometer (lower) for region southwest of Nicaragua, Central America
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UCAR
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Example of tropical temperature profiles derived from GPS radio occultation
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NOAA/ETL
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Boundary Layer Wind Velocity over Ruskin, Florida
00UTC 29 May - 00UTC 30 May 2002
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NOAA
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Comparison of rainfall distribution measured by the DMSP SSM/I, NOAA AMSU, and NASA TMI
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©EUMETSAT 2004
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Meteosat-8 Composite IR image of Saharan dust outbreak, 3-6 March 2004
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©EUMETSAT 2004
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Meteosat-8 Composite IR image of Saharan dust outbreak, 1200 UTC 4 March 2004
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©EUMETSAT 2004
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Meteosat-8 Composite IR image of Saharan dust outbreak, 1200 UTC 6 March 2004
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©EUMETSAT, 2001/UW-CIMSS/NOAA
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GOES and Meteosat Composite Images of Hurricane Erin and the Saharan Air Layer, Sep 2001
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NASA/JPL
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar (C/Xband Synthetic Aperture Radar) Images taken in the vicinity of Manuas, Brazil
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David Johnson/UCAR
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Relative orbital geometry of Geostationary and Polar Orbiting Satellites
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©The COMET Program
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Conceptual model of Satellite Scatterometry Viewing Geometry
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NOAA/NESDIS
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NOAA NESDIS Experimental Blended Rain rate product- SCamPR 0300UTC 25 Aug 2005
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NOAA, DMSP
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Near-surface specific humidity measured by SSM/I and AMSU-B, 23 April 1999
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US Navy /NRL
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Split window technique to differentiate dust from thin cirrus
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Smith et al. 2006
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Time-average precipitation directly analyzed bias (1996-2003) for the SSM/I satellite estimates
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©The COMET Program
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Scan geometry of the SSM/I polar orbiting satellite
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The COMET Program
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Outgoing long wave radiance curves for terrestrial temperatures and the absorption by atmospheric gases at different wavelengths or bands.
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Courtesy of National Space Organization (NSO)
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GPS satellite and sounding produced from radio occultation
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US Navy/ NRL/ NOAA/ NASA
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TRMM PR (inner swath) and TMI (outer swath) rain rate, 0509UTC 15 Sep 2004 and GOES IR 0340UTC 15 Sep 2004
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Schumacher and Houze 2003
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Kwajalein radar and PR monthly average rain accumulation (mm) and stratiform rainfall fraction (%) within 150km of the Kwajalein radar from Jun - Dec 1999 and 2000
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Tao et al. 2006 /NASA
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Plan view of near-surface rain rates for Hurricane Bonnie (22 Aug 1998); (middle) vertical cross section of rain-rate profiles along center of satellite track; (bottom) vertical cross section of latent heat profiles
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NASA
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Artistic impression of TRMM satellite and path across the tropics
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NASA
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The Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) for Africa in December 2000
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©EUMETSAT, 2006
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Detection of lava from the Karthala eruption, Comorros Islands (southwest Indian Ocean) on 29 May 2006.
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©EUMETSAT, 2006
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Explosive eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (Caribbean) observed by Meteosat 8
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©EUMETSAT, 2006
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Detection of SO2 plume from the Karthala eruption, Comorros Islands (southwest Indian Ocean) on 29 May 2006.
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NASA/NOAA
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Explosive eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (Caribbean) observed by MODIS, 1420UTC 21 May 2006
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NOAA/JMA
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GOES and MT_SAT Low Level IR Cloud Drift Winds, 00 UTC 24 Jan 2007
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NOAA/JMA
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GOES and MT_SAT derived mid-upper-level winds, 00UTC 24 Jan 2007
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NCAR/EOL
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Schematic of Doppler Beam Swinging Profiler and Atmospheric Scatterers
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NASA
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Flooding of the Zambeze River (southeast Africa) detected from MODIS visible and IR composite
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