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Scientists use SeaWiFS and MODIS to detect harmful algal blooms.
Published Feb 22, 2002 02:36 PM
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NASA ESDIS article describing research uses of data - MODIS aids the study and interpretation of the history of Antarctic temperature and climate records.
Published Mar 5, 2001 11:46 AM
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Ocean color data from the SeaWiFS and MODIS sensors enable researchers to examine the link between phytoplankton blooms and fish and bird health.
Published Feb 15, 2005 04:19 PM
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The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution.
Published Feb 6, 2009 04:37 PM
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A mighty forest fades in the Congo.
Published Sep 8, 2015 12:16 PM
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Phytoplankton blooms occur in all the Earth’s oceans when nutrient and sunlight conditions are right.
Published Feb 22, 2003 02:07 PM
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In October 2001, a volcano in the remote South Sandwich Islands began spewing ash and lava. Less than 24 hours after the eruption began, a research team nearly 9,000 miles away was estimating how much energy the volcano was producing.
Published Feb 16, 2004 12:17 PM
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Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Published Oct 5, 2018 02:05 PM
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Drought turns the Fertile Crescent into a dust bowl.
Published Sep 28, 2016 03:15 PM
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A new long-term archive of satellite data will help hydrologists monitor floods, allow aid agencies to pinpoint flood-prone regions, and provide information for modeling Earth's complex hydrologic cycles.
Published Feb 16, 2004 12:09 PM
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Members of the NASA's Earth Observing System 1994 Independent Architectural Study discussed ways of meeting researchers' new technology needs.
Published Mar 8, 1998 02:02 PM
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Understanding river runoff will help solidify the link between land use and coral health.
Published Feb 13, 2006 02:29 PM
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Today's forecast calls for atmospheric explosions and mercury rain.
Published Oct 11, 2013 04:04 PM
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Convection meets the Indian Ocean for supersize weather.
Published Apr 6, 2014 05:38 PM
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The source of a yearly scourge is revealed.
Published Sep 22, 2011 12:19 PM
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Scientists use Pathfinder AVHRR (PAL) data to study land cover.
Published Mar 9, 1996 04:11 PM
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A train of satellites follows the atmospheric effects of a volcanic eruption.
Published Feb 6, 2009 04:31 PM
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Extreme weather events thousands of miles apart may be linked.
Published Nov 12, 2012 05:20 PM
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A new generation reconnects with greener pastures.
Published Apr 22, 2014 02:51 PM
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Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - scientists use SSM/I data to locate Antarctic polynyas.
Published Feb 16, 2004 12:19 PM
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