Detail View: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection: TRMM Biomass Burning: Smoke Inhibits Rainfall Cloud Cover with Fires March 1, 1998
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Title:
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TRMM Biomass Burning: Smoke Inhibits Rainfall Cloud Cover with Fires March 1, 1998
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Instrument:
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TRMM/PR
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Description:
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Slate indicating fire color for biomass burning
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Abstract:
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Smoke from forest fires has, for the first time, been proven to inhibit rainfall, according to an extensive analysis of data taken from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) spacecraft.
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Completed:
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1999-09-01
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Credit:
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*Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Studio:
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SVS
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Animator:
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Greg Shirah (Lead)
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Scientist:
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Daniel Rosenfeld (Hebrew University)
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Science paper:
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D. Rosenfeld, TRMM observed first direct evidence of smoke from forest fires inhibiting rainfall, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 1999, 3105-3108
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Series:
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Smoke Inhibits Rainfall
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Data Collected:
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1998/03/01
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Keywords:
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Atmospheric science
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note:
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More Information on this topic available at http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/news-release/releases/1999/99-101.txt
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Video:
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SVS1999-0025* * *
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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facet_when:
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March 1, 1998
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facet_what:
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Earth
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facet_when_year:
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1998
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Animation Number:
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748
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000700/a000748/colorbar-IMAGE
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original url:
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000700/a000748/index.html
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