From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 06:52:37 PST
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From: Tara Hess
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 7:29 PM
To: eo-announce@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 04/2/2002
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04/2/2002)
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Don't forget to check out the new MISR "Where on Earth...?" geography quiz found on the MISR instrument homepage at NASA-JPL: http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/#quiz. This month's quiz will be published at 12:00PM (PST) on Wednesday, April 3, 2002. Answer the questions correctly, and you could be one of 3 people to win a print of the image! Responses are due by Tuesday, April 9, 2002. Email your responses to: suggestions@mail-misr.jpl.nasa.gov. This image will be featured as the Earth Observatory "Image of the Day" beginning at 6PM (EST) on April 3, 2002: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3
New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/
* Tias that Bind (DAAC Study)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/TaiLanguage/
Using GIS techniques and Chinese population and socioeconomic data, linguists trace the origin of Tai dialect in Southeast Asia.
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Natural Hazards:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
* Latest Events:
Dust and Smoke: Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2633
Dust and Smoke: Haze and Pollution over Western Europe
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2632
Fire: Wildfires in Okavango Delta
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2634
Fire: Fires and Smoke in Thailand
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2624
Dust and Smoke: Dust and Pollution over China
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2629
Dust and Smoke: Dust over Much of Western Asia
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2630
Dust and Smoke: Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2633
Dust and Smoke: Haze and Pollution over Western Europe
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2632
Dust and Smoke: Asian Dust Reaches Alaska
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2631
Dust and Smoke: Dust Cloud over Sea of Japan
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2633
Unique Imagery: Black Water off the Gulf Coast of Florida
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2623
Dust and Smoke: Dust over Cape Verde
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=2628
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In the News:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
* Latest Images:
Galapagos Islands
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8270
Relief Map of St. Louis, Missouri
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8269
Glacial Retreat in Chilean Patagonia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8268
Earthquake Hits Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8267
Von Karman Vortices over Broutona
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8266
Icebergs Adrift in the Amundsen Sea
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8265
Image Transformations-Montserrat
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=8264
* NASA News
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
- NASA Pinpoints Where Rain Comes from and Where It Goes
- China Dust Disaster Imaged by NASA Spacecraft
* Media Alerts
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
- Antarctic Ice Sheet Key to Sudden Sea Level Rise in the Past
- Crossing Alaska by Snowmobile in Search of Climate-Change Clues
- Hurricanes Impact Carbon Sequestration by US Forests
- Sensitive Detector Identifies Missing Nitrogen Oxide Pollutant in Atmosphere
* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
- Antarctica Melting from Below
- How Cold Was Earth in the Beginning?
- NASA Wrestles With Balky Terra Instrument
- Effects of Global Warming "Clearly Visible"
- Ice Continent on the Move
* New Research Highlights
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/
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New Data:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/
* Updated Data:
Ozone data for February 2002
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/ozone.toms.html
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