From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 14:00:40 UTC
>From: eoannounce_at_eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov
>To: eo-announce_at_eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov
>Subject: Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 14 September 2005
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:28:05 -0400 (EDT)
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>The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 September 2005)
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>In the News:
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
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>* Latest Images:
> NASA Satellite Measures Deforestation
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17032
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> Storm Front Approaching California
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17031
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> Effigy Mounds National Monument
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17030
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> Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17029
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> Hurricane Ophelia
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17028
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> New Orleans
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17027
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> Cloud Spirals and Outflow in Tropical Storm Katrina
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17026
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>* NASA News
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
> - NASA Satellite Data Provides Rapid Analysis of Amazon Deforestation
> - Tropical Deforestation Affects Rainfall in The U.S. and Around the Globe
> - NASA Researchers Back Home after Successful Tropical Storm Tracking
>Mission in Costa Rica
> - NASA/NOAA Announce Major Weather Forecasting Advancement
>
>* Media Alerts
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
> - NIEHS Launches Website with Information for Assessing Environmental
>Hazards from Hurricane Katrina
> - Methane Gyrations Last 2,000 Years Show Human Influence on Atmosphere
> - Climate Change Will Affect Carbon Sequestration in Oceans, Model Shows
> - Researchers Take 'LEAD' to Improve Hurricane, Tornado Predictions
> - Vegetation Growth May Quickly Raise Arctic Temperatures
> - Using Satellite Observations to Investigate 'Greening' Trends across
>Canada and Alaska
> - Roadways and Parking Lots Threaten Freshwater Quality in the
>Northeastern U.S.
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>* Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
> - Hurricane Ophelia Taunts Coastal Carolinas
> - More than One Million Evacuated as Typhoon Khanun Slams into East China
> - Captive Breeding Seen as Lifeline for Amphibians
> - Haze Returns to Haunt Malaysian Coastal Town
> - Ophelia Strengthens, May Hit Southeast
> - Earthquake in California Could Be More Devastating than Katrina
> - Papua New Guinea Still Unsure of Quake's Impact
> - Hundreds Evacuated as Heavy Rains Lash India's Mumbai
> - Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders
> - Sun's String of Fury Continues as 7th Major Flare Erupts
> - Katrina Rings Alarms on Climate Change
> - Expert: Confusion Hurt Katrina Response
> - Katrina Weakened, But Didn't Wipe Out, Invasive Rodents
> - Global Warming Behind Prehistoric Die-Off
> - Japan Begins Hunt for 60 Whales
> - Scientists Measure Pesticide Runoff from Golf Courses
> - Mexico Beats Deadline, Stops Using CFCs
> - Hawaii Scientists to Study Tsunami Warning
> - World Seen Winning Battle of Water Scarcity
> - Global Warming Could Hit India Agriculture: Study
> - European Union Lawmakers Cite Disasters in Push on Climate Change
> - Wheat Fungus May Pose Global Threat: Report
> - Tainted Loons at Heart of EPA Battle
> - Report: Kentucky 8th in Mercury Plant Emissions
> - Canary Islands Fire Destroys 1,300 Hectares of Forest
> - Three Quakes Hit Alps, Woman Injured in Mudslide
> - Rare White Giraffe Photographed
> - Vegetation Growth May Quickly Raise Arctic Temperatures
> - Study Finds British Soil Losing Carbon
> - Pensacola Opposes Contaminated Soil Plan
> - New Orleans' Toxic Tide
> - NASA Scans Hurricane Damage to Shuttle Ops
> - Scientists Expect Major Environmental Damage
> - Coastal Erosion Has Made Louisiana Vulnerable to Hurricanes
> - Tropical Storm Becomes Hurricane off Florida
> - 32 Dead or Missing as Typhoon Completes Zigzag over Japan
> - Alberta Industry, Environmentalists to Discuss Fate of Threatened
>Caribou
> - Environmentalists Sue to Save Woodpecker
> - Another Storm Would Devastate U.S. Energy: Analysts
> - Hurricane storm surges have resulted in limited flooding of the city of
>New Orleans before - but Hurricane Katrina's winds pushed in a devastating
>surge of water from the Gulf of Mexico that overwhelmed the city's system
>of levees built to hold back the s
> - Storm Surge the Fatal Blow for New Orleans
> - Japan Braces for Round Two with Killer Typhoon
> - Portugal Warns Continuing Drought Could Extend into 2006
> - Large Solar Flare May Bring Disruptions
> - Court Sets Deadline to Clean California Air
> - Controversy Swirls around Wind Farm Plan
> - Popular Walrus Cam to Go Offline for Hunt
> - Grass Hailed as Potential Source of Clean Energy
> - The Snowball Effect of Global Warming
> - Alaska Scientists Release Sawfly's Enemy
> - Estimates Put Wolf Numbers Up in Rockies
> - Group: Population Numbers May Doom Salmon
> - In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature's Help
> - What Led to Katrina? Jury Still Out on Global Warming
> - Florida Conducting Coral Reef Study
> - Oregon Scientists Monitor Bulging Ground
>
>* New Research Highlights
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/
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>New Data:
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/
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>* Updated Data:
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for August 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for July 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for June 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for May 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for April 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for March 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for February 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for January 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for December 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for November 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for October 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for September 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for August 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for July 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for June 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for May 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for April 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for March 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
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> Aerosol Optical Depth data for February 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Optical Depth data for January 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_od.modis.html
>
> Aerosol Particle Radius data for August 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for July 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for June 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for May 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for April 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for March 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for February 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for January 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for December 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for November 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for October 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for September 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for August 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for July 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for June 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for May 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for April 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for March 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for February 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Aerosol Particle Radius data for January 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/aer_ra.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for August 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for July 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for June 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for May 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for April 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for March 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for February 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for January 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for December 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for November 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for October 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for September 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for August 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for July 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for June 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for May 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for April 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Day Land Temperature data for March 2004
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstday.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for August 2005
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for July 2005
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for June 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for May 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for April 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for March 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for February 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for January 2005
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for December 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for November 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for October 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
>
> Night Land Temperature data for September 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for August 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for July 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for June 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for May 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for April 2004
>
>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Night Land Temperature data for March 2004
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>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/lstnight.modis.html
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> Snow Cover data for August 2005
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/snow.modis.html
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