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Dust blowing out of West Africa
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Published November 27, 2010
Satellite instruments such as CALIPSO can measure the distribution of aerosols in a vertical slice of the atmosphere, as with this dust plume off the west coast of Africa on April 22, 2010.
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Fire Cloud over Northern Russia
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Published September 1, 2010
This profile of the atmosphere provides a rare view of a towering fire-formed thunderstorm and the smoke it injected high into the atmosphere.
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Nighttime Ash Tracking with CALIPSO
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Published May 25, 2010
A satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere and reveals the altitude of ash clouds.
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