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Studying Smoke Above the Clouds

A growing body of research indicates that smoke above clouds can have important consequences for the climate.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Adam Voiland, with input from Richard Kleidman, Andrew Sayer, and David Giles.

Published May 11, 2016
Data acquired May 9, 2016

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Aqua > MODIS