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How can snow cover on the Himalayas influence the species that thrive in the ocean a thousand kilometers away?


NASA Earth Observatory map and chart by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Goes, J., et al. (2020). NASA image by Norman Kuring/NASA's Ocean Color Web, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Photograph courtesy of Joaquim Goes. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published August 5, 2021
Data acquired 1996 - 2018

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
DMSP > SSM/I
DMSP > SSMIS
Map
Model
Nimbus 7 > SMMR
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Photograph
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Applied Sciences