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Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1988 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1988 1368 x 768 1 MB Bytes - TIFF
Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1988 113 MB - MPEG
Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1993 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1993 1368 x 768 1 MB Bytes - TIFF
Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1993 113 MB - MPEG
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Made from a model based on satellite data, these animations contrast wind patterns that brought drought to the U.S. Midwest in 1988 with those that brought floods in 1993.
NASA images by Trent L. Schindler, Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center made with data from MERRA. Caption by Holli Riebeek with information from Michael Bosilovich.
Published October 5, 2010 Data acquired May 1 - July 31, 1988