Dust and Pollution Rise Before the Monsoon

In the weeks before India’s monsoon rains, dust, smoke, and haze build over the Ganges River Plain. This image provides a profile of the atmosphere during one of those pollution periods.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided by the CALIPSO team. Caption by Holli Riebeek, with information from Ritesh Gautam.

Published August 24, 2011
Data acquired May 12, 2007

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CALIPSO > CALIOP