U.S. Heat Wave and Earth’s Energy Balance - selected image

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Data acquired July 22, 2011
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U.S. Heat Wave and Earth’s Energy Balance

July’s extreme heat in the United States radiated energy out into space as shown in this image from July 22, 2011.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story U.S. Heat Wave and Earth’s Energy Balance.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using CERES data provided courtesy of the NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek with information from Takmeng Wong, NASA Langley Research Center.

Published August 31, 2011
Data acquired July 22, 2011

Source:: Terra > CERES