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Melting Snow and Ice Warm Northern Hemisphere
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Published February 24, 2011
These image maps show how changes in snow and ice in the Northern Hemisphere have allowed the Earth to soak up more solar energy—and warm up—over the last 30 years.
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Winds of Drought, Winds of Flood
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Published October 5, 2010
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.
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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model
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Published June 9, 2010
This comparison shows how a forecast from the high resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5, the world’s highest resolution global climate model, stacks up against GOES satellite images showing actual cloud patterns for February 6, 2010.
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