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Smoke Above the Clouds
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Published October 17, 2014
Whether a smoke or dust plume has a heating—or cooling—effect on the atmosphere can depend on whether it is above clouds.
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CALIPSO Spies Polar Stratospheric Clouds
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Published February 9, 2011
Also known as nacreous clouds, they play an important role in the depletion of stratospheric ozone.
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Dust blowing out of West Africa
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Published November 27, 2010
Satellite instruments such as CALIPSO can measure the distribution of aerosols in a vertical slice of the atmosphere, as with this dust plume off the west coast of Africa on April 22, 2010.
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