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Inadvertent Weather Modification by Chicago-Northern Indiana Pollution Sources Observed by ERTS-1
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: NASA's Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) now provides extremely high resolution (50?200 m) multi-spectral images of any given portion of the earth (between 81° north and south latitude) every 18 days. These are ...
The Climatology and Prediction of the Chicago Lake Breeze
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: As part of an extensive mesoscale study of the Chicago lake breeze, ten summer months of data (1966?68) were used to compile a climatology of this phenomena and devise a simple forecasting technique. The lake breeze was ...
MESOSCALE MOTIONS IN OCEANIC STRATUS AS REVEALED BY SATELLITE DATA
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Over maritime areas, meteorological satellite data generally have been used only in the study of synoptic scale systems. However, TIROS 7 pictures of summertime stratus over the northern Pacific, when rectified and combined ...
Detection of Particulate Air Pollution Plumes From Major Point Sources Using ERTS-1 Imagery
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1) launched by NASA in July 1972 has been providing thousands of high resolution multi-spectral images of great interest to geographers, cartographers, hydrologists, agriculturists, ...
SMS/GOES Visible Images Detect a Synoptic-Scale Air Pollution Episode
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An SMS/GOES 1 n mi visible image taken an 30 June 1975 reveals a massive area of atmospheric turbidity over the central and eastern United States. This was during the midpoint of a two-week air stagnation episode engulfing ...