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Dust Impacts on Clouds

Dust Impacts on Clouds. Michael J. Garay Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA. http:// www.thespaldingspirit.com /2012/03/03/the-global-warming-heat-flash/. Ice Mass from GRACE. http:// climate.nasa.gov / keyIndicators /.

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Dust Impacts on Clouds

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  1. Dust Impacts on Clouds Michael J. Garay Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA

  2. http://www.thespaldingspirit.com/2012/03/03/the-global-warming-heat-flash/http://www.thespaldingspirit.com/2012/03/03/the-global-warming-heat-flash/

  3. Ice Mass from GRACE http://climate.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/

  4. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/solact.htmlhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/solact.html

  5. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  6. http://www.ipcc.ch/ Third Assessment Report (2001)

  7. http://www.ipcc.ch/ Fourth Assessment Report (2007)

  8. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  9. Note Change in Scale http://www.ipcc.ch/

  10. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  11. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  12. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  13. Twohy et al., GRL, 2009

  14. SAL No SAL Dunion & Velden, BAMS, 2004 Evan et al., GRL, 2006

  15. MODIS Aerosol Retrieval MODIS Cloud Retrieval MODIS RGB Image MODIS Cloud + Aerosol

  16. MISR Views of the Canary Islands +70.5° View Nadir View

  17. Cloud Condensation Nucleus Cloud Drop Rain Drop Logarithmic Scale Pandis, Atmospheric Aerosol Processes, 2004

  18. NASA Terra EOS Satellite MODIS, MISR, CERES, ASTER, MOPITT Multi-spectral, multi-angle, high-resolution NOAA GOES Satellite GOES Imager, GOES Sounder Broadband imagery A Selection of Satellite Instruments Used to Study Dust NASA Aqua EOS Satellite MODIS, AIRS, CERES, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, HSB Multi-spectral, “hyper-spectral”, multi-angle NOT PICTURED NASA TRMM (EOS) Satellite PR, VIRS, CERES, TMI, LIS Precipitation Radar, multi-spectral/angle NASA CloudSat Satellite CPR Cloud Profiling Radar NASA Aura EOS Satellite OMI, MLS, TES, HIRDLS Ultra-violet NASA CALIPSO Satellite CALIOP, IIR, WFC Lidar NASA TOMS Satellites TOMS Ultra-violet CNES PARASOL POLDER Polarization NOAA Suomi NPP VIIRS Multi-spectral

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  24. “Airplane Window” View

  25. Photo by Kelly Reeves flight attendant during Alaska Airlines flights 160 and 161 http://www.avo.alaska.edu/image_full.php?id=14333

  26. MISR Df Camera, Orbit 45589

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  28. http://www.ipcc.ch/

  29. Mahowald et al., Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci., 2009

  30. Discussion • Dust impacts on clouds is a cutting edge research topic • The system is complex • Studying this system is at the limit of the capabilities of the current generation of Earth remote sensing instruments

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