TRMM Biomass Burning - Smoke Inhibits Rainfall: Water Droplet Size and Fire March 1, 1998

  • Released Wednesday, September 1st, 1999
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:58PM
  • ID: 755
Correlated water droplet size and fires over northern Borneo on March 1, 1998

Correlated water droplet size and fires over northern Borneo on March 1, 1998

Slate indicating water droplet size (in turquoise where brighter = larger) and fires (red) for biomass burning. Video slate image reads, "TRMM Biomass BurningWater Droplet Size & FiresMarch 1, 1998".

Slate indicating water droplet size (in turquoise where brighter = larger) and fires (red) for biomass burning. Video slate image reads, "TRMM Biomass Burning
Water Droplet Size & Fires
March 1, 1998".

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Papers used in this visualization

D. Rosenfeld, TRMM observed first direct evidence of smoke from forest fires inhibiting rainfall, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 1999, 3105-3108

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