Earth  ID: 748

TRMM Biomass Burning: Smoke Inhibits Rainfall Cloud Cover With Fires March 1, 1998

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 1, 1999
Smoke from forest fires has, for the first time, been proven to inhibit rainfall, according to an extensive analysis of data taken from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) spacecraft.
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Cloud cover and fires from biomass burning for March 1, 1998 indicated on a topographic map of northern Borneo
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Cloud cover and fires from biomass burning for March 1, 1998 indicated on a topographic map of northern Borneo (dimmer version)
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Cloud cover and fires from biomass burning for March 1, 1998 indicated on a topographic map of northern Borneo
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Slate indicating fire color for biomass burning as red. Video slate image reads, "TRMM Biomass Burning
Cloud-cover with Fires
March 1, 1998".

For More Information

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/news-release/releases/1999/99-101.txt

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Daniel Rosenfeld (Hebrew University): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
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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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/TMI
1998/03/01
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TRMM/VIRS
1998/03/01
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TRMM/PR
1998/03/01
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Smoke Inhibits Rainfall

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Clouds
DLESE >> Environmental science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Fire Occurrence
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0