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	Tropical Cyclone Nargis Rakes Burma The tropical cyclone that devastated Burma over the weekend is seen in this infrared image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. Areas in purple represent the high, cold cloud tops that make up the top of Nargis.
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Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Ocean Survey Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Site
A spacecraft designed to continue a long-term survey of Earth's oceans has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for final launch preparations.
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JPL Earth Scientists Reflect on Earth Day
In commemoration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, we asked JPL Earth scientists to reflect on the event and what it means to them.
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Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Nina Linger
Boosted by the influence of a larger climate event in the Pacific, one of the strongest La Ninas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
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Ocean-Monitoring Satellite One Step Closer to Launch
The Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, which will study Earth's weather and climate, is packed for its journey to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Launch is set for June 15.
+ Mission home page (Apr. 18)

New Atlases Use NASA Data to Chart Ocean Winds
Researchers have compiled years of data from NASA's QuikScat satellite to create three new atlases of ocean wind patterns around the globe.
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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Belches A Toxic Brew
The summit of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island developed a new vent in March and produced its first explosion in 84 years. The ash plume of the new vent is seen in this pair of recent infrared NASA satellite images.
+ Read more (Apr. 4)

NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution
This month, NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.
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EARTH-OBSERVING MISSIONS
Current JPL-developed and managed satellites and instruments

Active Cavity Irradiance
Monitor Satellite
Monitors total sun energy that reaches Earth.
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Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
on Aqua satellite
Measures air and surface temperature, clouds, humidity.
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Microwave Limb Sounder
on Aura satellite
Improves understanding of ozone and precursors.
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Tropospheric Emission Spectrometeron Aura satellite
Observes ozone and gases in the troposphere, the part of atmosphere where we live
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CloudSat
Revealing the inner secrets of clouds.
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Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment
Measures Earth's gravitational field.
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Jason-1
Measures ocean level changes and El Niño.
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Quick Scatterometer
Measures ocean surface winds.
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal
Emission and Reflection Radiometer
on Terra satellite
Takes high-resolution images, global and local.
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Multi-angle Imaging
Spectro-Radiometer
on Terra satellite
Images Earth and aerosols from nine angles.
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Acquired the most complete near global mapping of Earth's topography.
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