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Dr. Gregory Leptoukh
Jan 23, 2012 - GES DISC, NASA mourn passing of Dr. Gregory Leptoukh
Leptoukh was GES DISC data manager; led Giovanni development, data quality initiatives
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SeaWiFS captured this dust cloud blowing out over the Arabian Sea from Oman on March 12, 2000.
Jan 25, 2012 - New version of long-term aerosol data from SeaWiFS now available

MEaSUREs data set update provides several improvements to dust and aerosol measurements from space

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The 92nd meeting of the American Meteorological Society is taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jan 24, 2012 - GES DISC scientists participate in annual American Meteorological Society meeting

Zhong Liu, Hualan Rui give presentations, support NASA data centers exhibit

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International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) land cover types, 500 m resolution, southern China.  See article for link with the land cover classification color palette.
Jan 20, 2012 - Two MAIRS data portals added to Giovanni

Monthly and yearly data portals feature high spatial resolution data, including 500-meter land cover data

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AIRS false-color image of Puyehue, December 17, 2011
Dec 29, 2011 - AIRS observes volcanic ash and desert dust

AIRS reveals persistent release of ash from Puyehue volcano, and dust from Atacama desert

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Geopotential Heights from AIRS, and winds from GEOS-5, all at 300 mb. The jet stream was forced northward, such that cooler air to the north could not move south.
Aug 11, 2011 - NASA data reveals anomalously hot summer

NASA data shed light on the persistent heat over Texas and Oklahoma

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NASA has had a long relationship with coffee: This picture shows Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins bringing his coffee mug to flight crew training.  Apollo 11 was the first mission to land men on the Moon.
Apr 04, 2011 - Climate change makes waking up to smell the coffee more expensive

NASA's Giovanni system used to examine regional climate changes affecting coffee crops in Colombia, Brazil, and Costa Rica

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