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   PID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   October 29, 2022 - Aerosols over India   
      
      Aerosols   
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      A shroud of haze stretched along the Indo-Gangetic Plain, stretching   
      from Pakistan in the west to reach Bangladesh in the east in late   
      October 2022.   
      
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board   
      NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of about half of the   
      gray cloud of aerosols on October 26. The gray haze becomes thickest   
      over Utter Pradesh, where it obscures the land beneath from view.   
      
      Clusters of red hot spots, each representing actively burning fire, sit   
      in northeastern Pakistan and northwest India. They are thickest in the   
      Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, where rice and wheat are widely   
      grown. These are primarily agricultural fires, primarily used to clear   
      stubble from fields after harvest. Crop burning typically peaks during   
      the first week of November a time that often coincides with falling   
      temperatures and slow wind speeds, meteorological conditions that can   
      lead to temperature inversions, which trap smoke in place.   
      
      The fires release several types of gases into the atmosphere, including   
      smog-forming carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. They also release   
      aerosols, such as black carbon and organic carbon, that contribute to   
      elevated levels of PM2.5, which can cause health problems.   
      
      While agricultural burning contributes heavily to the aerosol pollution   
      and haze over the Indo-Gangetic Plain, it is not the only factor.   
      Industry, coal burning for heat, and automobile emissions also heavily   
      contribute to aerosol pollution in the region.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 10/28/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (522.7 KB),  500m (1.8 MB),  250m (5.7 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-10-29   
       
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