Cloud Differences (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Cloud Differences

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The left shows cloud droplet concentrations from 2003 to 2015 averaged over the months of September, October and November, as observed by NASA satellites. The right side shows what the study calculated the concentration of cloud droplets would be without emissions along the shipping route (yellow line). The difference helps explain how much industrial pollution influences clouds.

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Michael Diamond/University of Washington

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