Remote Sensing Observations from MTI Satellites and GMS Over Tropical Island of Nauru
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The observations of island cloud trails have revealed a strong relationship between the character and frequency of occurrence of island cloud trails and the Tropical Ocean Southern Oscillation (MacFarlane et al. 2004 a, b). Island cloud trails from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric and Radiation Measurement (ARM) facility of Nauru persist for more than 50 km (Nordeen et al. 2001) and resemble ship trail clouds found in the Eastern Ocean Margins (Porch et al. 1999). Island trail clouds are much more frequently observed during La Niña periods than El Niño periods (Figure 1). This
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