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Satellite information that appears in filenames below:

G12 - GOES-12
G11 - GOES-11
GJ - MTSAT
MT - METEOSAT
N5 - NOAA-15
N6 - NOAA-16
N7 - NOAA-17
N8 - NOAA-18
MO - MODIS **see below**

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For information on solar flares and geomagnetic storms be sure to visit NOAA's Space Environment Center at:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

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The following categories of significant events were searched for in imagery available in the Satellite Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

1. Fires - no imagery posted
2. Floods - no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems- no imagery posted
4. Volcanoes - no imagery posted
5. Ocean - no imagery posted
6. Ice - no imagery posted
7. Dust Storms - MODIS
8. Storms - no imagery posted
9. Severe - no imagery posted
10. Snow Cover - no imagery posted
11. Unique - no imagery posted

Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Wednesday May 21, 2008 are as follows:

Dust in Asia

IMAGE D6140: MODIS <> Image Type=combine <> 05/21/2008 02:25 UTC.
This MODIS satellite image taken at 02:25 UTC on May 21, shows widespread dust in China, North Korea, over the Yellow Sea, and Bo Hai. Smoke can be seen off the coast of Russia in the Sea of Japan.

Image provided in preview (~62K) and standard (293K) formats.

Preview (500X472):

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/DSTchina142_MOL.jpg

Standard (800x550)

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/DSTchina142_MO.jpg

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