Earth Observatory articles related to S'COOL:

Human Perspective:

Watching the World Go By: an Astronaut perspective

Historical Interest - On the Shoulders of Giants

Samuel Pierpont Langley
Joanne Simpson

Clouds and Snow from Space:

Cloud Streets Over the Great LakesNew Item - Image nominated by a S'COOL participant!
Cloud "Streets" Over Hudson Bay
Snowy November in Colorado
Bitter Winter in New England
Blizzards in the Western United States
Clouds and Snow over Central US. Clouds in the upper right of the image can be distinguished by the presence of shadows.

Clouds and Ice from Space:

Clouds over IceNew Item
Cloud Streets off the Amery Ice Shelf
Waves on White: Ice or Clouds
Ice on the Great Lakes
Ice (and some cloud) Covers the Great Lakes
Clouds and Ice of East Antarctica
Image: Distinguishing clouds from ice

Clouds and Smoke from Space:

Impact of Polluted Skies on Clouds and Climate
Clouds are Cooler than Smoke

Clouds and Aerosols:

Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

Cloud Features:

Wave Clouds over Amsterdam Island
Cloudy with a Chance of Drizzle
Anvil Tops of Thunderstorms
Cloud Arcs in the Western Pacific
A Hard Look at Thin Clouds
Looking at clouds from all sides now - the CRYSTAL-FACE field campaign
Blue Marble - beautiful full color real imagery of the Earth
Clouds in the Balance
Every Cloud has a Filthy Lining
Shadows of Doubt: Modeling Cloud Effects
Clouds in a Clear Sky
On a Clear Day
Blanket of Clouds
Visions of a Cloudy Continent

Cloud References:

Clouds & Radiation - includes diagrams showing cloud/radiation interactions
The Water Cycle
Changing Global Cloudiness
The importance of clouds and climate change

Cloud-Climate Feedbacks

Does the Earth Have an Iris Analog
Arbiters of Energy

Global Warming Reference:

Will Runaway Water Warm the World?
Global Warming
Interactive Investigation of Global Warming

CERES Results

Clouds Replace Snow and Ice as Solar ReflectorNew Item
Winter and Summer Solstice
Earth's Albedo in Decline
Nimbus: 40th Anniversary
A Delicate Balance: Signs of Change in the Tropics
Tropical Cloud Systems and CERES
Aqua CERES first light images
NASA Satellite Instrument Warms up Global Cooling Theory
Observations of 1998 El Niņo Provide Powerful Climate Test
NASA's Terra Satellite Captures a World of Sunlight and Heat

CERES Validation Efforts

CLAMS Studies Ocean and Atmosphere for NASA

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