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or E ample*+limatechange
scientists tellus that
"olcanoes cancool our
planet Theblue line
shows thecooling
caused by"olcanoes inthe past ,-.
years
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Ey/af/alla/o0ull1 +ool !s2
• &34IS of "olcanic plume o"er Europe$NASA5&34IS Rapid Response Team$ 65,75,.
In April8.,.$ a"olcanoerupted inIceland
The plumeof smo0efrom the"olcanoblewacross theNorthAtlanticintoEurope
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NASA from A%ua satellite 69,:9,.
Icelandic"olcano ;a0i$,:<-$ wasobser"ed by=en/amin
ran0lin$Americanambassadorto Europe$ tocool climateIt alteredmonsoon
patterns andcauseddrought inEgypt andIndia (Andrea
Thompson$li"escience com$ 65,>5,. )
#istorically$ Iceland?s @olcanoes +ooledthe Planet
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Too Small2 or Now
Ey/af/alla/o0ullwas not bigenough
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Pinatubo was ,.times biggerthan &t St#elens
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=ut ;oo0 at That Smo0e
Normal "iew at left is enriched with thermal infrared at rightSilica9rich ash shows as red Ice9laden plume is blue No yellow$an indicator of sulphur$ is "isible although it may be there(NASA) The chemicals in a smo0e plume can be identiCed fromspace
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'hat Else +an Satellites
See2;oo0ing downon Earth from7.. miles up$;andsat and
&34IS remotesensors see thetop of ourforest$ the
canopy#yperspectralmonitors gi"e
us detailedphotographs$
li0e the one atright
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Spectral &easures Report on ;eaf#ealthIn the orest'atchlaboratory at!N#$ aspectrometermeasures leafand needlehealth Thereadings tellus1• +hlorophyll
content• 'ater
content• Age and
generalhealth
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;ight ReDected from Aew ;ea"es
Is the Same As ;ightReDected from A orest
#ypothesis1 IdentiCcation ofstress on sugar maple siteswith anatomical and spectralmeasures will correlate with
T&756$ a water stress inde $and N4@I$ biomass inde $ asinterpreted from ;andsatimagery of sugar maplemonocultures
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Sugar&aples Are
&anaged
New England?s sugar maples are one of thefew deciduous trees foresters and
landowners manage as a monoculture 'ecould see a -. meter pi el$ 7. acres or 8..
acres of sugar maples from space
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#elp &onitor &aple #ealth The !N# team in"ites you to
help monitor the health ofsugar maples Are our trees
healthy2 3r is somethingcausing stress2 3ur studies ofa few trees in a do en sugar
bushes in New #ampshiremight help us FseeG maple
health all o"er New England