S44-79-059 - STS-044 - Cloud Formation, Sea-Air-Land Interaction, Mozambique, Africa
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- 1981-04-12/2011-07-21
- Description
The original finding aid described this as: Description: This rare depiction of the physical interactions of air land and sea in cloud formation was seen over Mozambique (12.0S, 40.5E). Moist low air, heated as it moves over land, rises and forms clouds. Even the coastal islands have enough heat to initiate the process. Once begun, the circulation is dynamic and the descending motion suppresses cloud formation on either side of the cloud stream. As clouds move inland, they rise to follow the land upslope. Subject Terms: STS-44 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 11/26/1991 Categories: Earth Observations Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit Original: Film - 70MM CT Preservation File Format: TIFF geon: MOZAMBIQUE feat: PORTO AMELIA lat: -12 lon: 40.5 tilt: 50 cldp: 40 nlat: -10.8 nlon: 44.2 dir: W azi: 174 alt: 196 elev: 70
- Creator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973
- Contributing Institution
- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program
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- image
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- Magnetic DiskPhotographic PrintMagnetic MediaPhotographic Materials
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. S44-79-059 - STS-044 - Cloud Formation, Sea-Air-Land Interaction, Mozambique, Africa. 1981-04-12/2011-07-21. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/22650927. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, (1981-04-12/2011-07-21) S44-79-059 - STS-044 - Cloud Formation, Sea-Air-Land Interaction, Mozambique, Africa. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/22650927
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/22650927>.