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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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  <Service>
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    <Name>WMS</Name>
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    <Title>NASA Earth Observations (NEO) WMS</Title>
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    <Abstract><![CDATA[Remote sensing imagery from NASA Earth Observations (NEO).]]></Abstract>
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    <KeywordList>
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      <Keyword>nasa</Keyword>
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      <Keyword>earth science</Keyword>
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      <Keyword>picture</Keyword>
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    <ContactInformation>
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      <ContactPersonPrimary>
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        <ContactPerson>Kevin Ward</ContactPerson>
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        <ContactOrganization>Science Systems and Applications, Inc./NASA</ContactOrganization>
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      </ContactPersonPrimary>
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      <ContactPosition>NEO Architect and Developer</ContactPosition>
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      <ContactAddress>
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        <AddressType>postal</AddressType>
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        <Address>9025 SW 50th Ave.</Address>
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        <City>Portland</City>
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        <StateOrProvince>Oregon</StateOrProvince>
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        <PostCode>97219</PostCode>
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        <Country>United States</Country>
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      </ContactAddress>
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      <ContactVoiceTelephone>+01-503-977-2970</ContactVoiceTelephone>
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      <ContactElectronicMailAddress>kevin_ward@ssaihq.com</ContactElectronicMailAddress>
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    </ContactInformation>
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          <HTTP>
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            <Get>
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              <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neowms.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/wms/wms"/>
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            </Get>
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          </HTTP>
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        </DCPType>
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      </GetCapabilities>
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        <Format>image/png</Format>
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        <Format>image/jpeg</Format>
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          <HTTP>
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            <Get>
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              <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neowms.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/wms/wms"/>
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      <Title>NASA Earth Observations (NEO) WMS</Title>
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        <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (MODIS)</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Examples of aerosols include windblown dust, sea salts, volcanic ash, smoke from fires, and pollution from factories. These particles are important to scientists because they can affect climate, weather, and people's health. Aerosols affect climate by scattering sunlight back into space and cooling the surface.  Aerosols also help cool Earth in another way -- they act like "seeds" to help form clouds.  The particles give water droplets something to cling to as the droplets form and gather in the air to make clouds.  Clouds give shade to the surface by reflecting sunlight back into space. People's health is affected when they breathe in smoke or pollution particles.  Such aerosols in our lungs can cause asthma or cancer of other serious health problems.  But scientists do not fully understand all of the ways that aerosols affect Earth's environment.  To help them in their studies, scientists use satellites to map where there were large amounts of aerosol on a given day, or over a span of days.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_M_AER_OD</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (1 month - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Name>MODAL2_E_AER_OD</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (8 day - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_E_AER_OD</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (8 day - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Name>MODAL2_D_AER_OD</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (1 day - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-03-13">2005-01-01,2005-01-01/2005-01-07/P1D,2005-01-09/2007-03-13/P1D</Dimension>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_D_AER_OD</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Optical Thickness (1 day - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-03-13">2002-07-04/2002-07-29/P1D,2002-08-06/2004-02-28/P1D,2004-03-01/2007-01-30/P1D,2007-02-01/2007-03-13/P1D</Dimension>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=MYDAL2_D_AER_OD"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html?datasetId=MYDAL2_D_AER_OD"/>
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          </DataURL>
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        </Layer>
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      </Layer>
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      <Layer>
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        <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (MODIS)</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called <em>aerosols</em>.  These particles are important to scientists because they can affect climate, weather, and people's health.  Some aerosols come from natural sources, such as dust, volcanic eruptions, and sea salts.  Some aerosols are produced by humans, such as pollution from industries or automobiles, or smoke from fires.  Using satellites scientists can tell whether a given plume of aerosols came from a natural source, or if is pollution produced by people.  Two important clues about aerosols' sources are particle size and location of the plume.  Natural aerosols (such as dust and sea salts) tend to be larger particles than man-made aerosols (such as smoke and industrial pollution).  In these maps, red areas show aerosol plumes made up of smaller particles.  These red-colored plumes are over regions where we know humans produce pollution.  Green areas show aerosol plumes made up of larger particles.  These green-colored plumes are over regions where we know aerosols occur naturally.  Brown areas show plumes in which large and small aerosol particles are intermingling.  Black shows where the satellite could not measure aerosols.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>MODAL2_M_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (1 month - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-02-01">2005-01-01/2007-02-01/P1M</Dimension>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=MODAL2_M_AER_RA"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_M_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (1 month - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-02-01">2002-07-01/2007-02-01/P1M</Dimension>
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        </Layer>
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        <Layer>
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          <Name>MODAL2_E_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (8 day - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-03-06">2005-01-01/2005-12-27/P8D,2006-01-01/2006-12-27/P8D,2007-01-01/2007-03-06/P8D</Dimension>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_E_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (8 day - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Name>MODAL2_D_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (1 day - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Name>MYDAL2_D_AER_RA</Name>
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          <Title>Aerosol Particle Radius (1 day - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-03-13">2002-07-04/2002-07-29/P1D,2002-08-06/2004-02-28/P1D,2004-03-01/2007-01-30/P1D,2007-02-01/2007-03-13/P1D</Dimension>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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          </DataURL>
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        </Layer>
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      </Layer>
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      <Layer>
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        <Title>Average Sea Surface Temperature 1985-1997 (AVHRR)</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>Sea surface temperature is the temperature of the top millimeter of the ocean's surface. The average sea surface temperatures over a long period of time are called a sea surface temperature "climatology." An area's climatology acts a baseline for deciding whether and how much the climate is changing. To make a climatology data set, you average measurements collected over a long period of time. These data were collected between 1985 and 1997 by a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites. The observations are grouped into five-day periods.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>AVHRR_CLIM_M</Name>
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          <Title>Average Sea Surface Temperature 1985-1997 (1 month - AVHRR)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="1985-12-01">1985-01-01/1985-12-01/P1M</Dimension>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=AVHRR_CLIM_M"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html?datasetId=AVHRR_CLIM_M"/>
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          <Name>AVHRR_CLIM_W</Name>
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          <Title>Average Sea Surface Temperature 1985-1997 (8 day - AVHRR)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="1985-12-27">1985-01-01/1985-12-27/P8D</Dimension>
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        </Layer>
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      </Layer>
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      <Layer>
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        <Title>Blue Marble: Next Generation</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>NASA's Blue Marble: Next Generation images show Earth in true color.  The images show how the surface would look to a human in space if our world had no clouds and no atmosphere.  NASA's Terra satellite collected these images.  There is one Blue Marble image for each month of the year 2004.  These images allow us to explore changes on Earth's lands over time.  Notice how the patterns of green (trees and plants), brown (exposed land surface), and white (snow) change from winter through spring, summer, and fall.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>BlueMarbleNG</Name>
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          <Title>Blue Marble: Next Generation (Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2004-12-01">2004-01-01/2004-12-01/P1M</Dimension>
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          <MetadataURL type="FGDC">
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            <Format>text/xml</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=BlueMarbleNG"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html?datasetId=BlueMarbleNG"/>
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        </Layer>
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        <Layer>
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          <Name>BlueMarbleNG-TB</Name>
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          <Title>Blue Marble: Next Generation +Topo+Bathy (Terra/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2004-12-01">2004-01-01/2004-12-01/P1M</Dimension>
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          <MetadataURL type="FGDC">
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            <Format>text/xml</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=BlueMarbleNG-TB"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html?datasetId=BlueMarbleNG-TB"/>
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        </Layer>
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      </Layer>
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      <Layer>
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        <Title>Carbon Monoxide (MOPITT)</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>Colorless, odorless, and poisonous, carbon monoxide is a gas that comes from burning fossil fuels, like the gas in cars, and burning vegetation. Carbon monoxide is not one of the gases that is causing global warming, but it is one of the air pollutants that leads to smog. These data sets show monthly averages of carbon monoxide across the Earth measured by the MOPITT sensor (short for "Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere") on NASA's Terra satellite. Different colors show different amounts of the gas in the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere closet to the Earth's surface, at an altitude of about 12,000 feet.</p>]]></Abstract>
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        <Layer>
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          <Name>MOP_CO_M</Name>
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          <Title>Carbon Monoxide (1 month - Terra/MOPITT)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-02-01">2000-03-01/2001-05-01/P1M,2001-08-01/2007-02-01/P1M</Dimension>
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          <MetadataURL type="FGDC">
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            <Format>text/xml</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/FGDCMetadata?datasetId=MOP_CO_M"/>
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            <Format>text/html</Format>
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            <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html?datasetId=MOP_CO_M"/>
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        </Layer>
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      </Layer>
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      <Layer>
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        <Title>Chlorophyll Concentration (MODIS)</Title>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>This map shows where tiny, floating plants live in the ocean.  These plants, called <em>phytoplankton</em>, are an important part of the ocean's food chain because many animals (such as small fish and whales) feed on them.  Scientists can learn a lot about the ocean by observing where and when phytoplankton grow in large numbers.  Scientists use satellites to measure how much phytoplankton are growing in the ocean by observing the color of the light reflected from the surface of the water.  A green pigment in their skin, called <em>chlorophyll</em>, gives phytoplankton their green color.  When phytoplankton grow in large numbers they make the ocean appear greenish.  These maps made from satellite observations show where and how much phytoplankton were growing on a given day, or over a span of days.  The black areas show where the satellite could not measure phytoplankton.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>MY1DMM_CHLORA</Name>
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          <Title>Chlorophyll Concentration (1 month - Aqua/MODIS)</Title>
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          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-03-01">2002-07-01/2007-01-01/P1M,2007-03-01</Dimension>
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        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>These images show Earth's surface and clouds in false colors. The images might look a little funny, sort of like a TV picture that needs to be fixed. That's because the images include more than just the red, green, and blue light that our eyes can see, but also infrared light. Infrared light is invisible to our eyes, but not to satellites.  NASA uses satellites in space to gather images like these over the entire planet every day. Scientists use satellite sensors to measure how much infrared light Earth reflects back up into space.  By assigning colors (red, green, or blue) to measurements of infrared light, we can see and understand the resulting pictures -- called "false-color images." In the false-color images available in NEO, areas with plants look bright green while deserts look tan.  Cold things appear blue: the colder something is, the brighter blue it will look. Ice and snow on the ground show up as bright turquoise.  Depending upon how high they are and how cold they are, clouds' colors range from white, to baby blue, to bright turquoise.  Notice how water and clouds in false-color images look very different than they do in true-color images.  Water is very dark, almost black, which makes it much easier to see lakes or flooded lands.</p>]]></Abstract>
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750 
<p><a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/LCC/Images/lcc_key.jpg" target="_blank" class="external_link">View photo representations of the different classifications</a></p>]]></Abstract>
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810 
        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>The Sun's rays warm the sea's surface.  But in some parts of the ocean, cold water from deep below the surface flows upward and cools the sea's surface.  Just like when water in a pot on a stove starts to move around more as it becomes hotter, different temperatures in different parts of the ocean cause movements of seawater, called <em>currents</em>.  And just like a pot of boiling water on a stove releases heat and water into the air above it, warm ocean waters release heat and moisture into the atmosphere.  Warm ocean waters help form clouds and affect weather patterns.  The sea's surface temperature also affects life in the ocean by influencing where and when tiny ocean plants (called <em>phytoplankton</em>) will grow.  For all of these reasons scientists monitor the sea's surface temperature.  These maps show satellite measurements of the sea's surface temperature for a given day, or for a span of days.  The black areas show where the satellite could not measure sea surface temperature.</p>]]></Abstract>
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895 
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896 
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899 
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900 
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913 
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920 
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924 
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925 
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926 
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937 
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938 
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939 
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956 
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967 
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969 
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994 
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995 
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996 
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997 
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998 
        <Title>Water Leaving Radiance (MODIS)</Title>
999 
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1002 
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1003 
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1006 
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1009 
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1010 
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1014 
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1015 
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1016 
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1018 
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1019 
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1020 
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1022 
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1023 
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1024 
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1025 
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1026 
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1027 
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1028 
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1029 
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1031 
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1032 
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1033 
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1034 
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1035 
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1036 
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1037 
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1038 
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1039 
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1040 
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1041 
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1042 
        <Abstract><![CDATA[<p>Depending upon its temperature, water comes in three different forms: solid (ice), liquid (rain drops), and gas (invisible to human eyes).  As water grows hotter it eventually changes from a liquid into a gas.  This gas is called <em>water vapor</em>.  Water vapor is a very important part of Earth's atmosphere because it traps heat near the surface and keeps our planet warm.  Water vapor is also important because as it rises into the atmosphere it cools and turns back into water droplets.  As more water droplets appear, they eventually form a cloud.  Some clouds produce rain and snow, bringing fresh water back to the surface.  So scientists monitor water vapor because it influences Earth's weather patterns, and because it is a very important part of our world's climate system.  These maps show satellite measurements of water vapor for a given day, or over a span of days.</p>]]></Abstract>
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          <Name>MODAL2_M_SKY_WV</Name>
1045 
          <Title>Water Vapor (1 month - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
1046 
          <Dimension units="ISO8601" name="time" default="2007-02-01">2005-01-01/2007-02-01/P1M</Dimension>
1047 
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1048 
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1049 
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1050 
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1052 
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1053 
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1054 
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1058 
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1059 
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1060 
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1061 
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1062 
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1063 
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1064 
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1065 
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1066 
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1067 
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1071 
          <Title>Water Vapor (8 day - Terra/MODIS)</Title>
1072 
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1074 
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1079 
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1084 
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1085 
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1092 
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1097 
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1098 
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1110 
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1115 
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1116 
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1117 
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1118 
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1119 
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