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1/2/07 09:23 am - CloudSat's One-Millionth Cloud!

CloudSat has seen its one-millionth cloud just east of the Phillippines in October.

A "cloud" in this case was figured as a contiguous regions of 3 or more pixels where the cloud mask variable is 20 or greater.

This image is courtesy of Brian Mapes of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami.

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