STS-108 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
January 23, 2001

ATMOSPHERE AND CLOUDS
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Argentina/Chile: Venturi effect of westerly winds blowing down the narrow glacial trough of Lake Buenos Aires--W end.
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Argentina/Chile: Venturi effect of westerly winds blowing down the Lake Buenos Aires glacial trough--E end.
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SW Pacific Ocean: Low pressure system--spiral cloud gyre.
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"Potato-chip" clouds—stable, low-energy transfer environments (slow circulation within individual "potato-chip" cells) common over cool oceans where thermal equilibrium has been reached between the atmosphere and the ocean.
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Australia-Q: Popcorn cumulus and a few large thunderstorms.
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Italy: Island of Elba.
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Italy: Inland-facing slopes of Maritime Alps and Po River valley thickly snow-covered; no snow on the sea-facing slopes of the Maritime Alps.
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Italy: Po River delta, with snow streak laid down by a local, but strong and intensifying, NE-moving, storm.
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Italy: Po River delta, with snow streak laid down by a local, but strong and intensifying, NE-moving, storm.
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California, United States: Contrails over southern California.
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