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Low Pressure System in the Gulf of Alaska

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Aug 19, 2004
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2004-08-17 00:00:00
August 17, 2004

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of a large low pressure system spinning in the Gulf of Alaska on August 17, 2004 at 22:45 UTC. This area of the world is famous for strong, persisent low pressure systems because of the persistent flow of semi-permanent pressure systems north (the polar easterlies) and south (the subtropical high) of the area.

The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team.

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