Version: 2008

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Satellite eyes crowd the skies

The TRMM satellite leads the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, a joint project of NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency for measuring rainfall to study the effect of greenhouse gases.

It recently found that that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation is mainly responsible for changes in rain patterns around the world.

Credit: NASA

TRMM

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