AVHRR Image of Bay of Bengal
AVHRR false-color infrared image from 1992-10-26 of the Northern Bay of
Bengal, with the plume of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and much of
Bangladesh. One factor being looked at in this cholera study is whether
there are seasonal variations in this turbid water and if this variation
is related to cholera outbreaks. In this image white spots are clouds,
the vegetation is red, turbid water is cyan, and clear water (the deep
ocean) is black. The large dark area in the delta fingers is a mangrove forest.
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