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Description	QuikSCAT image of the Santa Ana Winds, showing wind speed (m/sec). The image shows strong winds blowing offshore all along the Southern California coast. The fastest winds are indicated in red, with orange, blue, black, and gray representing progressively slower wind speeds.
Date	February 2002
Source	http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16483
Author	JPL Scatterometry Team
Permission ( Reusing this file)	NASA, public domain

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