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9 November 2008 (from AFP) - Storm-weary Cuba assessed the damage Sunday from Hurricane Paloma, which pounded the island just weeks after deadly storms Gustav and Ike claimed hundreds of lives and exacted millions of dollars in rebuilding costs.

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8 November 2008
Hurricane Paloma southeast of Cuba.
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Technical Information
Product: MERIS_RR_1P (1200 metre resolution)
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of acquisition: 8 Nov 2008
Orbit number: 34992
Orbit direction: Descending
Band combination: 11, 14, 3 (RGB)

A Wide Swath ASAR image is examined for winds, currents and roughness.

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Image Interpretation
Technical Information
Product: ASA_WSM_1P (150 metre resolution)
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Date of acquisition: 08 Nov 2008
Orbit number: 34985
Orbit direction: Ascending
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