African Dust Sequence

  • Released Thursday, March 6, 2003
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A 48-hour dust storm on March 1 and 2, 2003, is responsible for a very large dust transport over the Atlantic Ocean from March 2 through March 6, 2003.

This animation starts with a global view of the world, zooms into the storm area, and dissolves between each the images taken every day.

March 2, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, 9.7089, 4.9114]

March 2, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, 9.7089, 4.9114]

March 2, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, -9.7089, 4.9114]

March 2, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, -9.7089, 4.9114]

March 3, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, -9.7089, 4.9114]

March 3, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-37.2465, 39.0856, -9.7089, 4.9114]

March 4, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-40.1814, 31.4886, -15.7225, 4.5090]

March 4, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-40.1814, 31.4886, -15.7225, 4.5090]

March 5, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-48.5654, 33.4896, -8.8957, 6.5100]

March 5, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-48.5654, 33.4896, -8.8957, 6.5100]

March 6, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-54.4013, 30.5893, -10.9465, 5.4083]

March 6, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-54.4013, 30.5893, -10.9465, 5.4083]

March 4, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-40.1814, 31.4886, -15.7225, 4.5090]

March 4, 2003 : Aqua-MODIS and Terra-MODIS both take images of the West African dust storm as it carries dust across the Atlantic Ocean. The two spacecraft's images have been combined to produce one contigent image. The latitude and longitude of the inset image is [-40.1814, 31.4886, -15.7225, 4.5090]

Slate image from video tape reads, 'African Dust Sequence; March 2, 2003 through March 6, 2003.'

Slate image from video tape reads, 'African Dust Sequence; March 2, 2003 through March 6, 2003.'

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Jacques Descloitres(NASA/GSFC), Jeff Schmaltz (NASA/GSFC)

This page was originally published on Thursday, March 6, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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