Transatlantic Dust from North Africa (WMS)

  • Released Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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Desert storms in northern Africa raise dust that is carried in the upper atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean. The dust, which may carry potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi, can land as far west as the Caribbean and the Americas.

This animation shows aerosol index over northern Africa and the Atlantic Ocean from July 1 through July 31, 2000. Each image pixel corresponds to an area 1 degree in longitude by 1.25 degrees in latitude.

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Color scale for this animation showing low aerosol values as shades of blue and green and higher values as yellow, orange or red. The units of aerosol index are dimensionless.

Color scale for this animation showing low aerosol values as shades of blue and green and higher values as yellow, orange or red. The units of aerosol index are dimensionless.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Tuesday, March 15, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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