Earth  ID: 2706

African Dust Sequence

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on March 6, 2003
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.
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This animation starts with a global view of the world, zooms into the storm area, and dissolves between each the images taken every day.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Slate image from video tape reads, 'African Dust Sequence; March 2, 2003 through March 6, 2003.'

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Vincent Salomonson (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Jacques Descloitres(NASA/GSFC), Jeff Schmaltz (NASA/GSFC)

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Aqua/MODIS
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Dates of Data Used:
2003/03/02, 2003/03/04, 2003/03/05, 2003/03/06

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Storm
GCMD >> Location >> Africa
SVS >> Atmosphere >> Winds >> Circulation
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0

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ABC Nightly News, 6:30PM, Friday, March 14, 2003