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

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Animation Number:2706
Completed:2003-03-06
Animators:Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Marte Newcombe (GST)
 Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
 Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist:Vincent Salomonson (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Aqua/MODIS
 Terra/MODIS
Data Collected:2003/03/02, 2003/03/04, 2003/03/05, 2003/03/06
Video:SVS2003-0005 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Storm
SVS >> Winds
GCMD >> Location >> Africa
This work has been visible on
ABC Nightly News, 6:30PM, Friday, March 14, 2003
 
 
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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