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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2003-066

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This movie shows a three day moving average of anthropogenic aerosols over the Atlantic in 2003. Human population is shown in blue/purple.On July 6, 2003 a heavy pollution plume is being transported over the Atlantic to Europe. Atlantic Transport of Anthropogenic Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in 2003
This animation starts with the Terra-MODIS image of April 7, 2001, and then zooms out to a regional view of China. This second view shows the widespread aerosol pollution that starts in China and spreads across the Pacific Ocean and into the United States. China Dust Storm seen by Terra/MODIS and Earth Probe/TOMS in April of 2001
This animation shows the MODIS imagery of the California fires from October 23, 2003 to October 29, 2003. Then it zooms out and reruns the sequence with the TOMS aerosol data overlaid on top of the MODIS imagery. California Fires MODIS imagery and TOMS Aerosols from October 2003