Earth  ID: 2240

African Dust Leads to Large Toxic Algae Blooms

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on August 27, 2001
Off the coast of Florida, the product of the African dust is large toxic algae blooms
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Off the coast of Florida the product of the African dust is large toxic algae blooms
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Off the coast of Florida the product of the African dust is large toxic algae blooms
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Video slate image reads, "African dust storms create large amounts of killer algae off the coast of Florida".

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

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Data Used:
SeaStar/SeaWiFS
2001/08/26
NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye
Credit:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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SeaWiFS Dust Storm

Keywords:
SVS >> Algae Blooms
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
NASA Science >> Earth