Earth ID: 30193

Dust Storm in the Middle East

Released on October 17, 2013

Dust from Syria and Iraq blows toward the northwest across Turkey and the easternmost Black Sea on July 30, 2011, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image. Dust forms a giant arc extending from northern Iraq across Turkey and the easternmost Black Sea. The northeastern tip of the dust plume appears to push into western Georgia.

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51531

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Marit Jentoft-Nilsen: Technical Support

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/MODIS

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Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols >> Dust/Ash
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Air Quality >> Visibility
GCMD >> Location >> Turkey
SVS >> Hyperwall
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