Aerosols Over the Indian Sub-continent

  • Credit

    Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

This MODIS image acquired over the Indian sub-continent on March 2, 2000, shows the high concentration of aerosol particles in the atmosphere (brownish pixels just south of the Himalayas) associated with a dense population and industrial emissions.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2000-04-18