Transatlantic Dust Event w/ Dates (Jul 2000)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Aerosols from Earth Probe TOMS: Transatlantic Dust Event in July 2000 (with Dates)

Saharan dust storms raise dust that is carried in the upper atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean. That dust can land as far west as the Carribean and the Americas. This dust can carry potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi.

An animation showing dust being blown westward over the Atlantic from northern Africa in July 2000, from aerosol measurements taken by Earth Probe TOMS

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TOMS/TOMS

  • Animation ID

    2260

  • Video ID

    SVS2001-0020

  • Start Timecode

    01:08:42:00

  • End Timecode

    01:09:14:00

  • Animator

    Michael Mangos

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2001/06/05

  • Scientist

    Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    Aerosols

  • Keywords

    GCMD--Location--Africa, Dust, Microbes

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2000/07/02-2000/07/31

  • Animation Type

    Regular