China Dust Storm (April 2001)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

China Dust Storm seen by Earth Probe/TOMS in April of 2001

A thick shroud of dust appears over China on April 6 and 7, 2001. The densest portion of the aerosol pollution travels east over China, Russia, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, Canada, and the United States.

This 640 by 480 resolution animation shows dust in China being blown across the Pacific Ocean and into the United States.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TOMS/TOMS

  • Animation ID

    2859

  • Video ID

    None

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins, Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/12/01

  • Scientist

    Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC), Pawan K. Bhartia (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Dust, Aerosols, Pollution

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    Earth Probe/TOMS 2001/4/6-17

  • Pao ID

    G03-066

  • Animation Type

    Regular