Saharan Dust Storm

  • Credit

    MODIS Atmosphere Science Team

    <LI>Saharan dust transported over the Cape Verde Islands
      <LI>Cloud vortices apparent in marine stratocumulus clouds southwest of Cape Verde Islands
    <LI>Image swath: 2000km wide by 1600km long <LI>True color composite: 0.645 µm (red), 0.555 µm (green), and 0.469 µm (blue) <LI>500m pixels

(Resolution: 500 meters; MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1, 4, 3)

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2000-04-19