Saharan dust off West Africa

Saharan dust off West Africa
region: Af At
Mauritania Morocco Portugal Canary
sat: Aqua
projection: Lambert Azimuthal
projection center lon: -15.0000
projection center lat: +30.0000
image center lon: -16
image center lat: +28.5
UL lon: -32.0266
UL lat: +38.3226
UR lon: -6.0636
UR lat: +42.9803
LR lon: -2.9705
LR lat: +17.0576
LL lon: -23.4768
LL lat: +13.4454
UL easting (km): -1478.5415
UL northing (km): +1042.2806
UR easting (km): +730.1197
UR northing (km): +1471.6009
LR easting (km): +1283.4658
LR northing (km): -1375.1180
LL easting (km): -925.1954
LL northing (km): -1804.4382
rotation angle: -11.0000
ellipsoid: Sphere
Earth radius (km): 6371.007181
Contact: Jacques Descloitres
L2 granules: A042071415 A042071420

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Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.

Published July 25, 2004
Data acquired July 25, 2004

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