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Dust storm in the Sahara

Dust storm in the Sahara
region: Af
Mauritania Mali Burkina Faso Niger Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Togo Benin
sat: Aqua
projection: Plate Carree
projection center lon: -2.0000
projection center lat: +13.0000
image center lon: -2
image center lat: +13
standard parallel: +15.0000
UL lon: -7.5851
UL lat: +19.7435
UR lon: +3.5874
UR lat: +19.7435
LR lon: +3.5874
LR lat: +6.2537
LL lon: -7.5851
LL lat: +6.2537
UL easting (km): -599.8750
UL northing (km): +2195.3750
x scale factor: +0.9659258262890683
ellipsoid: WGS84
Contact: Jeff Schmaltz
L2 granules: A101121320 A101121325


Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.

Published April 22, 2010
Data acquired April 22, 2010

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collections:
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