Dust storm off West Africa (afternoon overpass)

Dust storm off West Africa
(afternoon overpass)
region: At Af
Western Sahara Mauritania Senegal Gambia Cape Verde Islands cloud vortices von karman vortex
sat: Aqua
projection: Plate Carree
projection center lon: -21.8000
projection center lat: +16.0000
image center lon: -21.8
image center lat: +16
standard parallel: +15.0000
UL lon: -29.0144
UL lat: +24.9910
UR lon: -14.5832
UR lat: +24.9910
LR lon: -14.5832
LR lat: +7.0046
LL lon: -29.0144
LL lat: +7.0046
UL easting (km): -774.8750
UL northing (km): +2778.8750
x scale factor: +0.9659258262890683
ellipsoid: WGS84
Contact: Jeff Schmaltz
L2 granules: A130081455 A130081500 A130081505

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Images by the LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response team.

Published January 8, 2013
Data acquired January 8, 2013

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Collection:

Rapid Response Gallery