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Dust storm off West Africa

Dust storm off West Africa
region: At Af
sat: Aqua
projection: Plate Carree
projection center lon: -20.5000
projection center lat: +25.5000
image center lon: -20.5
image center lat: +25.5
standard parallel: +25.0000
UL lon: -25.9564
UL lat: +29.3212
UR lon: -15.0412
UR lat: +29.3212
LR lon: -15.0412
LR lat: +21.6770
LL lon: -25.9564
LL lat: +21.6770
UL easting (km): -549.8750
UL northing (km): +3260.3750
x scale factor: +0.9063077870366499
ellipsoid: WGS84
Contact: Jeff Schmaltz
L2 granules: A171791500 A171791505

Images by the LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response team.

Published June 28, 2017
Data acquired June 28, 2017

Source:: Aqua > MODIS

Collection:: Rapid Response Gallery