Pollution in Sichuan Basin and dust in Inner Mongolia, China

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 14, 2002, shows two different kinds of aerosols (particles suspended in the atmosphere). At top right is dust from the Gobi Desert (out of the scene at upper left), and below that is pollution from the urban and industrial centers of the Sichuan Basin of central China.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 23, 2002
Data acquired April 14 - 14, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Air Quality > Emissions

Atmosphere > Air Quality > Smog

Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts

Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert