Research Article

Dry Deposition from Sahara Sources Regions of Western Africa

Figure 13

(a) Dust clouds from West Africa extending to Atlantic Ocean and Canary Islands, detected by (EUMETSAT) Met-8 on 3 March 2004 at 12 UTC. (b) Dust storms from the Northwest Africa and high dust concentrations above Canary Island at 18 UTC where dry deposition occurred. The reddish rectangle indicates the occurring zone of dry deposition. (c) The Zoom image above the Canary Island showing high dust concentration originating from North West Africa regions. (a), (b), and (c) are taken from Visible Earth (2004).
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