Dry Deposition from Sahara Sources Regions of Western Africa

Figure 14

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer detected Saharan dust storm of Northwest Africa above Canary Islands. (a) MODIS image with 2000 m resolution and (b) MODIS image with 250 m resolution. Images were taken from Visible Earth (2004). (c) Desert dust of West Africa out over Canary Island during 3 March 2004, photo: “Eugenio Rodriguez 03 March (2004)” and (d) dust over coast Gran Canaria, may be associated with Saharan dust storm of North Western Africa [21].