[Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer] Code 916

Dust Over the Mediterranean*
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17-August-2001
18-August-2001
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20-August-2001
21-August-2001
22-August-2001

A big cloud has moved over Spain and into France

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A small cloud sits over Algeria with a large one forming over Muritania
29-July-2001		 The cloud over Algeria picks up in intensity again and moves northwest into the Mediterranean
30-July-2001		 This cloud and dust from the one over Muritania move over Spain, covering two-thirds of the country
31-July-2001
A large amount of dust now sweeps from northeastern Spain into France
1-August-2001		 The cloud disperses over eastern France, western Germany, Switzerland, and northern Italy
2-August-2001

Dust over the Mediterranean


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The dust cloud is over Algeria and Tunisia
14-July-2001		 The dust cloud is over Algeria and Tunisia
15-July-2001		 The cloud now moves over Sicily and part of Sardinia
16-July-2001
An intense cloud now streches from Algeria, over Tunisia, across the Mediterranean, and into Greece and Romania
17-July-2001		 The cloud has thinned as it has moved over the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey
18-July-2001		 A new cloud moves from Algeria and Tunisia into the Mediterranean
19-July-2001


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The dust cloud begins its movement from northern Algeria into Tunisia and the Mediterranean
5-July-2001		 The dust cloud now covers the northern two thirds of Italy, all of Sicily, and all of Sardinia
6-July-2001		 The cloud has drifted into southern Italy and across into Croatia, Bosnia, and Romania
7-July-2001
The cloud is now through Italy, and its remnants are over Greece
8-July-2001		 Another cloud starts to blow from Algeria over the Mediterranean, covering Sardinia
9-July-2001		 The cloud has drifted to the southeast and now covers Sicily
10-July-2001

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17-May-2001
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20-May-2001
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22-May-2001

SeaWiFS released another great image of dust being transported over the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Here's their image and one from TOMS for the same day (26-March-2001).

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SeaWiFS
TOMS

*The surface background image used in many of these images is NOT part of the TOMS aerosol index retrieval.

Our thanks to the Goddard Science Visualization Studio (SVS) for developing the Display Imaging Software for the TOMS Aerosol Product.

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Author:
Dr. Colin Seftor, Raytheon ITSS
Responsible NASA official:
Dr. Jay Herman, Principal Investigator for TOMS Aerosol/UV projects
Last revised: 13 July 2001