The April 18, 2000 Dust Storm over Libya

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The April 18, 2000 Dust Storm over Libya

• April 19, 2000
• Rudolf Husar, CAPITA

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Circular Dust Front

• The dust was raised by strong winds and
  subsidence from the Mediterranean. (Satellite
  image from the NASA GSFC SeaWiFS Program)

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Visible Image Animation

• Meteosat 7 images from U. Nottingham
• (click on image to view animation, 1.3MB)

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Water Vapor Image AnimationEvidently, the dust
was generated by descending dry air

• (click on image to view WV animation, 3MB)

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Thermal IR Image Animation

• Meteosat 7 images from U. Nottingham
• (click on image, 3.3MB)

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More Info on the May Dust Storm Doug Westphals
Global Aerosol Site

• Surface Observations
• Aerosol Simulation
• Satellite TOMS, NOAA/NESDIS