DUST: Our Program
Involving teachers from Portsmouth Public Schools (VA) in a climate change learning community engaged in a year-long study of dust.
Terra: MODIS Imagery of China
This natural-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite shows the dust storm on Saturday, March 20, 2010. The sand and dust were swept thousands of kilometers south and east from the arid terrain of Inner Mongolia.
Saharan Dust
Animation of GOES/Meteosat imagery of Saharan dust/dry air (split window IR technique). The plot evidences regions of mid-level dry air AND dust over land: this tecnique tracks dry and or dusty air in the low to mid-levels of the atmosphere.
Images from Meteosat-9
An animation of daytime Meteosat-9 "true color" image composites shows the hazy appearance of the large Saharan dust plume.
SeaWiFS Imagery of Dust Storm
SeaWiFS animation showing development of North African dust storm.
Daniel Lewandowski
Melissa Cadrozza
Brena Daniels
Amy Elledge
Mecca Lankford
Dara Brinkman
Cheryl Coronado
Tiffany Nichols
Shailyn Puryear-Ross
Jennifer Garcell
Daniel Borick
Sarah Webb
Allison Reeves
Shana Deans
Cami Field
The NASA Edge Vodcast is available for download and viewing!
Featuring The DUST Project:
- Paul Adams
- Chip Trepte
- Rich Ferrare
- Olga Kalashnikova
- Paul Jones
Websites:
African Dust Workshop website: aerosols.hamptonu.edu
Lessons posted at My NASA Data: mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov
GLOBE website:
