[AZ-Observing] Re: Asian dust incoming
- From: "Jennifer Polakis" <m24@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:28:41 -0700
dagnabbit.
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From: "Brian Skiff" <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Asian dust incoming
> The global aerosol maps published daily by a group at Goddard
> Space Flight Center has been showing a northeast Asian dust
> event likely headed in our direction:
>
> http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov
>
> While the vast swath of dust over northern Africa is pretty typical
> for this season, the heavy concentration in the upper-right
> corner is not. This stuff has been making its way gradually
> across the Pacific (i.e. to the upper-left corner of the aerosol
> plot) the last week, and has been making itself obvious since
> last weekend. Expect pretty high extinction and dim views
> of things for the next week at least---depending on how the upper-level
> winds push the material around.
>
>
> \Brian
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