Aerosols from Saharan dust plume

The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is dedicated to monitoring air pollution by measuring a multitude of trace gases as well as aerosols. This animation shows the spread of aerosols from the Saharan dust plume moving westward across the Atlantic Ocean from 1 June to 26 June 2020. This plume has reached the Caribbean, South America and the United States.

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contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA,
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CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence
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Observing the Earth
Sentinel-5P
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Africa Atlantic
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