PACIFIC DUST STORMS
Dust storms carry a large amount of mineral dust aerosols in most parts of the
Asian region and are referred to as Yellow Sand Event in East Asia.
These events create a significant interaction between air pollutants and dust aerosols since black carbon
particles are mixed with dust during the Yellow sand event and are transported across the Pacific Ocean.
Dust storms impair visibility, pose health hazards, and cause a strong perturbation to
the atmospheric radiation budget.
March 28, 2004
Images are courtesy of NASA MODIS Atmosphere
As you can see from this NASA Space Image,
a dust storm that originated in Inner Mongolia
is traveling across the Pacific Ocean and entering the U.S.!
Our CIFEX team is hard at work, studying the dust storm's
particles that are coming over the Northern Californian coast.
You can read more about this Asian Dust Storm by visiting our
Take a look at what the dust storm is made up of, and how it's moving.
Current SO2 and Fine Dust Trans-Pacific Tracer Images ( Updated Daily)
