{"id":36629,"date":"2020-05-08T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=36629"},"modified":"2020-05-09T20:12:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T20:12:55","slug":"blowing-dust-off-the-coast-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/36629","title":{"rendered":"Blowing dust off the coast of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Himawari-8<\/a>

Himawari-8 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>JMA<\/strong><\/a> Himawari-8 True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images created using Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed a cloud of dust moving southeastward off the coast of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia on 08 May 20120.<\/p>\n

A more subtle signature of the airborne dust (shades of pink)<\/em> was seen in a longer animation of Himawari-8 Dust RGB images (below)<\/strong>,<\/em> which included nighttime periods prior to and after the True Color image sequence.<\/p>\n

\"Himawari-8<\/a>

Himawari-8 Dust RGB images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>The dust cloud was also apparent in a Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color RGB image as viewed using RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Suomi<\/a>

Suomi NPP VIIRS True Color RGB image [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>

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Thick and large haze cloud coming of Australia , it could be dust (AEs are low) but cannot rule out resuspended ash from last summer’s fires. pic.twitter.com\/Hcwz55oufi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Santiago Gass\u00f3 (@SanGasso) May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n