Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra‐Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean

Meteorological observations, in situ data, and satellite images of dust episodes were used already in the 1970s to estimate that 100 Tg of dust are transported from Africa over the Atlantic Ocean every year between June and August and are deposited in the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas. Desert dust... View More