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Saharan Air Layer Tracking Imagery [UW-CIMSS/NOAA-HRD]

Summary

This dataset contains Meteosat-8/GOES-10 combined Saharan air layer tracking products for the Atlantic and East Atlantic.

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Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.034
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	3 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	METEOSAT-8 Satellite, GOES-10
Instruments	GOES-10 Imager Meteosat Visible Infra-Red Imager - MVIRI
GCMD Science Keywords	DUST/ASH/SMOKE INFRARED IMAGERY Expand keywords
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-08-31 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-10-03 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 0.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -130.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 60.00

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Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Space Science & Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. 2007. Saharan Air Layer Tracking Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.034. Accessed 31 Jul 2021.

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