As the sun rises this morning, GOESEast can see a lot of sandy-colored dust in the wind, blowing over the Atlantic from the Sahara desert. Learn more about the SaharanAirLayer and why we track it:
As we approach the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, you will no doubt hear a lot about the Saharan Air Layer—a mass of very dry, dusty air that forms over the Sahara Desert during the late spring, summer and early fall.
This layer can travel and impact locations thousands of miles away from its African origins, which is one reason why NOAA uses the lofty perspective of its satellites to track it., a University of Miami hurricane researcher working with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, to ask him a few questions about the Saharan Air Layer.
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