Saharan Dust 2024 Map
This animation of the progression saharan dust cloud across the atlantic ocean from june 15 to 25, 2020 combines omps aerosol index and viirs visible imagery from. Published jun 26, 2024 at 8:44 am edt updated jun 26, 2024 at 9:07 am edt.
Cams forecasts and analyses have shown saharan dust across the canary islands and north atlantic, the mediterranean, and crossing the atlantic as far as the caribbean. Satellite measurements indicate intensive plumes of dust, called the saharan air layer, across much of the eastern atlantic.