Monday, November 07, 2011

Dust Plumes at Chihuahuan Desert and East-Lubbock/East-Midland Nov 6, 2011

Dust Plumes at Chihuahuan Desert and East-Lubbock/East-Midland Nov 6, 2011

As predicted by some folks, dust arrived to El Paso, TX. This was mainly over the Chihuahuan desert with winds and dust moving from south-west to north-east.
Also, some dust plumes could be observed on the east region of Lubbock, TX, and east Midland, TX, with winds and dust blowing from south to north.

Here is the true color NASA MODIS - Terra image:
Here is the output of my algorithm for dust aerosols detection:

If we use the GOES information, we can barely see any activity on the infra-red data. This is GOES East:
This is GOES West:
Have any comments or other pictures, please let me know.

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