Dust storms - Great Plains, Africa, and MarsDust storms in the Great Plains of North America and in the Sahara Desert are analyzed on the basis of imagery from the geostationary Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. The onset time, location and areal extent of the dust storms are studied. Over land surfaces, contrast enhancement techniques are needed to obtain an adequate picture of dust storm development. In addition, infrared imagery may provide a means of monitoring the strong horizontal temperature gradients characteristic of dust cloud boundaries. Analogies between terrestrial dust storms and the airborne rivers of dust created by major Martian dust storms are also drawn.
Document ID
19780056244
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Woiceshyn, P. M. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Krauss, R. (Wisconsin, University Madison, Wis., United States)
Minzner, R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Shenk, W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)