From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 11:19:28 PST
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Subject: [nh-announce] 05 February 2003 -- Natural Hazards Updates
The following sections were updated since 04 February 2003.
-- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
DUST STORM OFF EGYPT
SeaWiFS observed a large plume of Saharan Desert blowing northward over Libya and Egypt across Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 5, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5396
*** SeaWiFS(OrbView-2) image from Feb 5 2003 (Posted on Feb 5 2003)
-- FIRE (5 updated events, 6 new images) --
FIRES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S.
Dozens of small fires were scattered across the southern U.S. on Feb. 4, 2003. The fires were detected by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5395
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 4 2003 (Posted on Feb 5 2003 12:30PM)
FIRES IN FLORIDA AND CUBA
On Feb.2, the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite detected scattered fires across southern Florida and Cuba.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5393
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 2 2003 (Posted on Feb 5 2003 12:11PM)
FIRES IN EASTERN AFRICA NEAR LAKE VICTORIA
Fires burning in the savannas north of Lake Victoria were detected by the Terra MODIS instrument on Feb. 2, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5394
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 2 2003 (Posted on Feb 5 2003)
BUSHFIRES RAGING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA
More than 2 million acres have been scorched in the bushfires in southeast Australia, exporting a lot of smoke from the region. This true-color MODIS image from Feb. 2, 2003, shows the thick smoke plume spreading over a wide area.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5392
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 4 2003 (Posted on Feb 4 2003 3:08PM)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5388
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 2 2003 (Posted on Feb 4 2003 8:02AM)
FIRES IN SOUTHERN INDIA
Aqua MODIS detected numerous fires scattered across southern India on Jan. 31, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5391
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 31 2003 (Posted on Feb 4 2003 12:07PM)
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