From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 16:57:45 PST
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Subject: [nh-announce] 03 March 2003 -- Natural Hazards Updates
The following sections were updated since 28 February 2003.
-- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) --
DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA
Large plumes of dust from Iran, Pakistan, and the Arabian Peninsula were being blown out over the Arabian Sea on March 2, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5625
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 2 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003 1:25PM)
SAHARAN DUST OFF WEST AFRICA
A massive arc of thick Saharan Desert dust--extending more than 1,000 miles north to south--was blowing westward from Africa over the Atlantic Ocean on March 2, 2003.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5624
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 2 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003 1:06PM)
-- FIRE (1 updated events, 2 new images) --
FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
The biomass burning season in Southeast Asia continues to build toward its late winter or early spring peak. This new image shows fire detection from Aqua MODIS on March 3.
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5622
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 3 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5618
*** MOPITT(Terra) image from Feb 25 2003 (Posted on Feb 28 2003)
-- STORM (2 updated events, 3 new images) --
TROPICAL CYCLONE 21S
Tropical Cyclone 21S off Java
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5621
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 3 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003 10:35AM)
TROPICAL CYCLONE JAPHET (19S)
Tropical Cyclone Japhet off Madagascar
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5620
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 3 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003 10:20AM)
* http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=5619
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 2 2003 (Posted on Mar 3 2003)
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