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NASA's HS3 Mission Analyzes Saharan Dust Layer Over Eastern Atlantic
Description: One of two of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft flew over the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin and investigated the Saharan Air Layer in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 20 and 21. The instruments aboard the Global Hawk sampled the environment of ex-Erin and revealed an elevated dust layer overrunning the storm. [Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasas-hs3-mission-analyzes-saharan-dust-layer-over-eastern-atlantic/
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Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Publish Date: 8/23/2013
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