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Sentinel-3A Image of Dust Over The Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
November 23, 2016
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Sentinel-3A Image of Dust Over The Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman
The Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman
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Starting on 21st November 2016 and under cool northeasterly winds, dust has been lifted from the border provinces of Iran-Pakistan (Sistan-Balochistan) and drifted as a thin veil over the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman.
Image captured on 22nd November 2016 by the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) on the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satelite.

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