Identification of anthropogenic and natural dust sources using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Deep Blue level 2 data by Paul Ginoux (NOAA GFDL), Dmitri Garbuzov (Princeton U) and Christina Hsu (NASA) explores a new method to detect anthropogenic and natural dust sources from satellite data in the eastern part of West Africa. The anthropogenic contribution appears to be significant around the lake Chad, but the magnitude of these sources seem weaker than the natural sources, in particular relative to the Bodele depression. Read More…
