Satellite imagery and products of the 16–17 February 2020 Saharan Air Layer dust event over the eastern Atlantic: impacts of water vapor on dust detection and morphology

Grasso, Lewis; Bikos, Daniel; Torres, Jorel; Dostalek, John F.; Wu, Ting-Chi; Forsythe, John; Cronk, Heather Q.; Seaman, Curtis J.; Miller, Steven D.; Berndt, Emily; Weinman, Harry G.; Kasper, Kennard B.

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Satellite imagery and products of the 16–17 February 2020 Saharan Air Layer dust event over the eastern Atlantic: impacts of water vapor on dust detection and morphology

Lewis Grasso, Daniel Bikos, Jorel Torres, John F. Dostalek, Ting-Chi Wu, John Forsythe, Heather Q. Cronk, Curtis J. Seaman, Steven D. Miller, Emily Berndt, Harry G. Weinman, and Kennard B. Kasper

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