High dust AOD & surface PM10 in #Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service forecast for 12UTC on 22 June atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/, + initial evaluation vs Aeronet at Ragged Point🇧🇧, Guadeloupe🇫🇷, Cape San Juan & La Parguera🇵🇷as #SaharanDust plume crosses Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico
Initial evaluation of aerosol profiles vs CALIPSO along orbit track crossing the plume on 21 June also shows good general agreement with plume altitude & distribution. VIIRS visible satellite imagery from go.nasa.gov/2B78EJx
Continued growth in total estimated carbon emissions from devastating Canada #wildfires (+NWT/BC/AB) to 10 August showing 2024 (red solid line) set to soon become 2nd most extreme fire year of the past two decades (after 2023). Analysis with #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data.
#CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS #opendata for Amazonia Legal & Mato Gross do Sul🇧🇷 showing daily total intensity since 1 August & estimated carbon emissions since 1 July. Generally similar to 2019 Pantanal fires increasing MGS data in recent days.
#CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data for Argentina🇦🇷, Bolivia🇧🇴 & Paraguay🇵🇾 since 1 July