June 29, 2009
Haze in the Deep South and hovering over the Atlantic, offshore from the East coast
Today’s TERRA AOD map (top, left) as well as the GASP image show high extinction values over Southern Texas, Louisiana and Southern Mississippi. According to the National Interagency fire center, active large fires were reported in Texas. The AQUA RGB image (top, right) clearly shows haze over Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico.
Strong TERRA AOD values can also be seen aver the Atlantic offshore from a significant part of the east coast. Haze is, in deed, visible offshore from Georgia on the TERRA RGB image (bottom, left).
Today’s PM2.5 levels (bottom, right) are, at the most, “unhealthy for sensitive groups” in Texas and mostly “moderate” in the Deep south. A high concentration of “Moderate” PM values is also recorded through out California where ozone levels View image reached “unhealthy” today.
Finally, according to the SSD fire team, a thin band of SO2 stretches over the Ohio River Valley (across northern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana) as well as north from Washington into southwest British Columbia, northern Montana, and southern Alberta.
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