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The McNAFTA Dust Episode

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1 The McNAFTA Dust Episode
or A Trans-North America Dust Storm 6-8 April 2001: Mineral Aerosol Transport from Mexico and the Southwestern USA to Canada Photo by Chen Weinan. Taken from an office building in downtown Midland, TX June 3, 2003.

2 The Source - Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico and west Texas

3 NOAA GOES 10 satellite images (IR Channels 4-5) showing the start, middle and end of the dust storm at 1800, 2100 and 2400 UTC on April 6, (René Servranckx, CMC) 1800 UTC 2100 UTC 2400 UTC

4 Combined Trajectory and Satellite Imagery - Family of 6000 trajectories at 12 levels

5 Subset of trajectories that passed within a 50 km radius of CAPMoN sites during precipitation


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