Sahara Air Layer
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Is it possible to also incorporate the Sahara Air Layer information ?
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@Microbill
On Windy you have already one of the main information about Sahara Air Layer (SAL) which is provided by the Dust mass layer:
https://www.windy.com/-Dust-mass-dustsm?dustsm,20.797,-36.914,3,i:pressure
You may look at the Aerosol layer too and at Satellite visible pictures.
Dust is one of the main characteristics and tracers of this air mass:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_Air_Layer -
@idefix37
I never used this map so far.
What type of info can you get from this Windy map ? How do you interpretate it ? Who are the typical users of this map ? -
@Yves70
Take a look at
https://community.windy.com/topic/5012/rain-dust-muddy-rain-red-rain-or-coloured-rain
and
https://community.windy.com/topic/6330/dust-mass-can-be-used-to-track-alert-about-sahara-dust?_=1595757695579
Also idefix37 wrote an article on the topic
https://community.windy.com/topic/7818/saharan-dust?_=1595757695584 -
@Gkikas-LGPZ
Thanks for the different links ! -
@Yves70
This map is important for people living in the vicinity of the Sahara, such as in the Maghreb, Spain, southern Italy, Greece, etc..., for health problems and for haze / reduced visibility that the high content of mineral particles may bring. It is also in a way the tracer of this hot, dry air that we see moving at certain times of the year towards America, reducing the risk of cyclonic development in the Atlantic. However, I do not know what additional information @Microbill want to obtain from the position and establishment of the Sahara Air Layer.
