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🧪🧊 Today's satellite image of southern S. America with a wind direction layer. While not a #dust activity day today, this is the transport mechanism how continental aerosols reach #Antarctica. In #paleoclimate studies, it is of interest to know the origin of dust found in snow and ice cores.
Apr 9, 2025, 5:32 PM
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