NOAA GOES-R Air Quality Proving Ground

July 4, 2012 Case Study

Fires in Wyoming and ColoradoHaze in eastern U.S.

PM2.5 24-hour Average AQI for July 4, 2012

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12 UTC Surface Analysis for July 4, 2012

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15 UTC Surface Analysis with Radar for July 4, 2012

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Terra MODIS True Color Image for July 4, 2012

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Terra MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) for July 4, 2012

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GOES Aerosol and Smoke Product (GASP) for July 4, 2012

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Simulated GOES-R ABI and Observed Suomi-NPP VIIRS Aerosol Products for July 4, 2012

• The satellite aerosol products are available in a special section of the NOAA IDEA website: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/spb/aq/aqpg_v3/