Air pollution soars off the charts as a massive sandstorm sweeps through China from west to east

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI AER_AI acquired on 19 March 2023 from 03:10:14 to 06:33:15 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI AER_AI acquired on 20 March 2023 from 02:51:22 to 07:55:54 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI AER_AI acquired on 21 March 2023 from 02:32:29 to 07:37:00 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI AER_AI acquired on 22 March 2023 from 03:55:07 to 07:18:09 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI AER_AI acquired on 23 March 2023 from 03:36:14 to 06:59:15 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Atmosphere, desert, aerosol, plume, China
Fig. 1 - S5P TROPOMI (19.03.2023 / 21.03.2023) - Sandstorms blanket northern China (including Beijing) and southern Mongolia.
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A lack of rainfall and low pressure winds produced a massive sandstorm, impacting health and mobility of more than 560 million people.
Fig. 2 - S5P TROPOMI (19, 21 & 23.03.2023) - Air pollution soared off the charts as PM10 particles hit 1667 mg/m3.
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It is a level considered ‘hazardous’ and ‘very unhealthy’, more than 37 times the daily average guideline of 45 mg/m3 set by the WHO.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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