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Saharan air layer
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The Saharan air layer is an extremely hot, dry, and sometimes dust-laden layer of the atmosphere that often overlies the cooler, more humid surface air of the Atlantic Ocean. It carries upwards of 60 million tons of dust annually over the ocean and the Americas, and this annual phenomenon sometimes cools the ocean surface and suppresses Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis.
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