| NASA - Saharan Dust Affects Thunderstorm Behavior in Florida (1030 words) |
 | Working with her colleagues, van den Heever found that when Saharan dust is in the air, the thunderstorm anvils created by Florida's convective thunderstorms tend to be a little smaller in area, but they tend to be better organized and thicker. |
| However, as the storms continued to develop, the two types of nuclei were removed from the storms by the precipitation and these nuclei then had less of an effect on the amount of rain reaching the surface. |
| The scientists concluded that the overall effect of the Saharan dust on the surface rainfall was to reduce it. |
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