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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1148 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1149 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1150 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1151 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1152 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1153 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1154 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1155 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1159 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1200 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1201 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1202 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1203 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1204 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1205 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1206 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1207 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1208 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1209 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1210 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1212 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1214 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1215 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1216 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1217 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1218 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 01 Jul 2024 - 1219 UTC
Dust RGB key:
1 - Dust plume, day (bright magenta, pink) Note: Dust at night becomes purple shades below 3 km
2 - Low, water cloud (light purple)
3 - Desert surface, day (light blue)
4 - Mid, thick clouds (tan shades)
5 - Mid, thin cloud (green)
6 - Cold, thick clouds (red)
7 - High, thin ice clouds (black)
8 - Very thin clouds, over warm surface (blue)
Dust RGB Dust can be hard to see in visible and infrared imagery because it is optically thin, or because it appears similar to other cloud types such as cirrus. The RGB product is able to contrast airborne dust from clouds using band differencing and the IR thermal channel. The IR band differencing allows dust storms to be observed during both daytime and at night.
