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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 15°N - 71°W - Peru
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2238 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2240 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2245 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2248 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2249 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2250 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2251 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2255 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2256 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2257 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2300 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2301 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2303 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2304 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2305 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2306 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2307 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2308 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2309 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2310 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Jul 2024 - 2311 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.
