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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0546 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0547 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0548 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0549 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0550 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0551 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0552 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0553 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0554 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0555 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0556 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0557 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0559 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0600 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0601 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0602 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0604 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0605 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0606 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0607 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0610 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0613 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0614 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0615 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0616 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0617 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0618 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0619 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0620 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Jul 2024 - 0621 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.
