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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 32°N - 97°W - Hill County, TX
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2152 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2153 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2154 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2155 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2158 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2159 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2200 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2201 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2202 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2203 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2204 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2205 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2206 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2207 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2208 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2209 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2210 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2212 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2213 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2214 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2215 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2216 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2217 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2218 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2219 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2220 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jul 2024 - 2221 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.
