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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 36°N - 89°W - Gibson County, TN
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0251 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0252 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0301 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0305 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0306 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0310 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0311 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0312 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0313 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0314 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0315 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0316 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0317 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0318 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0319 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0320 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.
