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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1812 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1814 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1815 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1818 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1820 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1821 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1823 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1824 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1825 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1826 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1827 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1828 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1829 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1830 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1831 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1832 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1833 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1834 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1835 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1836 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1837 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1838 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1839 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1840 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1841 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1842 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.
