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GOES-East - Sector view: Gulf of Mexico - Tropospheric Dust Content

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1531 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1531 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1536 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1536 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1541 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1541 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1546 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1546 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1551 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1551 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1556 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1556 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1601 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1601 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1606 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1606 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1611 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1611 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1616 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1616 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1621 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1621 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1626 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jun 2024 - 1626 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
legend for Dust RBG

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.

• For more details, see the Dust RGB Quick Guide, (PDF, 978 KB)