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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 39°N - 97°W - Dickinson County, KS
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0445 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0446 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0447 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0448 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0449 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0450 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0451 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0452 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0453 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0454 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0455 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0456 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0457 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0458 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0459 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0500 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0501 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0502 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0503 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0504 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0505 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0506 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0507 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0508 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0509 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0510 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0511 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0512 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0513 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Jul 2024 - 0514 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.
