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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 40°N - 101°W - Rawlins County, KS
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0152 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0153 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0158 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0159 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0200 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0202 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0203 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0204 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0205 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0206 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0207 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0208 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0209 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0210 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0212 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0213 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0214 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0215 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0216 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0217 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0218 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0219 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0220 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Jul 2024 - 0221 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.
