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GOES-19 CONUS - Tropospheric Dust Content
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1026 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1031 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1036 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1101 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1106 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1121 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1126 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1131 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1136 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1141 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1146 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1151 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1201 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1206 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1216 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 12 Nov 2025 - 1221 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.
