GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
2 Dec 2022 - 22:33 EST
3 Dec 2022 - 03:33 UTC
GOES-West Full Disk - Tropospheric Dust Content
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0120 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0130 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0140 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0150 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0200 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0210 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0220 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0230 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0240 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0250 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0300 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 03 Dec 2022 - 0310 UTC
About Tropospheric Dust Content
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.
