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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 14°N - 77°W - Caribbean Sea

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0129 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0129 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0130 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0130 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0131 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0131 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0132 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0132 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0134 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0134 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0135 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0135 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0136 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0136 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0137 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0137 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0138 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0138 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0139 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0139 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0140 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0140 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0141 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0141 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0142 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0142 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0143 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0143 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0144 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0144 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0145 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0145 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0146 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0146 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0147 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0147 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0148 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0148 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0149 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0149 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0150 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0150 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0151 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0151 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0152 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0152 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0153 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0153 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0154 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0154 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0155 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0155 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0158 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0158 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0159 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0159 UTC
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)