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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 34°N - 101°W - Motley County, TX
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0428 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0429 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0453 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0454 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0455 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0456 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0457 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 31 Oct 2024 - 0459 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.