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.
7 Dec 2023 - 18:56 EST
7 Dec 2023 - 23:56 UTC
GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 38°N - 75°W - Near Worcester County, MD
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2322 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2323 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2324 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2327 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2329 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2330 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2334 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2335 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2336 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2337 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2338 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2339 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2341 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2343 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2344 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2345 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2346 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2347 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2348 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2349 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2350 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2351 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2352 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Dec 2023 - 2353 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.
