NOAA GOES Image Viewer website
11 Oct 2024 - 04:00 EDT
11 Oct 2024 - 08:00 UTC

GOES-West Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 33°N - 126°W - North Pacific Ocean

30 frame animation displayed. This mesoscale location is no longer being actively produced.

To enlarge, pause animation & click the image. Hover over popups to zoom. Use slider to navigate.

  

  

  
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0733 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0733 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0734 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0734 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0735 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0735 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0736 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0736 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0738 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0738 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0739 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0739 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0740 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0740 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0741 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0741 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0742 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0742 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0743 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0743 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0744 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0744 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0745 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0745 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0746 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0746 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0747 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0747 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0748 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0748 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0749 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0749 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0750 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0750 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0751 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0751 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0752 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0752 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0753 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0753 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0754 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0754 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0755 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0755 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0756 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0756 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0757 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0757 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0758 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0758 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0759 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0759 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0801 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0801 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0802 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0802 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0803 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0803 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0804 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 02 Oct 2024 - 0804 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)