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GOES-East - Sector view: Central America - Tropospheric Dust Content

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0850 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0850 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0900 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0900 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0910 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0910 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0920 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0920 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0930 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0930 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0940 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0940 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0950 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 0950 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1000 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1000 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1010 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1010 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1020 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1020 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1030 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1030 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1040 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2024 - 1040 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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)