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GOES-East - Sector view: Gulf of Mexico - Tropospheric Dust Content

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2101 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2101 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2116 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2116 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2121 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2121 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2126 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2126 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2131 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2131 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2146 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2146 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2206 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2206 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2211 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2216 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2216 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2221 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2221 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2231 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2231 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2236 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 13 Oct 2024 - 2236 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)