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GOES-East - Sector view: Northern Rockies - Tropospheric Dust Content

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1901 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1901 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1906 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1906 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1911 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1911 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1916 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1916 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1921 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1921 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1926 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1926 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1931 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1931 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1936 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1936 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1941 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1941 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1946 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1946 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1951 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1951 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1956 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1956 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2001 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2001 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2006 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2006 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2011 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2011 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2016 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2016 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2021 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2021 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2026 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2026 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2031 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2031 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2036 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2036 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2041 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2041 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2046 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2046 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2051 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2051 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2056 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 2056 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)