NOAA GOES Image Viewer website
10 Nov 2024 - 07:19 EST
10 Nov 2024 - 12:19 UTC

GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 22°N - 88°W - Gulf of Mexico

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 - 08 Oct 2024 - 2235 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2235 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2236 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2236 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2237 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2237 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2238 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2238 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2239 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2239 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2240 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2240 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2241 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2241 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2242 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2242 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2243 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2243 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2244 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2244 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2245 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2245 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2246 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2246 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2247 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2247 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2248 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2248 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2249 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2249 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2250 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2250 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2251 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2251 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2252 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2252 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2253 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2253 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2254 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2254 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2255 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2255 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2256 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2256 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2257 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2257 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2258 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2258 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2259 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2259 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2300 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2300 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2301 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2301 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2302 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2302 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2303 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2303 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2304 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 08 Oct 2024 - 2304 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)