GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 31°N - 97°W - Milam County, TX
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0728 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0729 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0730 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0731 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0732 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0733 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0734 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0735 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0736 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0737 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0738 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0739 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0740 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0741 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0742 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0743 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0744 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0745 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0746 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0747 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0748 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0749 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0750 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0751 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0752 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0753 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0754 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0755 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0756 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 28 Mar 2023 - 0757 UTC
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.
