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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 34°N - 85°W - Polk County, GA
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1934 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1935 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1936 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1937 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1938 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1939 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1940 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1941 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1942 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1943 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1944 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1945 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1946 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1947 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1948 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1949 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1950 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1951 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1952 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1953 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1954 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1955 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1956 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1958 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 1959 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 2000 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 2001 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 2002 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 2003 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 Dec 2023 - 2004 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.
