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.
7 Jun 2023 - 05:25 EDT
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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 37°N - 86°W - Barren County, KY
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0850 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0851 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0853 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0855 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0856 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0857 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0858 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0859 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0900 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0901 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0902 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0903 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0904 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0905 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0907 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0908 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0909 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0910 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0911 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0912 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0913 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0914 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0915 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0916 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0917 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0918 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0919 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0920 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0921 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0922 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.