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.
5 Dec 2023 - 07:17 EST
5 Dec 2023 - 12:17 UTC
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 - 05 Dec 2023 - 1143 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1144 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1145 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1146 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1147 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1148 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1149 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1150 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1151 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1153 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1154 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1155 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1156 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1157 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1158 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1159 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1200 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1201 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1202 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1204 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1205 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1207 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1208 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1209 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1210 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1211 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1212 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1213 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Dec 2023 - 1214 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.
