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GOES-East Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 38°N - 75°W - Near Worcester County, MD
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1421 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1422 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1439 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1440 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1441 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1442 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1443 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1444 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1445 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1446 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1447 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1449 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1450 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1451 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 04 Dec 2024 - 1452 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.
