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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 11°N - 110°W - North Pacific Ocean

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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0030 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0030 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0034 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0035 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0036 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0037 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0040 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0042 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0044 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0045 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0046 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0047 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0048 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0049 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0050 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0051 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0052 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0052 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0053 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0054 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0055 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0056 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0057 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0058 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 05 Nov 2024 - 0059 UTC
legend for Dust RBG

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.

• For more details, see the Dust RGB Quick Guide, (PDF, 978 KB)