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.
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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Tropospheric Dust Content at 39°N - 115°W - Near White Pine County, NV
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0528 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0529 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0530 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0531 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0532 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0533 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0534 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0535 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0536 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0537 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0538 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0539 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0540 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0541 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0542 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0543 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0544 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0545 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0546 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0547 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0548 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0549 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0550 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0551 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0552 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0553 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0554 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0555 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0556 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 07 Jun 2023 - 0557 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.
