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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0321 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0321 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0326 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0331 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0341 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0346 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0351 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0356 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0401 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0411 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0431 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0441 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 29 Nov 2023 - 0456 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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)