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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 1955 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 1956 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 1957 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 1959 UTC
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2001 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2002 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2003 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2004 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2005 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2006 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2007 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2008 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2009 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2010 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2011 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2012 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2013 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2014 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2015 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2016 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2017 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2018 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2019 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2020 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2021 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2022 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2023 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 15 May 2024 - 2024 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.