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GOES-19 CONUS - Tropospheric Dust Content
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Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0836 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0841 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0846 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0851 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0856 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0901 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0906 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0911 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0916 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0921 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0926 UTC
Tropospheric Dust Content - RGB for identifying tropospheric dust - 09 May 2025 - 0931 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.
