The Dust RGB
Information received from the three channels that contribute to the RGB combination
| IR 12 - 10.8 (difference of the two IR window channels. Split window)
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Information about dust, which gives a high contribution of red component
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| 10.8 - 8.7 (difference of two IR window channels)
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Differentiation between water and ice clouds (channel 07 identifies ice clouds better)
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| 10.8 (IR Window channel)
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Information about cloud top temperatures
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Resulting colors for typical features
| Pink
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Dust
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| Red
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Thick ice cloud
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| Black
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Cirrus
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| Orange/yellowish/green
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Low cloud
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Typical application areas
- Detection of synoptic, mesoscale and local cloud systems
- Discrimination of different cloud systems and cloud thicknesses (thick - high thin - low cloud)
- Detection of sand storms
- Detection of SO2 plumes from volcanoes
