December 15, 2003

NOAA images of the Texas dust storm

NOAA's Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI) team produced some enhanced images of the dust storm using various channels of the NOAA-16 satellite, including an enhanced RGB image and an image produced through channel subtraction, a technique that works well for bright silicate particles like sand and dust.

Posted by Jill Engel-Cox at December 15, 2003 10:03 PM