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GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1531 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1531 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1536 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1536 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1541 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1541 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1546 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1546 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1551 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1551 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1556 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1556 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1601 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1601 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1606 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1606 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1611 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1611 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1616 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1616 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1621 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1621 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1626 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1626 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1631 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1631 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1636 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1636 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1641 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1641 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1646 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1646 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1651 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1651 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1656 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1656 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1701 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1701 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1706 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1706 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1711 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1711 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1716 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1716 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1721 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1721 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1726 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1726 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1731 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1731 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1736 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1736 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1741 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1741 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1746 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1746 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1751 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1751 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1756 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1756 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1801 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1801 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1806 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1806 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1811 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1811 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1816 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1816 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1821 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1821 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1826 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 28 Mar 2024 - 1826 UTC

GeoColor is a multispectral product composed of True Color (using a simulated green component) during daytime, and an Infrared product that uses bands 7 and 13 at night. During the day, the imagery looks approximately as it would when viewed with human eyes from space. At night, the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus, while gray to white indicate higher ice clouds, and the city lights come from a static database derived from the VIIRS Day Night Band.

GeoColor was developed at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and the STAR Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB). For a full description of the algorithm, please see this article.

Please credit CIRA/NOAA when using GeoColor imagery.

NOTE: Lighted areas shown in nighttime images are not real-time depictions of city lights. The layer is derived from a compilation of JPSS VIIRS Day Night Band images and is included for orientation purposes.

• For more details, see the CIRA GeoColor Product Quick Guide, (PDF, 1.24 MB)