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GOES-West Mesoscale view - GeoColor at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean

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GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1739 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1739 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1740 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1740 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1741 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1741 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1742 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1742 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1743 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1743 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1744 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1744 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1745 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1745 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1746 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1746 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1747 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1747 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1748 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1748 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1749 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1749 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1750 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1750 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1751 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1751 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1752 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1752 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1753 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1753 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1754 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1754 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1755 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1755 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1756 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1756 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1757 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1757 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1758 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1758 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1759 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1759 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1800 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1800 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1801 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1801 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1802 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1802 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1803 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1803 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1804 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1804 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1805 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1805 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1806 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1806 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1807 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1807 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1808 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 29 Nov 2023 - 1808 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)