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GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1026 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1026 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1031 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1031 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1036 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1036 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1041 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1041 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1046 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1046 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1051 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1051 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1056 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1056 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1101 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1101 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1106 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1106 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1111 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1111 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1116 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1116 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1121 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 1121 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid

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)