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GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0030 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0030 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0040 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0040 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0050 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0050 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0100 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0100 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0110 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0110 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0120 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0120 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0130 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0130 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0140 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0140 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0150 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0150 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0200 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0200 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0210 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0210 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0220 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 19 Mar 2024 - 0220 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)