To enlarge, pause animation & click the image. Hover over popups to zoom. Use slider to navigate. Apparent 'jumps' in the animation occur due to adjustments to reflect storm movement.
While GOES animation code will not run on older Internet Explorer browsers,
they work in the newest versions of Microsoft Edge. If you are using
Internet Explorer, please try a different browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or
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GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 0910 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 0920 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 0930 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 0940 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 0950 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1000 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1010 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1020 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1030 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1040 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1050 UTC
GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night - 12 Oct 2020 - 1100 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.
